Sr. Accountant

Senior Accountant

With a company culture rooted in collaboration, expertise and innovation, we aim to promote progress and inspire our clients, employees, investors and communities to achieve their greatest potential. Our work is the catalyst that helps others achieve their goals. In short, We Enable Possibility.

The Senior Accountant performs accounting close functions, applies accounting policies, presents financial results to senior management, prepares quarterly and annual internal and external reports in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Statutory Accounting guidance, and performs technical research and analysis.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Prepares monthly journal entries for the accounting close process.
• Collaborates with other departments and / or external service providers to ensure all transactions have been properly recorded.
• Applies accounting policies to financial records of the various Arch MI entities.
• Prepares monthly account reconciliations to ensure accuracy of account balances.
• Performs variance analysis and researches changes on a monthly / quarterly basis to present results to senior management.
• Assists in the preparation of schedules for monthly, quarterly and annual reporting and assists with the annual audited statutory statements.
• Provides assistance, reconciliations, account activity explanations, and other support as required for internal and external auditors.
• Performs research on technical accounting matters and performs other ad hoc analysis as needed.
• Seeks development opportunities for self as well as assisting in the development of others.

Required Skills and Abilities

Education & Experience

Required knowledge and skills would typically be acquired through a Bachelors degree in Accounting or related field and a CPA (or requirements for certification met) plus 2-5 years related experience.