Lead Accountant, Reinsurance

Job Description

Job Description

Embark on a rewarding career journey at Applied Underwriters, where employees have been at the heart of our success story for more than 30 years. Headquartered in Omaha, NE, our company thrives on innovation and empowers our employees to shape the future of global risk services. Join a team where your ideas are valued and your talents are nurtured with formal, paid training and mentorship. Experience a workplace culture that celebrates initiative, recognizes results, and provides outstanding benefits that allow you to focus on achieving your full potential.

Applied Underwriters is currently hiring a Lead Accountant who will assist in creating, developing, analyzing, and maintaining data used for financial statements, examinations, regulatory reporting, and internal reporting. This role will be responsible for performing daily accounting functions, account reconciliations and assist monthly close. You will collaborate with actuarial, underwriting, and program management teams from around the globe to ensure the accuracy of all financial reinsurance accounting reporting.  As a Lead Accountant you will play an integral role for the rapidly growing reinsurance solutions sector at Applied Underwriters.

Requirements :

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, providing foundational knowledge of accrual-based accounting, journal entry preparation, and financial statement analysis.
• Strong Excel skills with an interest in coding / automation.
• 2+ years of Professional experience in an accounting role

Our Benefits Include :

Applied Underwriters is a global risk services firm helping business and people manage uncertainty through its business services, insurance, and reinsurance solutions. As a company, we truly operate differently within our business sector. Applied Underwriters has one of the highest customer retention rates in the industry - a success directly attributed to our employees and their high level of commitment, hard work, and ambition.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.