Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. California FAIR Plan Association is seeking a Staff Accountant I to maintain financial procedures and record financial transactions. The role involves ensuring financial compliance through the preparation of reports and financial statements.
Responsibilities
- Prepare, process and post journal entries timely and accurately
- Assure that financial accounts are reconciled timely and accurately
- Support timely and efficient month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
- Perform account analysis to identify and explain variances
- Maintaining proper documentation and filing of supporting documents, including approvals
- Assist with internal and external audit requests
- Liaise with the bank and other parties as required
- Perform backup duties within the department as required
- Prepare and file monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
- Ensures accuracy of journal entries and reconciliations of data sources to the general ledger
- Maintain the general ledger system and reports, including processing and uploading changes to general ledger accounts using Integration Manager (Great Plains)
- Responsible for preparation and filing of annual escheat reports including remittance of monies to various states in a timely manner
- Assist in the preparation and submission of compliance and regulatory filings such as statistical and financial data requests from Department of Insurance, data calls, and US census reports
- Perform validity checks on accounting reports from Information Systems to ensure that they are generated accurately and on a timely basis
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Accounting or related field
- 0 to 3 years of relevant work experience. (Staff Accountant I)
- Knowledge of systems and processes related to treasury and financial management
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong attention to detail and ability to operate with a high degree of accuracy
- Strong initiative, organizational skills and ability to self-manage while remaining flexible to changing tasks and priorities
- Excellent Typing skills and 10 Key by touch
- Microsoft Office suite experience required; strong Excel skills preferred
- Microsoft Dynamics GP experience preferred
- Insurance background a plus
Company Overview
California FAIR Plan Association provides property insurance. It was founded in 1968, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.cfpnet.com.
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