Accounting Analyst

About the role

We partner with operations to drive outstanding business results and enhance Ford’s industry leadership. You’ll contribute financial expertise impacting planning, manufacturing, marketing, and global distribution.

Responsibilities

• Review monthly Ford Pro insurance reporting packages received from managing general agents and strategic partners. Identify variances, communicate findings, and prepare corresponding journal entries.
• Manage key aspects of the monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting close processes, including the preparation of journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Prepare quarterly and annual statutory journal entries and schedules required for Insurance Statutory Statements filed in the U.S. and Canada.
• Partner with the Actuarial team on reserve analysis, the Reinsurance team on cession payments, and Corporate Strategy on investment activity to ensure accurate financial representation.
• Coordinate with the Tax department (U.S. and Canada) on insurance business unit tax entries and execute necessary wire transfers between partners and Ford.
• Support the implementation and testing of new systems or upgrades to current systems. Proactively identify opportunities to streamline accounting workflows and enhance data accuracy.
• Serve as a key point of contact for internal and external auditors, ensuring timely resolution of requests.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• 5 years of relevant work experience in accounting or other relevant field

Qualifications

• Even better, you may have:
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or insurance-specific designation such as Associate in Insurance Accounting and Finance (AIAF)
• US GAAP and statutory accounting experience

Skills

• Strong financial, analytical, and accounting skills with ability to manage complex excel spreadsheets
• Strong people skills/collaboration to support interfacing with various functional teams
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to translate complex accounting data for non-accounting stakeholders
• Initiative, self-driven, ability to prioritize and advance multiple assignments simultaneously
• Process improvement mindset
• Resilient, positive attitude
• Responsive to management and audit requests

Benefits

Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service

Pay

This position is a range of salary grades 6-8 and ranges from $74,300 -162,120. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

Schedule

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.