Financial Accountant

About the role

We are seeking a Financial Accountant to support accurate, timely, and insightful financial reporting. The ideal candidate will compile, analyze, and organize financial data, prepare journal entries, maintain financial records, and assist with financial close activities.

Responsibilities

• Compile, analyze, and organize financial data, including transactions, costs, and expenditures
• Prepare and post journal entries in the general ledger as part of monthly and quarterly close cycles
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date financial records, reconciliations, and tie-outs to support reporting needs
• Support timely completion of monthly and quarterly financial close activities
• Aid the Controller and Senior Financial Accounting Manager with projects and deliverables, including quarterly close presentations
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to coordinate tasks, resolve issues, and share information
• Compile and maintain supporting documentation for internal and external audits
• Help maintain and improve internal controls to promote compliance, accuracy, and consistency
• Provide backup coverage for colleagues and cross-train others on key activities
• Continuously evaluate existing processes and implement improvements to drive efficiency and effectiveness
• Contribute to financial analytics and reporting support to help explain and validate reported results

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Experience: Minimum 3 years of relevant accounting experience
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Solid understanding of GAAP; proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other MS Office applications; experience with accounting systems/software; strong analytical, problem-solving, and math skills; high accuracy and attention to detail; ability to meet tight deadlines; effective written and verbal communication skills; self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership and accountability; demonstrated initiative and a mindset for process improvement; an interest in implementing technology to support and streamline activities

Qualifications

• Physical Demands & Requirements: Sedentary work; up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.
• Environmental Conditions: The work environment described here are meant to be representative of those an employee would normally encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. The physical environment requires the employee to work inside where there are limited extremes to heat and/or cold; moderate noise; a normal office environment. Travel may be required for trainings and meetings—up to 10%

Benefits

At Sompo, we offer competitive, high-quality compensation and benefit programs to eligible employees. Our compensation program is built on a foundation that promotes a pay-for-performance culture, resulting in higher incentive awards, on average, when the Company does well and lower incentive awards when the Company underperforms. The total compensation opportunity for all regular, full-time employees is a combination of base salary and incentives that gets adjusted upfront based on overall Company performance with final awards based on individual performance.

Below is a summary of our current comprehensive U.S. benefit programs:

• Two medical plans to choose from, including a Traditional PPO & a Consumer Driven Health Plan with a Health Savings account providing a competitive employer contribution
• Dental benefits including orthodontia benefits for adults and children
• Vision benefits
• Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Company-paid Life & AD&D benefits, including the option to purchase Supplemental life coverage for employee, spouse & children
• Company-paid Disability benefits with very competitive salary continuation payments
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with competitive employer contributions
• Competitive paid-time-off programs, including company-paid holidays
• Competitive Parental Leave Benefits & Adoption Assistance program
• Tax-Free Commuter Benefit
• Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits