Financial Accountant

About the role

We are seeking a Financial Accountant to support accurate, timely, and insightful financial reporting. Key responsibilities include compiling, analyzing, and organizing financial data; preparing and posting journal entries; maintaining financial records; and supporting the financial close process.

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; interest in implementing technology to support and streamline activities

Qualifications

• Physical Demands & Requirements: Sedentary work; ability to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction; close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures; extensive reading; 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%

Skills

• Ability to adopt and implement artificial intelligence tools in daily work processes where needed

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
• Pharmacy benefits with mail order options
• 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
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tax-Free Commuter Benefit
• Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits