Senior Accountant, Reinsurance

Position Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to continue your Accounting Career at one of the fastest growing life insurance companies in the country. National Life Group currently has an opening for a Reinsurance Senior Accountant. This senior-level position is designed for an accounting professional with significant experience in reinsurance accounting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and reconcile periodic reinsurance settlement statements.
• Carry out monthly and/or quarterly ledger close procedures, including preparing reinsurance journal entries, reconciliations, and analyses.
• Validate data from both internal systems and external reinsurers, investigating any discrepancies that arise.
• Maintain records that are accurate, thorough, and well-documented to support settlements, underlying assumptions, and reconciliations.
• Identify and pursue opportunities to improve processes, focusing on standardization and automation where possible.
• Review and provide support for the implementation or updating of new and existing reinsurance agreements.
• Work collaboratively with reinsurers to foster effective relationship management.
• Support audits, regulatory reporting, and respond to other ad hoc requests as necessary.
• Collaborate across functions with teams such as Financial Reporting, Risk Management, Legal, Internal Audit, Pricing, Product, IT, Operations, and Investments.
• Identify, evaluate, and leverage emerging technologies, including generative AI and automation solutions and workflow tools, to drive measurable improvements in reporting efficiency, control effectiveness, and scalability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• CPA preferred.
• Three to five years of accounting experience, ideally within insurance or public accounting sectors.
• Strong grasp of accounting principles, especially regarding internal controls.
• Advanced skills in Excel.
• Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, and reconciliation abilities.
• Keen attention to detail and the capacity to meet deadlines in a dynamic work setting.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Capability to work independently as well as collaborate across teams.
• Proven ability to develop strong working relationships and operate with a partnership-focused approach.

AI Proficiency Expectations

All applicants are expected to: - Leverage approved AI tools, where appropriate, to improve the efficiency, quality, and impact of their work. - Stay curious and open to new AI-enabled ways of working. - Exercise sound judgment by reviewing and validating AI-generated content. - Maintain accountability for the accuracy, quality, fairness, and integrity of work products by adhering to National Life’s AI guiding principles. - Use AI responsibly and in accordance with company policies related to confidentiality, data privacy, security, compliance, retention and intellectual property.

Benefits

Your benefits start day one and are flexible and customizable to your and your family’s specific needs. Check out the BENEFITS of a Career at National Life!

Pay Range

$86,625 - $127,050 USD