Supervisory Accountant, General Insurance International Controllership

About the role

The Supervisory Accountant is integral in supporting AIG’s General Insurance International Controllership team, with primary responsibility for controllership activities related to the preparation and analysis of quarterly consolidated financial statements for the General Insurance International operating segment in accordance with US GAAP and internal policies.

Responsibilities

• Preparing quarterly consolidated financial statements for AIG General Insurance International’s results based on regional submissions, in accordance with US GAAP, for ultimate inclusion within the AIG 10-Q/10-K financial results and segment disclosures
• Contributing to analytical reviews of segment Balance Sheet and Income Statement
• Partnering with Reinsurance, Actuarial, Investment and regional controllers and International segment to ensure transactions are properly reflected in the General Insurance International Consolidated financial statements
• Performing ledger data analysis and remediation, as well as executing journal entries in conjunction with the preparation of financial results for several legal entities
• Supporting the audit process with external and internal auditors
• Identifying opportunities and contributing to strengthening the control environment and implementing process improvements
• Provide surge capacity to the General Insurance Controllership during peak quarterly close periods

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting required
• Qualified CPA preferred, with a minimum of 3-5 years of relevant professional experience, particularly in a controllership or financial reporting role at a public company; insurance sector experience a plus
• Strong project management and change management capabilities, with a clear desire to be part of developing solutions and driving matters to completion
• Strong attention to detail, where accuracy and precision are critical to success, yet possessing an ability to step back and understand the broader objectives around analysis of results
• Systems-technical acumen, with a desire and aptitude to learn and master new financial accounting and reporting systems
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation development and delivery, with an ability to effectively work across teams
• Comfortable operating in a dynamic, transformational environment, where change is embraced and viewed as an opportunity for one’s own professional development and to drive process improvement for the team and broader organization

Benefits

We are proud to offer a range of competitive benefits, a summary of which can be viewed here: US Benefits