Investment Accounting Associate II – Corporate Subsidiaries

Investment Accounting Associate II, Corporate Subsidiaries Financial Controllership Full-Time Hybrid Boston, MA or Springfield, MA The Opportunity

This position is a key contributor on the team that manages and executes corporate accounting and analysis, including oversight of financial reporting outcomes of Mass Mutual subsidiaries and benefit plans. This position resides within the Financial Controllership team within the Controllers Organization which aspires to be best in class financial stewards for Mass Mutual. This is an opportunity for an individual who thrives in a highly dynamic and agile accounting environment to collaborate across teams seeking solid execution and improving outcomes.

This is an opportunity for an accounting professional who wants to join a highly motivated team of professionals focused on proactively driving the development and execution of process improvement, meaningful analysis and control execution for corporate accounting activities.

The Corporate Subsidiaries Controllership team is a high-profile team in the Controllers Organization which oversees our various non-life legal entities, leads special projects, and maintains strong relationships across the organization. Our team has a high business acumen and is driven to provide timely and accurate financial information to our customers and be an agile and reliable source of information in the organization.

We strive to continuously improve by working together as team to make each other and our processes better. The team continues to grow due to the growing level of subsidiaries and number of projects and initiatives that we lead.

• Analyze trends and results, use strong business acumen and communication skills collaborating with peers and the financial reporting team to draft and contribute to commentary which enables readers to quickly understand how performance is impacting financial results
• Contribute to periodic financial results review and analysis and manage cross functional projects including new legal entity creation, restructuring, and dissolution.
• Develop, document, and assure adherence to an internal control framework that ensures accurate and timely financial reporting. Make recommendations to continuously improve the overall control environment. Monitor the control environment of subsidiary accounting, including accounting performed by vendors. Ensure policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Effectively collaborate with accounting policy, close & consolidations, investment controllership, corporate tax, FP&A, expense management, cash operations, investment management operations, financial reporting, capital management and corporate shared services.
• Use professional insight to identify and implement accounting improvements that increase the business value and efficiency of the team. Initiate and/or lead increasingly complex projects and continuous improvement activities that may span beyond the scope of the team’s responsibilities. Responsible for leading problem solving to improve quality, close cycle times, increase efficiencies, and improve employee engagement and customer satisfaction.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field
• 4 years experience working in a large sophisticated corporate environment with knowledge and experience in U.S. GAAP

• Continuous improvement mindset
• Demonstrated versatility partnering with and influencing business leaders and peers across the organization
• Strong multi-tasking skills and ability to adapt to change
• CPA or progress towards a plus, public accounting experience
• Ability to proactively take ownership of projects and drive them through to completion
• Experience in identifying internal control issues and remediation efforts
• Experience in project managing high profile projects that need collaboration across multiple groups
• Preferred experience working with and supporting several corporate units
• Intellectual curiosity to continue learning and adding breadth and depth to understanding

• Regular meetings with the Investment Controllership team
• Focused…