Sr. Specialist Accounting Policy

Job Description Summary

Provide technical accounting expertise to business partners and leaders across all business units. Develop and maintain accounting policy documents and analyze accounting implications of new accounting guidance or strategic transactions to assist in making key accounting policy decisions.

• Provide U.S. GAAP technical accounting guidance related to current and proposed transactions to ensure consistent interpretation and conformity with authoritative accounting literature.
• Develop and maintain global accounting policies as well as oversight of adoption and compliance with global accounting policies.
• Analyze accounting implications of alternate solutions and support business units with significant and unusual transactions in support of key accounting decisions.
• Perform independent research to support key accounting decisions.
• Consider financial impact, benefits and drawbacks, and potential legal and regulatory impacts of significant accounting transactions.
• Monitor the FASB for emerging and new adoptions of accounting standards; assess guidance applicable to the company.
• Participate with insurance industry technical accounting groups to ensure consistent application of global accounting standards.
• Prepare memos and policy documents to communicate accounting changes.
• Develop, implement, and communicate new policies and processes to comply with newly issued accounting standards.
• Draft financial statement disclosures regarding upcoming accounting pronouncements.
• Work closely with senior management as well as external auditors on complex accounting topics, and engage with legal counsel, regulators, and consultants as needed.
• Serve as a technical accounting subject matter expert.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field.
• Eight years of accounting experience.
• In-depth accounting knowledge, preferably in the financial services/insurance industry.
• Analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment.
• Advanced computer skills.

• Experience with technical research and preparation of accounting memorandums and policies.
• Advanced writing skills to document and communicate complex accounting and reporting issues to finance and non‑finance personnel.
• Advanced strategic thinking skills when formulating interpretations of accounting guidance for new and emerging transactions and when presenting accounting interpretations to external auditors.
• CPA designation.
• Big‑4 experience.
• Understanding of statutory accounting principles.
• Understanding of actuarial concepts.
• Understanding of financial instruments.

Hybrid (In Office: Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays). Occasional travel