Lead Specialist, Financial Analysis – External Reporting

Location: Iowa

## Lead Specialist, Financial Analysis – External Reporting Apply locations:
Cedar Rapids, Iowa:
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** Job Family
** Finance - General
** About Us
** At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.
** Who We Are
** We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life.

Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them.

We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.
** What We Do
** Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include
1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors,
2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and
3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.

Transamerica employs nearly 7,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide.  For more information, visit
** Job Description Summary
** Serve as a top subject matter expert within the External Reporting group performing accounting, financial reporting and analysis functions in the preparation and filing of financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Apply financial knowledge and judgment to activities that are diverse and complex to validate the integrity and accuracy of SEC filings.
** Job Description
**** Responsibilities
* ** Utilize subject matter expertise to lead the preparation, review, and filing of periodic SEC filings, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and other required filings.  Coordinate the timely submission of filings within regulatory deadlines.
* Review and perform analytics in the preparation of financial statements to ensure consistency and accuracy across all financial statements and disclosures in accordance with U.S. GAAP and SEC regulations.  Ensure accuracy of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) tagging in financial statements.
* Deliver a higher level of financial reporting expertise to aid in solving problems in unique ways.
* Lead interactions with external auditors, including managing audits, addressing auditor inquiries and providing proper documentation for disclosures.
* Collaborate with management to maintain and enhance disclosure controls and procedures to ensure high-quality reporting.  Act as a processes owner to support and ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements.
* Recommend and lead implementation of changes to processes to achieve efficiencies through the use of technology.
* Create communications…