Accounting Manager; Hybrid in Worcester, MA)

Our Finance team is currently seeking an Accounting Manager in our Worcester, MA location. Position is eligible for Hybrid/Flex work arrangement. This is a full-time, exempt role.

Responsible for managing all day-to-day accounting team functions, internal controls and quality assurance processes, and monthly/quarterly/annual internal and external GAAP and statutory reporting. This role oversees accurate and timely preparation, review, and analysis of financial information, regulatory filings, internal controls, and disclosures while ensuring compliance with NAIC, SEC, SOX, and company accounting policies. Requires expertise in specialized programs accounting including reinsurance and ensuring all team members are proficient as well.

Requires strong team building skills including the ability to motivate, retain and development talent. Responsible for continuous review and improvement of accounting processes, effectively leveraging modern technologies, managing unanticipated situations and problem solving. Requires significant collaboration and communication with management and staff throughout the company, including reinsurance operations/billing, information technology operations and business analysts, P&C accounting, finance, actuarial, HR, and internal and external auditors.

• Serve as subject matter expert and point person for all accounting, systems and reporting matters. This individual must be able to analyze, review and evaluate financial statement data flows and relevant key controls and to solve issues and any significant variances when they emerge. This includes being able to obtain a strong understanding and full view of the critical financial reporting data path: from front-end inputs, through system-to-system feeds, to back-end conversion to automated and manual journal entries, and to the final reporting deliverables.
• Manage day-to-day accounting operations, internal controls, and quality assurance activities, including routine and non-routine reporting deliverables as well as ad-hoc projects.
• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes and ensure timely reporting deliverables.
• Review and approve complex journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting work papers.
• Prepare, review and analyze financial results, investigate variances, and resolve reporting issues.

• Oversee accounting and reporting activities supporting SAP, GAAP, and SEC requirements, as applicable.
• Support NAIC reporting, regulatory filings, and insurance industry financial reporting requirements, as applicable.
• Serve as subject matter expert for insurance accounting transactions, related systems, and reporting matters.

• Ensure compliance with SOX, SEC, NAIC, SAP, GAAP, and company policies, as applicable.
• Partner with internal and external auditors during audits and regulatory examinations.
• Research, document, and implement new accounting guidance and reporting requirements.
• Maintain and enhance internal control documentation and testing activities.

• Lead process improvement and automation initiatives driven by strong understanding of end-to-end financial statement data flows, systems and financial reporting outputs.
• Experience working with enterprise general ledger systems, such as People Soft General Ledger, Oracle Financials, or equivalent ERP platforms, as well as other financial reporting tools, including Hyperion Essbase, Power BI, or similar tools.
• Identify technology opportunities and develop accounting/reporting solutions.

• Lead, mentor, develop, and evaluate accounting staff.
• Establish team priorities, allocate resources, and monitor performance.
• Collaborate with operations, IT, actuarial, finance, HR, and management teams.
• Involves others to leverage additional knowledge or skills that lead to increased understanding. Obtains shared commitment to the improvement or success of an event or project.
• Communicate complex accounting matters and recommendations to senior leadership building support, agreement and commitment.

• Minimum 5-8 years of progressive accounting and financial reporting experience.
• Insurance accounting, public accounting, or a combination thereof preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or…