Senior Accountant (Insurance Experience)

The Senior Accountant will participate in the compilation of Statutory financial statements and exhibits for three insurance companies in accordance with internal and external due dates.

Acquire complete knowledge of the Corporation’s General Ledger and Annual Statement systems in order to take lead role in supporting these systems.

Analyze results of operations and financial position and other key indicators. Responsible for resolving reinsurance issues and analysis.

Support special projects and corporate initiatives.

Essential Functions :

• Responsible for the accounting and reporting of both direct and program business for MSIG’s three insurance companies; this includes journal entry preparation, account reconciliations and researching and documenting all fluctuations.
• Research and document all reinsurance matters. Perform quarterly reconciliation of reinsurance balance sheet accounts. Responsible for full understanding of reinsurance scheme in order to scrutinize reinsurance results and monitor open balances.

Provide information to Treasury Department for accurate accounting on all reinsurance receipts.

Perform all accounting for Products Liability Third Party Administrator (PL TPA) claims unit including recording monthly journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.

Follow up on open balances with PL TPA unit members.

• Complete quarterly reporting for parent company in Japan including Accreditation report and Letter of Credit estimation.
• Handle all deductible accounting needed including loss conversion factor and nonadmitted calculations.
• Preparation of regulatory reporting schedules for NAIC Annual Statement for three insurance companies including : notes to financial statements, general interrogatories, and Schedule P for assigned books of business.
• Preparation of regulatory reporting schedules for NAIC Quarterly Statement for three insurance companies including : notes to financial statements, general interrogatories, and Part 3 for assigned books of business.
• Complete assigned Asset Impairment Test documents for : aged ceded losses recoverable balances and PL TPA receivables
• Participate in Financial Audits / Reviews with external auditors. Respond to all applicable audit requests timely and accurately.
• Handle all assigned state annual statement filing requirements including state specific Special Schedule Ps.
• Coordinate annual Ambest SRQ filing.
• Perform annual Letter of Credit estimation for all applicable reinsurers.
• Document and maintain all procedures documentation for assigned responsibilities.
• Research, interpret and apply statutory literature to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for in depth understanding and analysis of corporate results. Perform trend analysis, research and analyze issues of strategic significance and prepare financial models.
• Responsible for the integrity of assigned balance sheet and income statement accounts through reconciliations
• Act as backup for other accounting department functions.
• Provide general support to department managers including reviewing staff members work, research and creating reports.
• Provide special project support as needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities :

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience Required :

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting required
• Minimum of 5 years of accounting experience required
• Property and casualty insurance experience preferred
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