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Job title: Accounting Manager
Company: Liberty Mutual Insurance
Job description: Description
As an Accounting Manager you will ndependently manage a bookclose and financial reporting team in a deadline focused environment with ultimate responsibility for the accuracy of the work. Identifies emerging accounting issues and develops processes to address them. Communicates accounting issues, trends and policies to a variety of audiences using a variety of means, including making presentations to senior management. Fosters the development of the team by setting objectives that challenge them while providing on-going coaching. Builds a culture of innovation to continuously improve processes to ensure work is performed in the fastest, most efficient means possible.
Responsibilities: * Ensures the accurate, timely completion of monthly, quarterly and annual book close cycles for an accounting function by effective planning, monitoring and problem solving.
- Oversees the production of all financial reports issued by an accounting function, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting regulations.
- Researches highly complex accounting policy issues and develops processes to address them, communicating appropriately to senior management. Develops, documents, and assures adherence to an internal control framework that ensures accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Makes recommendations to continuously improve the overall control environment. Provides sound financial advice to business units or other departments, anticipating the financial statement impact of changes in the business environment and making recommendations to ensure appropriate and beneficial accounting treatment.
- Understands how data flows through the financial systems to the accounting function, planning appropriately for changes and recommending and implementing enhancements. Coaches the team to assess the business value and efficiency of the work performed, identifying, and implementing improvements.
- Initiates and/or leads increasingly complex projects and continuous improvement activities that may span beyond the scope of own team`s responsibilities.
- Delivers business results while building the team`s capabilities by setting challenging objectives and coaching the team in meeting them.
- Has the vision to create employee development plans that build strengths needed for the current operation and for the future. Takes action to attract, engage and advance the careers of people from all backgrounds and experiences
Qualifications
- Bachelor`s degree (Accounting or Finance) is required. CPA or advanced degree in Accounting preferred. Minimum of 7 years of accounting or finance experience.
- Must demonstrate the ability to execute thoroughly in a fast-paced work environment, adapting quickly to changing conditions to achieve results.
- Facilitates cross-functional collaboration and communicates effectively to a wide variety of audiences at all levels of the organization.
- Comfortable leading meetings and making presentations to increasingly large audiences. Possesses an advanced understanding of accounting principles.
About Us
At Liberty Mutual, our purpose is to help people embrace today and confidently pursue tomorrow. That’s why we provide an environment focused on openness, inclusion, trust and respect. Here, you’ll discover our expansive range of roles, and a workplace where we aim to help turn your passion into a rewarding profession.
Liberty Mutual has proudly been recognized as a “Great Place to Work” by Great Place to Work® US for the past several years. We were also selected as one of the “100 Best Places to Work in IT” on IDG’s Insider Pro and Computerworld’s 2020 list. For many years running, we have been named by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers for Women and one of America’s Best Employers for New Graduates—as well as one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity. To learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion please visit:
We value your hard work, integrity and commitment to make things better, and we put people first by offering you benefits that support your life and well-being. To learn more about our benefit offerings please visit:
Liberty Mutual is an equal opportunity employer. We will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, veteran’s status, pregnancy, genetic information or on any basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.
Expected salary: $157500 per year
Location: New York City, NY
Job date: Thu, 13 May 2021 02:45:04 GMT
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