Dir, Client Accounting

Overview

This remote role is responsible for leading client accounting functions for Life, Absence, Disability, and VB product lines, with a focus on tax services, premium accounting, reporting, and compliance.

Remote Work Designation

• Work from home within the continental US.
• Occasional requests to come to the office may be required based on business need.
• Any office requests would be communicated in advance.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for client accounting functions supporting Life, Absence, Disability, and VB product lines.
• Partner with operations, product, finance, tax, and sales teams to ensure alignment and seamless delivery of accounting services.
• Lead initiatives to enhance financial accuracy, streamline procedures, and improve client outcomes across multifaceted product portfolios.
• Oversee end-to-end client accounting processes, including billing, premium collection, remittance, and reconciliation.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting standards, product-specific regulatory requirements, and applicable tax rules.
• Strengthen accounting controls to reduce risk, enhance audit readiness, and ensure accuracy across all product lines.
• Maintain internal controls over client billing, cash handling, and revenue recognition processes.
• Prepare or oversee reporting packages, including client financial summaries, performance metrics, and audit documentation.
• Support sales and leadership by providing financial insights for client renewals, pricing, and revenue forecasting.
• Work with key stakeholders in Product, Actuary, and Distribution to develop and deploy alternate funding arrangements (participating, level-funded, hybrid, and non-participating) for applicable offerings.
• Collaborate with IT/Systems teams to enhance financial system capabilities, reporting tools, and automation.
• Support internal audits, SOC controls, compliance reviews, and regulatory documentation.
• Serve as the senior financial partner for key or complex clients; lead resolution of escalated financial issues with professionalism, transparency, and urgency.
• Participate in client meetings to review billing performance, resolve issues, and discuss financial trends.
• Represent client accounting in cross-functional steering committees and business reviews.
• Enhance decision-making through data-driven insights and operational best practices.
• Contribute leave-administration financial services expertise for existing and prospective state clients.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a job-related field.
• 10+ years of job-related experience with 5+ years of management experience.
• Knowledge of group insurance financial structures, including (but not limited to):
  • premium administration
  • claims funding arrangements
  • product-specific billing requirements
  • dividend accounting
• Familiarity with absence and leave programs (FMLA, state leaves, employer policies) and how they influence premium and eligibility management.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP premium accounting, cash application, account reconciliation, and financial adjustments.
• Ability to manage complex account structures, retroactive billing, premium corrections, and detailed client-level financial records.
• Proficiency with tools such as Excel (advanced), Power BI, Tableau, or similar financial/data platforms.
• Strong ability to interpret data to monitor account health, identify issues, and support client or broker conversations.
• Strong presentation and written and verbal communication skills for a client-facing financial environment.
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a job-related field.
• Certification in a job-related field.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary Range: $150,000 to $200,000.
• The range is specific to the job. Compensation decisions may consider factors including education, experience, licensure, certifications, geographic location, and peer compensation.
• It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range to allow for future and continued salary growth; compensation decisions depend on the circumstances of each case.
• The salary range does not include potential incentive pay or benefits; that information is provided separately when appropriate.

Benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Prescription drug coverage
• Health care flexible spending
• Dependent care flexible spending
• Aflac supplemental policies (Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity) offered at no cost to employee
• 401(k) plans
• Annual bonuses
• Opportunity to purchase company stock

Time off / leave includes:

• 11 paid holidays annually
• Up to 20 days PTO to be used for any reason
• If eligible: state-mandated sick leave (Washington employees accrue 1-hour sick leave for every 40 hours worked) and other leaves of absence, if eligible
• Coverage of applicable leave laws, including sick and safe leave and adoption and parental leave, in all states and localities.

Location

• Remote position within the continental US.
• Occasional in-office attendance may be requested based on business need (advance communication required).

Application / Posting Timeline

• Job posting end date: October 31, 2026.