Senior Accountant

Overview

A Senior Technical Accountant role is available, focusing on statutory insurance accounting. This individual contributor position requires high-level expertise in Statutory Accounting Principles (SAP) to support complex statutory reporting, technical research, reconciliations, regulatory interactions, and audit activities. The role involves providing guidance and oversight on statutory accounting matters without direct people management responsibilities. It offers the opportunity to influence key decisions, improve processes, and collaborate closely with auditors, regulators, and internal stakeholders within a stable, growth-oriented insurance environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert on Statutory Accounting Principles (SAP), interpreting codification and applying it to complex insurance transactions.
• Review and analyze quarterly and annual statutory filings, including financial statements, MD&A, and supplemental schedules, ensuring compliance with NAIC statutory requirements.
• Oversee and review statutory reporting work performed by others, ensuring quality, consistency, and adherence to statutory accounting standards.
• Conduct proactive research on emerging statutory guidance, monitor SAPWG activity, industry developments, and regulatory trends; communicate impacts and recommendations to leadership.
• Support statutory audits by performing technical SAP analysis, reviewing codification checklists, coordinating audit responses, and explaining balances, reconciliations, and processes.
• Assist with state insurance examinations and ongoing regulator communications, including holding company filings, dividend notifications, and multi-jurisdictional regulatory requirements.
• Support regulatory review related to group reinsurance structures, new business initiatives, and U.S. and international reporting considerations.
• Perform and review investment, cash, and general ledger reconciliations, including multi-source data reconciliation, variance analysis, and root-cause investigations.
• Design, build, and enhance Excel workbooks and summary schedules for large data sets using pivot tables, lookups, and logic-based formulas to improve reporting efficiency and accuracy.
• Document controls, processes, and accounting conclusions clearly and thoroughly to support audit and regulatory review.
• Collaborate and communicate professionally with accountants, financial administrators, auditors, regulators, and management.
• Work effectively under tight deadlines, including extended hours during quarter-end and year-end reporting.
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls, and enhance the statutory reporting and compliance framework.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field.
• 3–5+ years of insurance accounting experience with significant exposure to NAIC statutory accounting, including statutory reporting and compliance.
• Deep, hands-on expertise in Statutory Accounting Principles (SAP) and NAIC statutory accounting, including codification interpretation.
• Experience working with insurance regulators, statutory audits, and insurance regulatory filings.
• Strong background in investment, cash, and general ledger reconciliations, including multi-source data reconciliation.
• Proven ability to perform variance analysis and root-cause investigations.
• Advanced Excel skills, including creating workbooks from scratch, designing summary schedules, building pivot tables, and using lookups and logic-based formulas.
• Experience improving the efficiency and accuracy of reporting tools and Excel-based models.
• Ability to document controls, processes, and accounting conclusions in a clear, comprehensive, and audit-ready manner.
• Experience working under tight deadlines, including extended hours during close and year-end reporting cycles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and quality.
• Ability to provide oversight and advisory support as a subject matter expert without direct people management.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, CPA, or Master of Accountancy.
• Experience with EAS or other insurance-specific accounting systems.
• Experience with SQL for data extraction and analysis.
• Experience with Concur and SAP.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, including documentation of controls and processes.
• Demonstrated drive to improve processes and enhance reporting quality and efficiency.
• High level of integrity, intelligence, initiative, and ownership.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities, regulatory developments, and evolving business needs.
• Proven ability to build strong working relationships and communicate complex concepts clearly to stakeholders at all levels.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $80,000 - $105,000 per year.
• Retirement and savings plan with immediate enrollment and 100% employer match up to 5%.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for eligible employees and dependents.
• Dedicated learning and development program.
• 100% upfront educational reimbursement program.
• Subsidized downtown parking.
• Competitive time-off policies including parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Program.

Location

This is a permanent position based in Omaha, NE, with the option to work 100% remotely within the Central Time Zone (approximately 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CT). Remote employees are expected to travel to Omaha approximately one week per quarter, with occasional additional visits as needed. The office environment in Omaha is business casual.

Work Environment

The role typically involves a 40-hour workweek, with increased hours (up to approximately 50 hours per week) during quarter-end and year-end reporting periods. The position offers a stable and growth-oriented insurance environment with opportunities to impact key decisions and improve processes.