Senior Accountant & AI Specialist

Overview

The organization is seeking a Senior Accountant to help modernize core accounting processes and build AI-enabled automation across close, reporting, compliance, and investment workflows—while maintaining GAAP, statutory, and regulatory requirements.

This is a remote-first role. Candidates near the Concordia, Missouri office are welcome to work hybrid from there; fully remote is also welcome.

Responsibilities

Core Accounting (approximately 70%–80%)

• Own month-end close, reconciliations, and recurring reporting, delivered on deadline.
• Own investment accounting, including journal entries, investment schedules, and related reconciliations.
• Prepare and support state compliance filings, including forecasts and calculations that feed them.
• Support accounting for new insurance programs as they are onboarded, standardizing how each program is handled.
• Maintain compliance with GAAP, statutory, and regulatory requirements, including internal controls and documentation.

AI and Automation (approximately 20%–30%)

• Identify recurring accounting work that should not be manual, then rebuild it using AI tools.
• Map current-state processes, prototype AI-enabled alternatives, and lead implementation.
• Hand off every automation you build to the person who runs the process, including documentation and training.
• Evaluate and pilot AI tools for the accounting and finance team, and train team members to use them effectively.
• Ensure AI-enabled processes meet GAAP, statutory, and regulatory requirements, with appropriate internal controls, documentation, and human review.
• Apply AI to investment-related accounting and reporting workflows to improve data quality, analysis, and turnaround time.
• Keep accounting team AI work aligned with enterprise AI direction, standards, and governance.

Requirements

• 5+ years of corporate accounting experience, with month-end close, reconciliations, and compliance reporting owned independently.
• Investment accounting experience, or clear evidence you can pick it up quickly.
• A four-year degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience applying AI to real work (previous role, formal training/certification, or self-driven projects). Must be able to walk someone through what you built in enough detail for them to do it themselves.
• A track record of automating your own work (identify repetitive tasks, remove them, and explain what you saved).
• Ability to teach what you build, including documentation and handoff so someone else can run the process.
• Excellent understanding of AI tools and concepts, and ability to apply them to real processes.
• Proactive and creative approach; challenges the status quo.
• Ability to make decisions with incomplete information.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Proven track record of managing multiple projects and prioritizing work.
• Ability to work independently and handle ambiguity; you will be given outcomes rather than detailed instructions.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• An instinct for identifying opportunities and creating data-supported solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Insurance or statutory accounting experience is a plus, not a requirement.

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation Range: $77,760 - $86,400
• Above-market salary
• Pay equity and transparency
• Remote-first work setup support (work-from-home equipment and monthly internet)
• Flexible paid time off (after the first year: $1000 toward your next vacation)
• Employee stock options (full-time employees)
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401k with contribution matching

Location

• Preference for candidates in Ohio.
• Open to candidates located in AZ, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MD, MI, MO, NV, NC, OH, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, and WI.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Employment visa sponsorship or visa sponsorship takeover is not available at this time.