Senior Accountant

Overview

The organization is seeking a Senior Accountant to join its accounting team as a foundational hire. This role executes the day-to-day accounting work that supports clients’ captive insurance financials, owns close cadence for a book of captive participants, partners with clients on finance questions and requests, and works with the technology team to convert manual processes into automated workflows.

Responsibilities

• Core accounting execution: Own monthly and quarterly close activities for a book of captive participants, including:
  • Journal entries
  • Reconciliations
  • Premium and loss accounting
  • Intercompany activity
  • Financial statement preparation
• Client interaction: Serve as a day-to-day point of contact for client finance teams by:
  • Fielding questions
  • Walking clients through their financials
  • Following through on requests without needing to be chased
• Systemization and technology adoption: Partner with the technology team to codify accounting workflows into the platform by:
  • Identifying repetitive manual work
  • Proposing automations
  • Adopting new tools quickly
  • Using hands-on experience to help shape what gets built next
• Process documentation: Build and maintain clear documentation for the accounting processes you run to make work repeatable and scalable.
• Regulatory and compliance support: Support annual audits, regulatory filings, and domicile-specific reporting requirements for captive clients.

Requirements

• 5 to 10 years of professional accounting experience
• Insurance accounting experience required; captive insurance accounting experience is a strong plus
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• Comfort working directly with clients and presenting financial information
• Demonstrated interest in financial systems, automation, and technology adoption
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Fully remote role; must be able to work core hours that overlap with US Eastern time and be open to traveling to HQ in New York a few times a year

Preferred Qualifications

No additional preferred qualifications listed beyond the requirements.