Accountant II - Insurance

Ally Financial • Detroit, MI

290d • Onsite

About The Position

The Accountant II will be a member of Ally's Controller's Team. Reporting to the Director or Manager, the position will be responsible for assisting in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements of a public company and key responsibilities include gathering information from the various groups, pulling the information into the quarterly and annual financial statements and working thru the various levels of review from a number of business owners.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required (Accounting major preferred).
• CPA (or equivalent) and/or MBA preferred.
• 1+ years previous work experience in Accounting (CPA firm preferred).
• General accounting and/or functional skills for area of expertise.
• Exhibit a strong work ethic and high degree of self-motivation.
• Must possess good communication skills.
• Ability to organize data, perform independent analysis, and provide explanations/conclusions to management.
• Ability to work with limited supervision while applying previous experience to execute moderately complex tasks.
• Ability to contribute meaningfully to projects.
• Comfortable interacting with other personnel in group or support staff from other departments; may interact with other internal and external personnel (i.e., external auditors, regulators) on specific projects or routine matters, usually under supervision.
• Advanced MS Excel (pivot tables, v-lookups, sumifs, etc.) required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation of the quarterly and year-end financial statements (10-Q/10-K).
• Coordinate with a number of groups across the enterprise in gathering all the necessary materials.
• Participate in gathering the review comments and making any necessary changes to the financial statements.
• Assist in analytical accounting support to the internal business partners.
• Assist in the resolution of accounting problems thru the appropriate channels.
• Maintain desk procedures and work instructions.
• Manage and improve the processes around the assigned accounting activities.
• Drive audit compliance within the areas for which you are responsible.
• Contribute to ad hoc analytical projects as necessary both within and beyond your primary area of focus.
• Work on preparing and parking Journal entries.
• Perform account reconciliations.
• Work with cross-functional teams on new projects, products and transactions.
• Complete special projects, including accounting research and memo preparation, and other ad hoc requests.
• Build relationships with business and IT partners to achieve common goals.
• Communicate with internal and external auditors, as well as other business units and finance teams.

Benefits

• 11 paid holidays.
• 20 paid time off days.
• 8 hours of volunteer time off, yearly.
• Industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions.
• Student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision.
• Employee, spouse and child life insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions.
• Healthcare FSA.
• Critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance.
• Total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
• Adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance.
• Paid parental and caregiver leave.
• Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days.
• Childcare discounts.
• Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program.
• Subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program.
• Other employee discount programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree