Accounting Specialist – Alternative Ventures

Nationwide Mutual Insurance•Columbus, OH

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a team member in Finance at Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales, the opportunities are endless! Let Nationwide help create your career journey! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care. Accounting Specialist – Alternative Ventures Role Summary This role supports accounting operations for Alternative Ventures programs, helping ensure accurate, timely, and complete financial information. The position focuses on executing key accounting activities, performing analytical reviews, and contributing to continuous improvement efforts as the business continues to scale. Would you thrive in an inclusive work environment where you can lead, adapt and innovate? Do you want to invest in yourself and work in an environment of problem solving, collaboration and learning? If you’re ready to lead in a technology-enable, digitally focused organization, where Controllership is a captivating and respected career, we want to hear from you! As a Specialist, you'll plan, coordinate and perform the most complex accounting functions. We'll count on you to acquire, assemble, evaluate, interpret, record and analyze financial data of all types and sources ultimately utilized in the preparation of financial documents for various regulatory and statutory authorities and for internal management of all levels.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
2–4 years of accounting or financial reporting experience
Strong analytical skills with attention to detail
Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, evolving environment
Demonstrated curiosity and willingness to learn new business models and processes
Effective written and verbal communication skills
GAAP and/or STAT knowledge and/or functional business area regulatory requirements.
Complex financial statement preparation, including consolidation of companies/subsidiaries.
Principles of taxation and the related impact on financial statement preparation.
Accounting and/or business computer systems.
Company organizational structure and products and services.
Verbal and written communication skills for internal/external contacts.
Ability to analyze, discover and solve accounting problems, to interpret financial documents and data and to analyze and interpret legal requirements.
Project management skills.
Ability to interpret changes in financial reporting and legal requirements relative to the impact on financial statement preparation and to the formulation of company or business area policies and procedures.
Ability to effectively operate a personal computer and related software using advanced techniques.
Ability to apply accounting principles, theories, concepts and practices to specialized, unique and/or nonrecurring complex problems.

Nice To Haves

insurance experience preferred.
Progress towards CPA preferred.

Responsibilities

Support accounting operations for Alternative Ventures programs, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with internal standards
Execute assigned components of accounting processes, including reconciliations, reporting, and data validation, with a strong focus on accuracy and completeness
Work through ambiguity by leveraging data, research, and critical thinking to support well‑informed recommendations
Analyze and interpret data to identify discrepancies and support process improvements
Contribute to continuous improvement efforts by identifying manual processes that may be automated or streamlined
Follow and support established internal controls around manual workflows to ensure complete, accurate, and reliable data
Collaborate cross‑functionally with finance, operations, and business partners to support the growth of the P&C business
Contribute to a culture of innovation and excitement as the organization expands into new ventures
Performs a lead role in establishing and implementing of new or revised accounting policies and procedures.
Prepares and analyzes the most sophisticated financial and regulatory statements for the company(ies) and/or business areas assigned.
Develops and submits sophisticated accounting and financial transactions required to ensure accurate reporting.
Ensures the completeness and accuracy of all reports, forms and data provided to internal and external clients/customers.
Recommends management actions or alternatives when the analysis of financial documents discloses unfavorable trends, situations or deviations.
Keeps informed of changes to GAAP and/or STAT regulatory requirements which ultimately impact the submission of statements, reports and other financial data.
Recommends changes to area(s) of responsibility that would enhance, improve or facilitate job performance, processing or workflow.
Leads the development and design of new and enhanced systems and processes, under general guidance, within the assigned area(s).
Prepares and analyzes the most complex pro forma financial data required for compliance with new requirements.
Assists management in applying financial data and analysis to solve administrative and operating problems.
Prepares state and supplemental reporting requirements.
Prepares complex financial information to provide to internal and external auditors, IRS, state examiners and other regulatory agencies.
Prepares special reports and presentations.
Serves in a group leader capacity to other accountants on selected projects.

Benefits

medical/dental/vision
life insurance
short and long term disability coverage
paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
nine paid holidays
8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
401(k) with company match
company-paid pension plan
business casual attire