Corporate Accounting Specialist

Lincoln Financial • Radnor, PA

6d • Remote

About The Position

We are excited to bring on a Corporate Account Specialist to join our Corporate Accounting business in a work from home environment. Background DetailsAs a Corporate Accounting Specialist, you will be responsible for performing monthly and quarterly accounting processes and preparation of related deliverables. This includes journal entry preparation, account reconciliations, process improvements and research as needed. You will prepare, record, analyze and report standard accounting transactions and ensure the integrity of accounting records for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with accepted accounting policies and principles. You will be expected to perform and deliver on routine assignments while simultaneously working on ad hoc projects leveraging and applying knowledge for your assigned area(s) of accounting responsibility. In this role, you will also be expected to execute process improvements as identified and be able to work with minimal supervision. If this sounds like a role for you, please read on!

Requirements

• 4 Year/Bachelor’s degree.
• Ability to understand and apply accounting principles such as accrual basis of accounting including accruals and prepaids and depreciation and amortization concepts.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and ever-changing environment.
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency with the ability to work independently, multitask and meet deadlines.
• Thinks critically with excellent analytical, interpretive and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to make suggestions for improvement, learn new skills, procedures and processes.
• Remains current in profession and industry trends.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Nice To Haves

• CPA strongly preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Preparing, recording, analyzing, and reporting accounting transactions and ensuring the integrity of accounting records for completeness, accuracy and compliance with accepted accounting policies and principles, and compliance with internal controls and SOX.
• Performing standard accounting activities, including preparing, classifying, recording, maintaining, and reconciling the General Ledger accounts, sub-ledgers and subsystems in compliance with accepted accounting policies and principles.
• Recording and maintaining records to support monthly and quarterly accruals and other accounting entries as necessary and analyze variances.
• Surpervising and reviewing integrated team members' work through reviewing and posting of journal entries, reviewing of reconciliations, and all other areas of assigned responsibilities.
• Determining classifications and recording financial transactions applying accounting technique, standard practices and accepted accounting policies and principles.
• Working with business partners across the company to implement accounting solutions to maintain budgetary compliance.
• Identifying, researching and resolving discrepancies or out-of-balance situations amongst assigned General Ledger Accounts.
• Maintaining a thorough understanding of the business operations, financial reporting and the General Ledger structure.
• Assisting with the preparation of quarterly and year-end work papers to support the company's reporting requirements and providing internal and external audit support as needed.
• Providing ad hoc analysis in support of management.
• Identfying and communicating process improvements that reduce workloads or improve quality, and promoting and enhancing organizational initiatives by positively influencing and supporting change management and/or departmental/enterprise initiatives for your area.

Benefits

• Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, along with associated behaviors for each of Lincoln's core values and leadership attributes
• Leadership development and virtual training opportunities
• PTO/parental leave
• Competitive 401K and employee benefits
• Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program
• Tuition assistance program
• Work arrangements that work for you
• Effective productivity/technology tools and training

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level