Investment Accounting Analyst - (Open to Remote)

Reinsurance Group of America•Chesterfield, MO

2d•Remote

About The Position

You desire impactful work. You're RGA ready RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today's challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World's Most Admired Companies , we're the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all. A Brief Overview The Analyst will be responsible for owning the work assigned and ensuring the tasks within are completed timely, accurately and in compliance with all regulatory and financial controls.

Requirements

Education and Experience Required: Bachelor's Degree in Arts / Sciences (BA/BS) in Accounting/Finance or equivalent related work experience required
Microsoft Office 365 (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)
3+ years accounting or auditing experience
Skills and Abilities Required: Knowledge of accounting/finance, including broad business practices, investment accounting, GAAP and/or statutory requirements.
Investigative, analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to balance detail with larger objectives.
Good business communication skills, with the ability to adapt the message to the audience.
Team player who enthusiastically shares ideas and talents while also encouraging and respecting others ideas and talents with a view to the best team outcome.
Organized with ability to balance priorities, meet deadlines and take initiative for completing deliverables.
Coachable and curious - willing to try and propose new ideas and open to feedback on what is working and what is not to facilitate individual professional development
Strong organizational skills and ability to meet tight deadlines

Nice To Haves

Preferred: Master's Degree
CPA certification
Insurance/reinsurance or financial services accounting experience
Experience with Power BI, PowerQuery, Tableau, Alteryx, SQL/Query skills.
Leadership experience - work or personal
Wings or other statutory filing software experience

Responsibilities

Financial close: Review and compare data from the general ledger to other sources to ensure it reconciles and research discrepancies to ensure the financial reporting is accurate and the results understood.
Extract data from various sources to create new reports.
Review and analyze data for reasonableness and provide commentary where applicable on events before sharing with internal and external audiences.
Update report parameters based on changes to reporting requirements.
Learn and master navigating investment accounting systems and technology tools to complete work efficiently and effectively, including suggesting improvements as applicable.
Learn and complete statutory investment reporting schedules.
Update financial statement notes and interrogatories, consulting accounting policies and technical accounting resources for proper reporting in accordance with statutory accounting principles.
Analyze changes in portfolio and investment holdings for accurate reporting, identify and explain variances and trends and prepare reporting for enhanced data visualization.
Internal controls: Support the team by ensuring that financial risks are understood, controls are followed, concerns are escalated, and documentation is updated timely.
Participate in findings remediation and projects to mature controls through efficiencies and automation.
Audit-related activities: Evaluate auditor requests to pull relevant supporting documents for testing and respond to auditor inquiries in a professional manner, with an understanding of investment risks and ability to offer suggestions for issue resolution
Collaborate cross-functionally: Engage and work in a professional manner with all levels of employees across all regions and teams in RGA, including participation in cross-functional projects representing team. This role most often will receive inquiries from Finance and Investments where expertise may be required to explain investment accounting information, produce related analysis and reporting for stakeholder consumption.