Investment Accounting Associate II - Corporate Subsidiaries

MassMutual Financial Group • Boston, MA

69d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position is a key contributor on the team that manages and executes corporate accounting and analysis, including oversight of financial reporting outcomes of MassMutual subsidiaries and benefit plans. This position resides within the Financial Controllership team within the Controllers Organization which aspires to be best in class financial stewards for MassMutual. This is an opportunity for an individual who thrives in a highly dynamic and agile accounting environment to collaborate across teams seeking solid execution and improving outcomes. This is an opportunity for an accounting professional who wants to join a highly motivated team of professionals focused on proactively driving the development and execution of process improvement, meaningful analysis and control execution for corporate accounting activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field
• 4+ years experience working in a large sophisticated corporate environment with knowledge and experience in U.S. GAAP

Nice To Haves

• Continuous improvement mindset
• Demonstrated versatility partnering with and influencing business leaders and peers across the organization
• Strong multi-tasking skills and ability to adapt to change
• CPA or progress towards a plus, public accounting experience
• Ability to proactively take ownership of projects and drive them through to completion
• Experience in identifying internal control issues and remediation efforts
• Experience in project managing high profile projects that need collaboration across multiple groups
• Preferred experience working with and supporting several corporate units
• Intellectual curiosity to continue learning and adding breadth and depth to understanding

Responsibilities

• Analyze trends and results, use strong business acumen and communication skills collaborating with peers and the financial reporting team to draft and contribute to commentary which enables readers to quickly understand how performance is impacting financial results
• Contribute to periodic financial results review and analysis and manage cross functional projects including new legal entity creation, restructuring, and dissolution.
• Develop, document, and assure adherence to an internal control framework that ensures accurate and timely financial reporting. Make recommendations to continuously improve the overall control environment. Monitor the control environment of subsidiary accounting, including accounting performed by vendors. Ensure policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Effectively collaborate with accounting policy, close & consolidations, investment controllership, corporate tax, FP&A, expense management, cash operations, investment management operations, financial reporting, capital management and corporate shared services.
• Use professional insight to identify and implement accounting improvements that increase the business value and efficiency of the team. Initiate and/or lead increasingly complex projects and continuous improvement activities that may span beyond the scope of the team's responsibilities. Responsible for leading problem solving to improve quality, close cycle times, increase efficiencies, and improve employee engagement and customer satisfaction.

Benefits

• Regular meetings with the Investment Controllership team
• Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager
• Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women.
• LGBTQ, veteran and disability-focused business resource groups
• Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms
• Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees