Senior Accountant - Investment Accounting

Reinsurance Group of America • Chesterfield, MO

3d

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 Senior Accountant 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

• Bachelor's Degree in Arts / Sciences (BA/BS) in Accounting/Finance or equivalent related work experience required
• Microsoft Office 365 (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)
• 2+ years accounting or auditing experience
• 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.
• Organized with ability to balance priorities, meet deadlines and take initiative for completing deliverables.
• Ability to work independently on routine tasks, collaborate and gives guidance within a team environment.
• Ability to follow established procedures and identify outliers for further analysis.
• 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

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree
• CPA certification
• Experience with Power BI, PowerQuery, Tableau, Alteryx, SQL/Query skills.
• Leadership experience - work or personal

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: As part of the Investment Accounting senior leadership team, help to define and execute the strategic vision for the function in alignment with Global Finance strategies and Investment strategies.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to learn and apply complex investment concepts to advise financial impact to new investment structures and strategies
• Leads investment accounting reporting activities related to integration of new business opportunities, new asset classes and other new investment related matters.
• Financial close: Use judgement to ensure data entered to transactional system or via manual journal entry is necessary, complete and accurate, and ensure quality support is attached.
• Analyze and validate various data points and identify and research issues or discrepancies
• 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.
• Learn and master navigating investment accounting systems and technology tools to complete work efficiently and effectively, including suggesting improvements as applicable.
• Internal controls: Support the team by ensuring that financial risks are understood, controls are followed, concerns are escalated, and documentation is updated timely.
• Audit-related activities: Evaluate auditor requests to pull relevant supporting documents for testing and respond to auditor inquiries in a professional manner.
• Collaborate cross-functionally: Engage and work in a professional manner with all levels of employees across all regions and teams in RGA. This role most often will receive inquiries from Finance and Investments where expertise may be required to explain investment accounting information.

Benefits

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.
• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.
• Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.
• RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees