Senior Accountant

Adventist Risk Management, Inc.•Silver Spring, MD

8d•$84,857 - $127,286•Hybrid

About The Position

Adventist Risk Management®, Inc. (ARM), the official insurance and risk management company for the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church, is seeking a Senior Accountant. The role leads the accounting system implementation and provides department support for Sage Intacct, assists with external audit readiness, owns assigned monthly accounting activities, and reviews entries posted by a Staff Accountant. It works with Accounting, IT, banking partners, entity accountants, and external auditors. Audit responsibilities involve coordination and evidence readiness rather than independent internal auditing. Hybrid opportunities are available from Silver Spring, Maryland. The Senior Accountant owns monthly accounts payable accruals, expense cutoff schedules, reversals, and subsequent invoice clearing, and develops procedures for management approval. The position also serves as the annual Risk Management Conference accountant and oversees monthly accounting, reconciliations, and reporting for self-insured funds. It leads accounting requirements and implementation activities for the accounting system, including chart-of-accounts mapping, migration tie-outs, testing, cutover support, and user training. Ongoing system support includes coordination of interface exceptions, reporting changes, procedures, and journal approval routing with IT. The role assists with external audit requests, evidence readiness, confirmation information, schedules, and corrective-action follow-up. It prepares and reviews assigned close entries and reconciliations, and may assume selected bank or investment reconciliations after approved training and access. ARM describes its culture as committed to extraordinary customer service and diversity and inclusion, within a Seventh-day Adventist Christian environment. The organization is a Maryland-based 501(c)(3) religious nonprofit corporation and an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field.
Five or more years of progressive accounting experience is preferred, with specific experience implementing accounting systems.
Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, month-end close, and reconciliation controls.
Ability to coordinate audit evidence and maintain a complete request tracker.
Experience translating accounting needs into ERP requirements and testing.
Strong Microsoft Excel, reporting, and data-analysis skills.
Ability to review staff work effectively.
Strong documentation, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to identify control issues and escalate significant decisions.
Candidates without prior insurance experience are expected to complete introductory insurance education through The Institutes during their first year of employment.

Nice To Haves

Five or more years of progressive accounting experience, including specific experience implementing accounting systems.
CPA or equivalent professional accounting credentials.
Good working knowledge of denominational organizational structure and culture.
Prior insurance experience.

Responsibilities

Own monthly accounts payable accruals, expense cutoff schedules, reversals, and subsequent invoice clearing; develop documented procedures for management approval.
Serve as the annual Risk Management Conference accountant.
Oversee monthly accounting, reconciliations, and reporting for self-insured funds.
Lead accounting requirements, chart-of-accounts mapping, migration tie-outs, testing, cutover support, and user training for accounting system implementation.
Coordinate ongoing accounting system support with IT, including interface exceptions, reporting changes, documented procedures, and journal approval routing.
Assist with external audit requests, evidence readiness, confirmation information, schedules, and corrective-action follow-up.
Prepare and review assigned close entries and reconciliations.
Assume selected bank or investment reconciliations after approved training and access.
Review entries posted by a Staff Accountant.