Staff Accountant

FCIC•Lexington, KY

18h•Onsite

About The Position

First Chicago Insurance Company is seeking a Staff Accountant to support its office in Lexington, Kentucky. The role handles daily cash activity and accounting tasks, including payment application, deposits, cash journal entries, ACH returns, and premium refund checks. It also supports month-end claims reporting and journal entries, inter-company accounting, invoice routing, and coordination with the bank and internal departments.

Requirements

Minimum two years of accounting experience.
Strong organizational and communication skills.
Strong time management skills.
Proficiency with Excel, Word, and accounting systems, including Sage.
Experience with cash applications, ACH, and bank reconciliations.
Bachelor's degree in Accounting.

Nice To Haves

Policy and claim administration system experience; Sapiens Stingray experience is a plus.
Insurance industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Generate and review daily cash and activity reports from the policy system, credit card and ACH processors, and the bank.
Apply premium payments received by mail and reconcile deposit totals to payments applied.
Prepare bank deposits and deliver them to the bank.
Prepare and post daily cash journal entries.
Serve as the primary point of contact with the bank and internal departments for check verification, missing endorsements or signatures, and stop payments.
Process ACH returns, update affected policies, and notify customer service.
Print premium refund checks and maintain the check register.
Distribute mail received in the company P.O. boxes.
Route vendor invoices to department heads for approval.
Prepare month-end claims reports and post month-end journal entries.
Verify and post inter-company journal entries.
Assist with other projects as needed.