Supervisory Accountant, Controllership

AIG Insurance • Wilton, NY

1d • $87,000 - $109,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Supervisory Accountant, Controllership, is a key member of AIG’s controllership team ensuring timely and accurate external reporting of financial information in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP) and internal policies. This position is responsible for managing the end-to-end closing process for supporting delivery of the global consolidation of the Company's Financial Statements, ensuring integrity of data and maintenance of a robust control environment, having a command of our legal entity and general ledger structures, and driving process improvements. This role will require significant interaction/coordination with various stakeholders to ensure all closing documents are prepared accurately and all procedures are followed correctly.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of financial reporting/accounting experience within a Big Four or financial services environment
• CPA or CPA candidate preferred
• Prior people management experience preferred
• Strong operational accounting experience with US GAAP reporting
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation development and delivery, with an ability to effectively work across teams
• Strong problem solving structuring and counselling / influencing senior leaders
• Experience operating in a dynamic, transformational environment, where change is embraced and viewed as an opportunity to drive process improvement
• Demonstrated strong business and financial acumen as well as advanced change management and project management skills
• Demonstrated past success at creating or significantly upgrading the function and instilling a culture of continuous process improvement
• Highly influential and able to flex leadership style according to the situation
• Resilient and tenacious with a propensity to persevere

Responsibilities

• Oversight and accountability for timely and accurate delivery of the quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements
• Coordination with internal and external stakeholders to gather necessary documents; ensure complex transactions are properly reflected in the consolidated financial statements, issues during quarter close are timely identified and resolved, and a strong feedback loop exists to drive continuous process improvement
• Monitor and report on closing process metrics to improve efficiency and effectiveness
• Resolve any issues or discrepancies that arise during the closing process
• Respond to Senior leadership queries within the Corporate Controllership and across Finance
• Support and contribute to projects and workstreams associated with significant transactions and ad hoc activities, such as acquisitions, spin-offs, de-consolidations, re-segmentations, capital transactions, etc.

Benefits

• we’re proud to offer a range of competitive benefits, a summary of which can be viewed here: US Benefits
• Total Rewards Program, a comprehensive benefits package that extends beyond time spent at work to offer benefits focused on your health, wellbeing and financial security—as well as your professional development—to bring peace of mind to you and your family.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees