Accounting Clerk Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 12 years of relevant accounting experience, preferably in insurance or reinsurance.
• Experience with insurance or reinsurance accounting, including cessions, premiums, commissions, and losses.
• Strong understanding of debits and credits and the distinction between balance sheet and profit and loss treatment.
• Hands-on experience entering high-volume transactions in QuickBooks.
• Proficiency in Excel, including lookup functions, reconciliations, and data validation techniques.
• Ability to accurately reconcile insurance-related general ledger accounts.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in data entry and financial recordkeeping.
• Ability to handle repetitive, data-intensive tasks while maintaining quality.
• Ability to follow structured processes and workflows and meet deadlines with minimal oversight.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with reinsurance statements or treaty accounting.
• Familiarity with automotive insurance programs, including dealers, lenders, warranties, and GAP insurance.
• Prior experience supporting MGAs, insurance carriers, or reinsurance intermediaries.
• General accounting background, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, collections, cash management, and reconciliation.
• Experience with invoice entry, invoice processing, invoice reconciliation, and purchase order workflows.
• Experience using QuickBooks for invoicing and insurance-related transaction processing.
• Basic to advanced Excel skills, including data organization and validation for high-volume entries.
• Ability to maintain organized documentation and audit-ready records.
• Interest in growing within a rapidly expanding organization that promotes from within.

Responsibilities

• Enter reinsurance cession transactions in QuickBooks, including ceded premiums, commissions, losses, and related payables and receivables.
• Ensure financial statements correctly reflect gross, ceded, and net results for insurance and reinsurance programs.
• Reconcile reinsurance-related accounts to supporting schedules and documentation, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Review and validate data from insurers, managing general agents (MGAs), and third-party administrators.
• Use Excel to organize, validate, and prepare high-volume transactional data for system entry.
• Assist with month-end reinsurance accounting close activities, including reconciliations and supporting journal entries.
• Identify and flag discrepancies, missing data, and transaction issues, and work with stakeholders to resolve them.
• Maintain clear audit trails and thorough documentation for entries and reconciliations.
• Follow accounting workflows, insurance reporting standards, internal controls, and best practices.
• Support reconciliation of complex insurance-related general ledger accounts and ensure alignment with reinsurance statements and treaty accounting records.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Critical illness coverage
• Accident coverage
• Hospital coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions
• Voluntary life and AD&D insurance for employees and dependents
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time off or leave, including PTO, vacation, or sick leave, subject to eligibility and applicable terms