Accounting Specialist

1 week ago

Sacramento, California, United States Lincoln Financial Group Full time
Job Title: Accounting Specialist

At Lincoln Financial Group, we are seeking an experienced Accounting Specialist to join our team. As an Accounting Specialist, you will be responsible for performing monthly and quarterly accounting processes and preparation of related deliverables. This includes Journal Entry preparation, account reconciliations, process improvements and research as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Prepares, records, analyzes, and reports accounting transactions and ensures the integrity of accounting records for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with accepted accounting policies and principles.
  • Promotes and enhances organizational initiatives by positively influencing and supporting change management and/or departmental/enterprise initiatives.
  • Identifies and communicates to management process improvements that reduce workloads or improve quality.
  • Performs standard accounting activities, including preparing, classifying, recording, maintaining, and reconciling the General Ledger accounts, sub-ledgers and subsystems in compliance with accepted accounting policies and principles.
  • Recording and maintaining records to support monthly and quarterly accruals, prepaids and other accounting entries as necessary and analyze monthly expenses for variances.
  • Supervise and review integrated team members work through review and posting of journal entries, review of reconciliations, and all other areas of assigned responsibilities.
  • Determines classifications and records financial transactions applying accounting technique, standard practices and accepted accounting policies and principles.
  • Works with management and other internal team members on fixed asset capitalization activities to ensure assets and depreciation are completely and accurately recorded in the General Ledger.
  • Works with business partners across the Company to implement accounting solutions to maintain budgetary compliance.
  • Identifies, researches and resolves discrepancies or out of balance situations amongst assigned General Ledger Accounts.
  • Maintains a thorough understanding of the business operations, financial reporting and the General Ledger structure.
  • Assist with the preparation of quarterly and year end work papers to support the Company's reporting requirements and provides internal and external audit support as needed.
  • Ad hoc analysis in support of management.

Requirements:

  • 4 Year/Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of equivalent work experience. Degree in Accounting strongly preferred
  • 2+ Years of experience in accounting that directly aligns with the specific responsibilities for this position (Required)
  • CPA strongly preferred, not required
  • Apply concepts such as percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical solutions.
  • Works with mathematical concepts such as averages and/or variances.
  • Evaluate trends in data or information.
  • Ability to analyze information and evaluate the implications of a course of action or solution.
  • Demonstrated strong relationship management skills with internal clients (e.g. management, peers and colleagues); proven ability to develop collaborative approaches.
  • Demonstrates excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload and multi-task while maintaining strict attention to detail.
  • Strong project management skills including, critical ability to coordinate and balance multiple projects in a time-sensitive environment, under pressure, and meeting deadlines.
  • Confident, comfortable communicator with strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

What We Offer:

  • Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, along with associated behaviors for each Lincoln leadership Attribute.
  • Leadership development and virtual training opportunities.
  • PTO/parental leave.
  • Competitive 401K and employee benefits.
  • Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program.
  • Tuition assistance program.
  • A leadership team that prioritizes your health and well-being; offering a remote work environment and flexible work hybrid situations.
  • Effective productivity/technology tools and training.

About Lincoln Financial Group:

Lincoln Financial Group helps people to plan, protect and retire with confidence. As of Dec. 31, 2023, approximately 17 million customers trust our guidance and solutions across four core businesses - annuities, life insurance, group protection and retirement plan services. As of December 31, 2023, the company had $295 billion in end-of-period account balances, net of reinsurance. Headquartered in Radnor, Pa., Lincoln Financial Group is the marketing name for Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC) and its affiliates. Learn more at https://www.lfg.com/.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Lincoln Financial Group is an Equal Opportunity employer and, as such, is committed in policy and practice to recruit, hire, compensate, train and promote, in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, veterans status, or genetic information. Opportunities throughout LFG are available to employees and applicants and are evaluated on the basis of job qualifications. We have a drug free work environment and we perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

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