Financial Accountant, Corporate Accounting

3 hours ago


Portland, Maine, United States UNUM Full time

About the Role:

The Corporate Accounting team at UNUM is seeking an experienced Financial Accountant to join our team. As a Financial Accountant, you will be responsible for the monthly accounting close process, innovation, transformation, and modernization of processes to bring better efficiencies to our work.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Prepare, record, analyze, and report accounting transactions and ensure the integrity of accounting records for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with accepted accounting policies and principles.
  • Prepare and distribute periodic financial statements for various governmental and/or regulatory agencies.
  • Conduct research regarding the impact to financial statements of potential changes to accounting rules proposed by accounting standards setters.
  • Develop, implement, and communicate to management on new policies and processes to comply with newly issued accounting standards.
  • Participate in regular monthly/quarterly financial cycle.
  • Prepare, verify, reconcile, and balance accounts related to the specific financial area to maintain control and accuracy over accounting and reporting by identifying discrepancies and their cause and recommendations for corrective action.
  • Prepare more complex accounting and financial analysis for designated area and routine reports for manager.
  • Demonstrate understanding of analysis by applying knowledge and anticipating issues and demonstrate ownership of assigned tasks or processes.
  • Maintain various systems and data assets that support the specific financial areas (e.g. accounting, planning, and administrative systems). Assumes ownership of the data in the system or assets related to the assigned analysis.
  • Partner with business areas to provide requested accounting/tax research, analysis, information, and data.
  • Maintain a specialized working knowledge in assigned tasks and analysis of UNUM's products, services, and business processes including, his/her specific business area, the issues and technical skills required to support the area.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • 0-3 years of accounting experience.
  • Demonstrates some knowledge and/or a proven record of success in financial accounting, managerial accounting, taxation, and financial reporting systems including generally accepted accounting principles and current accounting policies and procedures.
  • Basic understanding of the components of multiple financial statements and how they interact with one another.
  • Ability to prioritize work while working on multiple projects keeping track of and meeting due dates.
  • Basic to intermediate EXCEL Skills.
  • General ledger systems and reporting tools experience preferred.

About UNUM:

UNUM is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.


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