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Staff Accountant

LIO Insurance
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Summary

The Staff Accountant plays a pivotal role in our finance team, contributing to the management of financial transactions, preparing comprehensive reports, and ensuring strict adherence to accounting principles and company policies.

 

Essential Duties & Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Specifically, this role will:

  • General Ledger Accounting: Assist in monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes, including journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations.
  • Financial Reporting: Prepare accurate and timely financial statements applying both U.S. GAAP and U.S. Statutory principles. Including but not limited to, balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.
  • Compliance and Audit: Assist in regulatory compliance and reporting, including tax filings and audits.
  • Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for process improvement and assist in implementing changes to increase efficiency and accuracy in financial operations.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration:
    • Collaborate with other departments to streamline financial processes and provide support as needed.
    • Communicate effectively with team members to ensure smooth operations.
       

LIO LIFE – What we value:

  • The Customer Lens – Prioritizing our relationships, service and needs of our customers.
  • Innovative Thinking – Fostering an environment that empowers and sustains bold thinking and actions.
  • Balance – Creating an inclusive, diverse, and holistic balance to meet our personal and professional needs. 
  • Simplicity – Striving for simplicity in our service, products, and processes.
  • Accountability – Owning our results and learning from them.

Qualifications 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements list below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with dishabilles to perform the essential functions. 

  • Strong knowledge of accounting principles and practices.
  • Attention to detail and strong organizational abilities.
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Maintain confidentiality and adhere to ethical financial practices.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Demonstrate service by going beyond what is expected.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment, meet deadlines and adapt to change with a seamless impact on the business.
  • Commit to the highest standards of quality and integrity.
  • Exude a high degree of professionalism and treat others with respect.
  • Experience analyzing data sets, working with accounting systems.
  • Ability to develop strong partnerships with key stakeholders both internally and externally.
  • Project management skills and adept at managing multiple responsibilities and deadlines simultaneously.
  • Must be analytical, detailed oriented, and work effectively under narrow timeline limitations to produce accurate results.
  • Ability and confidence to challenge existing procedures & use of system.
  • Proficiency in accounting software (e.g., Workday, Excel). Other computer-based knowledge such as Power Automate is an added benefit.

Required Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
  • Prior internship experience in an accounting or finance department.

Preferred Education and Experience

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation or progress towards one preferred.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Expected days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. This position may require long hours and weekend work.

Benefits

At LIO Insurance, we value balance in both personal and professional life. We offer all eligible employees the following benefits:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
  • HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care Savings Accounts
  • 100% Employer-Paid Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Basic Life Insurance
  • Voluntary Life and AD&D Benefits
  • Flexible Time Off
  • 401(k) Program

EEO Statement 

LIO Insurance provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.