Hourly Accountant

| Chicago, IL, USA +42 more | Remote
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Our Value Proposition: Clearcover is a venture-backed technology start-up disrupting the trillion-dollar legacy insurance market. We’ve focused on building products that create confident, happy customers - and we’re flourishing. We believe in putting our people first, paying them well, and working together to solve tough problems. If you’d like a high-growth opportunity with an award-winning company, let’s chat.

An individual will be successful in this role if they are seeking a positive, engaging team environment but thrives with defined, predictable and repeatable responsibilities. This is a part-time, remote role, ranging from 20-25 hours/week with the opportunity for additional hours during month-end close. Working hours will be daily and agreed upon with the hiring manager, with optimal working hours being mornings. 

This individual would own the daily critical operations activities, including but not limited to:

  • Bank account transaction review and general ledger coding (e.g., prepaids, accruals, credit card spend)

  • Daily review and management of the AP email and AP Slack channel, including responses to vendor or employee questions, vendor setup and processing/coding of invoices

  • Management of AP system integration errors, payment errors and workflow errors (potentially daily)

  • Monthly Agent/Partner commission review and coding

  • Payments to accounting-owned vendors (e.g., various taxes, licenses, other fees)

  • Daily Positive Pay review and response for multiple bank accounts (daily process by which the banks flag potentially fraudulent checks)

  • Weekly review of scanned accounting mail

What personal characteristics do you need?

  • Uncompromising honesty, integrity and transparency
  • Intellectual curiosity, strong conceptual thinking and problem solving
  • Strong leadership and effective communication
  • Authenticity and openness to vulnerability
  • Desire to build strong, genuine relationships
  • A focus on team over individual success
  • A passion for accounting (it’s ok, you can admit you love accounting like we do!)

What professional characteristics and experience do you need?

  • BA/BS degree in Accounting
  • 1-2+ years of experience in corporate accounting. Insurance / financial services experience is a plus
  • CPA is a plus
  • Familiarity with US GAAP, familiarity with statutory accounting principles is a plus
  • Experience navigating a large ERP environment
  • Proficiency in MS Office products - intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Excel
  • Experience in Workday and Blackline a strong plus
  • Progressive thinking skills, a strong work ethic, and a knack for innovative solutions
  • Excellent communication skills to interact with varying levels of management and professional staf

We’re a remote first company, having paved the way for flexible work locations and continue to offer this flexibility. If you are local or in town visiting, you also have the choice to work from our Chicago HQ office. 

Because we are a remote first company, we ask that your internet can keep up with our pace.

Remote employees are eligible to work from: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI.

Clearcover is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) that welcomes and encourages all applicants to apply regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify and/or expression, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital or parental status, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy or other reasons prohibited by law.

More Information on Clearcover
Clearcover operates in the Fintech industry. The company is located in Chicago, IL. Clearcover was founded in 2016. It has 570 total employees. It offers perks and benefits such as Volunteer in local community, Open door policy, OKR operational model, Team based strategic planning, Pair programming and Open office floor plan. To see all 9 open jobs at Clearcover, click here.
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