Jobs at Security Benefit

Supports preparation and analysis of reinsurance settlement statements under U.S. STAT requirements. Responsibilities include month-, quarter-, and year-end close activities, journal entries, reconciliations, disclosures, internal controls, audit support, financial statement analysis, procedure improvements, and cross-functional collaboration. The role requires accurate, compliant work, strong organization, and effective communication while contributing to continuous improvement and special projects.

Prepare federal, state, local, income, premium, and regulatory tax filings; calculate quarterly tax provisions; reconcile tax accounts; process estimates and payments; research tax issues; support audits; and improve tax compliance workflows. The role requires collaboration with Tax and Finance teams, accurate financial data handling, deadline management, and knowledge of insurance and financial services tax requirements.

Supports investment accounting operations through ledger maintenance, close activities, cash reconciliations, audit schedules, journal entries, data validation, intercompany transactions, and investment onboarding. The role also assists with process improvements and special projects while ensuring accurate financial reporting and compliance with accounting procedures.

Leads statutory accounting and financial reporting for multiple life insurance entities. Oversees SAP close activities, journal entries, reconciliations, financial statements, state filings, disclosures, audits, technical accounting research, and internal controls. Manages auditor relationships, process improvements, resource planning, and workflow prioritization. Directly supervises, coaches, and evaluates accounting staff while communicating financial results and findings to senior leadership.

Owns product direction, roadmap, backlog, governance, and quarterly planning for annuity and retirement plan forms. Partners with Legal, Compliance, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Design, business analysts, and technology teams to modernize forms, prioritize regulatory and customer needs, define requirements, track KPIs and OKRs, and deliver compliant digital experiences. The role represents customers and stakeholders while ensuring alignment with insurance, retirement, and regulatory requirements.

Supports distribution partners and internal stakeholders by handling calls and emails, building relationships, learning company products and procedures, identifying sales and service opportunities, resolving issues, and following up. The intern also uses internal resources and desktop technology to provide accurate, timely support while developing communication, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Leads product strategy, governance, roadmap investment, and delivery oversight across Finance and Reinsurance systems. Partners with Finance leaders, Technology, vendors, and multiple product teams to resolve priorities, manage dependencies, evaluate platforms, and drive multi-year transformation. Develops product-management standards, mentors and hires product managers, supervises platform-team staff, and advises executives on strategic investments and regulatory or operational impacts.

Designs, deploys, automates, and operates AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD. The role includes monitoring, troubleshooting, incident response, infrastructure support, documentation, and collaboration with network, security, identity, and architecture teams. The engineer owns workstreams end-to-end, applies security and compliance controls, participates in on-call responsibilities, and manages changes in a regulated financial-services environment.

Tests internal controls over financial reporting for standard, lower-complexity processes under Model Audit Rule requirements. Responsibilities include updating control documentation, conducting walkthroughs and effectiveness testing, preparing workpapers, identifying deficiencies, supporting trend analysis, coordinating with process owners and external auditors, and staying current on regulatory and accounting guidance.

Leads the enterprise tax function across Security Benefit’s consolidated insurance group. Responsibilities include tax strategy, risk management, compliance, tax provision and statutory reporting oversight, audit resolution, tax technology direction, internal controls, and executive advisory support for investments, reinsurance, capital planning, restructurings, and M&A. Manages the tax team and co-sourcing relationships while partnering with Finance, Actuarial, Legal, IT, and executive leadership.

Supports social media campaigns, content creation, engagement tracking, audience-focused caption writing, short-form video editing, content shoots, and brand consistency. The intern researches creative ideas, helps develop engagement strategies, and distributes blogs, infographics, videos, and press releases across social and traditional media. This part-time, hybrid internship is designed for full-time students pursuing marketing, communications, business, or a related degree.

Prepares investment accounting audit schedules, financial statement disclosures, roll-forwards, audit confirmations, deferred gain or loss analyses, intercompany tagging, and consolidation reporting. The role coordinates with external auditors and Accounting Operations, ensures accurate and timely reporting, and improves audit and reporting workflows. It requires strong GAAP, consolidation accounting, analytical, communication, and deadline-management skills, along with investment accounting or financial reporting experience.

Supports investment portfolio operations through daily cash, position, and transaction reconciliations; researches and resolves discrepancies; monitors investment transactions, pricing, reference data, and outsourced-provider deliverables; coordinates with custodians, investment managers, accounting, treasury, and service providers; prepares reports and strengthens operational controls and processes.

Prepares investment accounting audit schedules, rollforwards, cash flow reconciliations, investment and fair value footnotes, consolidation workpapers, and data validation. Supports deferred gain/loss analysis, intercompany reconciliations, audit requests, and process improvement initiatives. The role requires strong accounting fundamentals, GAAP knowledge, analytical skills, attention to detail, and proficiency with Microsoft Excel.

Manages investment accounting operations, including ledger activities, close processes, reconciliations, cash management, journal entries, investment analysis, and operational reporting. Leads process improvements, automation, documentation, special projects, and investment onboarding initiatives. Supervises and develops operations accountants while ensuring accurate workflows, timely reporting, and effective collaboration across management and accounting teams.

Manages relationships with financial advisors by providing operational, product, platform, and compliance support. Resolves complex inquiries, coordinates cross-functional escalations, supports advisor onboarding, delivers training, and identifies improvements to workflows and systems. The role also gathers advisor feedback, promotes best practices, and helps enhance advisor productivity, satisfaction, and business growth.

Leads accounting policy development and maintenance under U.S. GAAP and Statutory Accounting Principles. Monitors FASB, NAIC, AICPA, and other standards, advises on complex transactions, authors technical accounting memoranda, and implements new standards. Builds AI-enabled research, documentation, knowledge-management, reporting, and workflow automation tools. Develops training, supports continuous improvement, collaborates across finance, and guides junior staff.

Provides technical leadership and solution architecture for annuity products, integrating vendor policy administration systems with internal platforms. Owns architecture roadmaps, vendor evaluations, release coordination, testing automation, technical debt reduction, incident response, quarterly planning, and process automation. Partners with business, engineering, QA, data, and vendor teams; mentors engineers and occasionally develops prototypes or resolves complex technical issues.

Manages investment accounting reporting and audit activities across multiple entities, including financial statement disclosures, rollforward schedules, audit requests, consolidation accounting, controls, and regulatory reporting. Leads external audit coordination, partners with accounting operations, improves reporting processes, and manages a team of reporting and audit accountants. Requires strong GAAP, consolidation, analytical, communication, and advanced Excel skills.

Supports the Accounting Policy team through technical accounting research, regulatory tracking, AI-enabled knowledge repository development, PBBD initiatives, policy memo preparation, and process documentation. The intern gains exposure to U.S. GAAP, statutory accounting, investment accounting, financial reporting, and actuarial impacts while collaborating cross-functionally. This flexible, multi-semester role is designed for current full-time students and may be performed remotely or in a hybrid office setting.