Senior Accountant

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Philadelphia, PA, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Insurance
The Role
Prepares and settles reinsurance accounts, reconciles premium and loss subledgers, resolves billing and balance discrepancies, manages collections, and prepares ceded reinsurance financial reports. The role investigates complex reinsurance accounting issues, provides management commentary, supports audits, responds to internal and external queries, and identifies process improvements using automation and data analysis.
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Relationship and Scope:
The position requires extensive knowledge of reinsurance accounting, contracts, and procedures. The candidate will use this knowledge to unravel complex reinsurance issues by identifying the technical issues and completing detailed reconciliations that provide a resolution. 

Responsibilities Include:

  • Prepare, disburse, and settle monthly and quarterly accounts in accordance with the contract agreement leveraging process automation.
  • Work internally and with third parties to verify receipt of billings, initiate collection of open balances in accordance with established procedures, respond to queries, resolve receivable and payable discrepancies, and elevate unresolved collection issues.
  • Monthly review of the reinsurance premium and loss sub ledger to ensure accurate account balances. Formulating action plans to resolve aged balances. 
  • Resolve any issues or answer queries regarding the reinsurers’ statements, certificates, or related entries in the reinsurance premium and loss systems. 
  • Preparation of monthly and quarterly ceded reinsurance financial reports as needed.  Provide commentary on various reports for senior management. 
  • Ad hoc requests from internal and external customers (i.e. audits).
     
Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree - Accounting/Finance/Business

  • Insurance designations (such as ARe / CPCU) desired

  • Three to five years of reinsurance accounting experience
  • Ability to identify areas for process improvement
  • Ability to analyze large data sets to identify and resolve complex issues
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
  • Proven ability to work independently and take ownership of responsibilities

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills required

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and PeopleSoft is preferred

  • FIRST knowledge a plus
About Us
Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance, and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellence, superior claims handling expertise and local operations globally.

At Chubb, we are committed to equal employment opportunity and compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining to it. Our policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other conditions or opportunities of employment, without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, mental and physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, age, and pregnancy or any other characteristic protected by law. Performance and qualifications are the only basis upon which we hire, assign, promote, compensate, develop and retain employees. Chubb prohibits all unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation against any individual who reports discrimination or harassment.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business
  • Three to five years of reinsurance accounting experience
  • Ability to identify areas for process improvement
  • Ability to analyze large data sets and resolve complex issues
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
  • Proven ability to work independently and take ownership of responsibilities
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and PeopleSoft
  • Insurance designation such as ARe or CPCU
  • FIRST knowledge

Chubb Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Chubb and has not been reviewed or approved by Chubb.

  • Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage includes multiple medical plan options with preventive care, plus dental and vision, alongside HSAs/FSAs, telemedicine, and wellness resources. The breadth of offerings is presented as comprehensive for a large insurance employer.
  • Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company contributions anchors the financial benefits, complemented by life and disability insurance. These programs reinforce long-term savings and protection.
  • Strong & Reliable Incentives — Performance-based and year-end bonuses are part of the total rewards, with structured reviews supporting incentive opportunities. These components provide compensation beyond base salary.

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The Company
HQ: Zürich
27,791 Employees

What We Do

Chubb is the world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company. With operations in 54 countries and territories, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. As an underwriting company, we assess, assume and manage risk with insight and discipline. We service and pay our claims fairly and promptly. The company is also defined by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb maintains executive offices in Zurich, New York, London, Paris and other locations, and employs 31,000 people worldwide. Additional information can be found at: chubb.com.

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