Senior Accounting Specialist - Finance Transformation

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New Orleans, LA
7+ Years Experience
Insurance
The Role
Support international, cross-departmental teams in implementing changes across systems and operational practices to meet regulatory or management reporting requirements. Lead projects, test new processes, support implementation, identify efficiencies, and provide training. Requires 8+ years of experience in public accounting, financial reporting, or FP&A, working knowledge of IFRS, US GAAP, US STAT, and regulatory reporting requirements, CPA or FCCA, strong analytical skills, and ability to work with multiple departments.
Summary Generated by Built In

This position is responsible for supporting international, cross-departmental teams to implement changes across systems and operational practices to support regulatory or management reporting requirements. Responsibilities will include analyzing data from source systems, Datacore, Aptitude and Workday and designing new ways to use that data to achieve goals for the finance organization.

Lead projects to achieve goals for the finance organization

  • Document gap analysis of current state versus future need
  • Develop project plan with business, infrastructure and application SMEs to identify the scope, requirements and architecture of projects
  • Document policies and procedures for all new/amended processes and technologies, ensuring that all policies and procedures are approved by the local team’s Board and/or Committees

Test new processes utilizing current or new technologies

  • Develop test cases and analyze results
  • Conceptualize standardized reconciliation templates for all new/amended systems and processes, ensuring that the controls embedded meets or exceeds all internal control requirements

Support implementation of new processes

  • Deliver training as needed to local accounting teams on new/amended processes and technologies
  • Serve as in-house subject matter expert for new/upgraded finance technologies
  • Motivate end-users of new processes or technologies and serve as a champion of change

Identify opportunities for efficiencies

  • Review manual processes with end users
  • Design process to automate manual procedures
  • Implement and test automation
  • Build reconciliation for automated process
  • Document and train end users on new automated process

What We're Looking For

  • A minimum of 8+ years in either public accounting, financial reporting or FP&A
  • Working knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), US GAAP, US STAT, and regulatory reporting requirements
  • CPA or FCCA
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Ability to work with and understand the needs of multiple departments
  • Comfort with ambiguity and a changing environment

What Would Make You Stand Out

  • FLMI

Pan-American Life Insurance Group Offers:

  • Comprehensive Compensation Packages (base & bonus)
  • Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, 401K, Paid Time Off, and Tuition Reimbursement (etc.) are some examples. New hires are eligible for medical and dental coverage on the first of the month following 30 days of service.  

 

Who We Are:

Pan-American Life Insurance Group (PALIG) serves the life, accident, and health insurance needs of individuals and businesses in 49 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands through its U.S. based member companies - Pan-American Life Insurance Company and Pan-American Assurance Company.

 

At Pan-American Life, our employees are our greatest asset. We are grateful for the collaborative efforts of our employees and partners, and for the confidence of the policyholders whose life and health we protect. It is through this long-standing commitment that Pan-American Life continues to succeed.

 

Pan-American Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug Free Workplace.

The Company
HQ: New Orleans, LA
1,549 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1911

What We Do

Since 1911, Pan-American Life has been dedicated to being the first-choice partner for top rated life, accident and health insurance and employee benefits for local and multi-national companies, as well as individuals seeking trusted financial security. Guided by the success and strength of its over 110-year history, PALIG has established a track record as one of the most financially sound insurance companies. The company’s heritage manifests a longstanding dedication to providing customers with innovative products and services to secure their future. PALIG employs more than 1,650 worldwide and provides top-rated life, accident and health insurance, employee benefits and financial services in 49 states, the District of Columbia (DC), Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Group’s member companies offer individual and/or group life, accident and health insurance throughout the Americas in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. The Group has branches and affiliates in Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, and 13 Caribbean markets, including Barbados, the Cayman Islands, Curacao and Trinidad and Tobago.

To learn more about Pan - American Life Insurance Group, visit palig.com and to join our team, visit https://www.palig.com/about-palig/careers

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