Title: Accounting Associate
Position Summary
This accounting associate position will support various general accounting, treasury, and
financial reporting duties associated with Axcelus Financial and various affiliate entities.
Responsibilities
- Daily maintenance of the companies’ bank account activity:
- Monitoring daily bank account activity
- Ensuring activity is entered into the general ledger system on a timely basic
- Ensuring daily book and bank balances are in balance and investigating/resolving
reconciling items - Preparing monthly bank account reconciliations
- General accounting and accounts payable functions
- Initiating vendor payments from the company’s Accounts Payable System (Brex)
- Initiating vendor payments that may occur outside the company’s Accounts Payable
System (Brex) - Organization and maintenance of the company’s process for scanning/saving check
disbursements and documentation of disbursements that occur outside of the company’s
Accounts Payable System (Brex) - Organization and maintenance of the logging and documenting of check deposits and/or
other manual deposits received by the companies.
- Role in the monthly/quarterly close processes to include:
- Preparation of certain month/end journal entries
- Preparation of individual general ledger account reconciliations
- Assist in the daily initiation of policyholder disbursement wires and other general
company wire and ACH disbursements - Support investment accounting functions as necessary
- Assist in the preparation of annual 1099 forms
- Assist in fulfilling Audit requests as needed
- Provide assistance as necessary with quarterly and annual state insurance department
compliance filings
Desired Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field
- Experience of 1+ years in a similar role preferred
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Outlook, Excel, and Word
- Strong interpersonal skills; ability to develop positive working relationships within
finance team and other teams in the organization - Willingness to work extended hours as required
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
