Florida Blue

Sr. Accounting Consultant - General Accounting

Florida Blue$109K — $177K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of general accounting experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
  • CPA preferred
  • Postgraduate degree advantageous
  • Experience with public accounting, especially Big 4 is highly desirable
  • Insurance industry accounting experience, particularly statutory accounting
  • Supervisory or management experience preferred

Responsibilities

  • Prepare audited financial statements and cash flow statements
  • Provide expertise and consultation on accounting standards and financial processes
  • Review statutory journal entries, financial statements, and disclosures
  • Facilitate innovative thinking to solve business financial issues
  • Lead and coach teams to drive positive change in operations
  • Serve as a liaison to resolve financial issues with internal and external partners
  • Ensure compliance with policies while mitigating financial risks

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • Income protection through life and disability insurance
  • Generous leave programs for personal circumstances
  • Retirement savings plan with employer match
  • Paid time off, including holidays and well-being days
  • Voluntary benefits and a comprehensive wellness program
Full Job Description
Job Description

Job Summary:
Consultants are seasoned, subject matter experts who apply specialized technical and general accounting knowledge, typically as an individual contributor, in matters that require special interpretation or expertise. They participate in and/or lead critical, high-risk, complex initiatives, programs and projects, have frequent contact with internal and external business partners, facilitate/ influence strategic thinking and direction and influence peers and leaders across the organization to act on issues that have organization-wide impact. This consultant role requires technical and general accounting knowledge and experience and requires accounting research and the preparation of various key deliverables as described below.

Essential Functions:
  • The essential functions listed represent the major duties of this role, additional duties may be assigned.
  • Preparation of the audited financial statements, cash flow statements, accounting memos, accounting analysis under GAAP and statutory accounting standards, Board presentations and other information. This information is presented to internal stakeholders, executive leadership, and the external auditors.
  • Provides subject matter expertise, consultation and integration activities for various accounting standards and financial processes working with senior leaders internal and external to the organization.
  • Performs review of statutory journal entries, financial statements and disclosures.
  • Facilitates creative/innovative thinking with finance leadership and business partners to generate solutions and decision-making for business issues/problems, and/or recommendations.
  • Provides leadership, direction, coaching and input to affect positive change for workgroups and/or business partners.
  • Serves as integration point for internal and external business partners to resolve financial issues while enforcing policies and procedures and mitigating financial risk and safeguarding assets.


Required Qualifications:
6+ years related work experience. Experience Details General Accounting Experience

Related Bachelor's degree required in Accounting or Finance

Preferred Qualifications:
Postgraduate degree
Public accounting experience (Big 4 preferred)

Insurance industry accounting experience, including statutory accounting

Professional designation -CPA preferred

Supervisory/management experience

What We Offer:
To support your wellbeing, comprehensive benefits are offered. As an employee, you will have access to:

  • Medical, dental, vision, life and global travel health insurance;
  • Income protection benefits: life insurance, short- and long-term disability programs;
  • Leave programs to support personal circumstances;
  • Retirement Savings Plan including employer match;
  • Paid time off, volunteer time off, 10 holidays and 2 well-being days;
  • Additional voluntary benefits available; and
  • A comprehensive wellness program


Employee benefits are designed to align with federal and state employment laws. Benefits may vary based on the state in which work is performed. Benefits for intern, part-time and seasonal employees may differ.

To support your financial wellbeing, we offer competitive pay as well as opportunities for incentive or commission compensation. We also conduct regular annual reviews with pay for performance considerations for base pay increases.

Annualized Salary Range: $109,300 - $177,600

Typical Annualized Hiring Range: $109,300 - $136,600

Final pay will be determined with consideration of market competitiveness, internal equity, and the job-related knowledge, skills, training, and experience you bring.

About Florida Blue

Florida Blue is a health insurance company that provides coverage to individuals and businesses in Florida. The company was founded in 1944 and has since grown to become one of the largest health insurers in the state. Florida Blue offers a wide range of health insurance plans, including individual and family plans, Medicare plans, and employer group plans. The company is committed to improving the health and well-being of its members and the communities it serves. Florida Blue is a subsidiary of GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation, a not-for-profit mutual holding company.
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