Accountant I – Financial Reporting

Job Description

Accountant I | AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., a prominent financial services organization that offers a competitive compensation package and excellent career advancement opportunities. The Accountant I position is integral to supporting the company’s robust financial reporting, accounting operations, and regulatory compliance activities. This role directly contributes to the accuracy and integrity of financial information, ensuring the company meets its statutory obligations and maintains efficient accounting processes. The position requires a proactive individual capable of managing diverse responsibilities and contributing to ongoing process enhancements.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Team: Finance / Financial Reporting team
• Mission: Owns the support of financial reporting, accounting operations, and regulatory compliance, ensuring accurate financial data and timely filings.
• Tech Stack: ERP

What You’ll Actually Do
• Statutory Reporting & Filings: Create specific Statutory annual and quarterly statement schedules, including Notes and General interrogatories, by gathering and consolidating information from various data suppliers. This also includes assisting with the organization and execution of complex state filing schedules.
• Journal Entries & Reconciliations: Create recurring journal entries based on standard monthly support, serve as the primary point person for ad-hoc entries, and prepare balance sheet reconciliations for team review while accurately answering follow-up questions.
• ERP Data Management: Generate data requests from the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, ensuring the extracted information is properly formatted for end-users.
• Audit & Close Process Support: Assist with gathering ‘Prepared By Client’ (PBC) items as directed for internal and external audits, and work closely with team members to coordinate monthly and quarterly close processes.
• Continuous Improvement & Project Support: Maintain a mindset of continuous improvement for accounting processes and contribute to various ad-hoc projects as requested by the team.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Experience: Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data manipulation and analysis.
• Skills: Strong organizational skills with the proven ability to manage multiple priorities effectively and meet tight deadlines; excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills to interact proficiently with all levels of the organization; and the capacity to work independently.