Accountant - Assured Partners

Overview

Pierce Group Benefits, an Accretive company, is currently the largest provider of employee benefits consulting and administration in North Carolina’s public sector. Our firm is a full-service employee benefits brokerage that builds comprehensive benefits packages for employers in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. As our company continues to grow at a rapid pace, so do the opportunities for our current and future employees to learn and mentor with top leadership for continued professional and personal development. Additionally, you can count on excellent benefits, a comprehensive PTO plan & floating holidays, uncapped career growth, and the best people in the industry.

We are seeking an individual who is self-motivated, extremely organized, and possesses a strong work ethic with excellent communication skills. Assists with journal entries under supervision; helps in preparation of reports and posting to specific accounts. Works within the accounting team to ensure that accounts/reconciliations are in balance. Computes, classifies, records, and verifies numerical data for use in maintaining accounting records by performing the following duties. You have experience in finance, accounting, and reporting processes.

What You'll Do

• Accounting responsibilities include but are not limited to payables, fixed assets, invoicing, as well as other income statement and balance sheet responsibilities.
  • Completes posting uploads. Audits of all expenditures against approvals/purchase orders, research discrepancies, and processes for payment.
• Responsible for daily cash sweeps including journal entries
• Year-end tax reporting including 1099s.
• Assist with revenue and commissions as necessary.
• Assist with budget preparation.
• Complete assigned month-end closing tasks.
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations and resolve identified discrepancies.
• Ensures that segregation of duties and internal controls are followed.
• Capable of making sound, common sense decisions.
• Create ad hoc reports and data analysis as needed.
• Manage assigned projects by prioritizing work to meet established deadlines and ensuring that accounting objectives are accomplished while keeping the Accounting Manager informed of project status and issues identified.
• Demonstrate strong analytical, data analysis, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Develop and maintain productive team-oriented relationships through individual contact and group meetings.
• Prepares vouchers, invoices, checks, account statements, reports, and other records, and reviews for accuracy. Responsible for processing and approving finance agreements.
• Reconciles general ledger accounts with various registers. Resolves all inter-company discrepancies.
• Responsible for leading the completion of the monthly financial statements, including (1) the reconciliation of subsidiary ledgers or account support documents to the general ledger (2) the identification and explanation of actual vs. budget revenue or expense fluctuations (3) the preparation and accuracy of various financial management related reports.  
• Maintains the Agency accounting system from an accounting perspective.     
• Responds to internal and external customer information requests in a timely and appropriate manner, ensuring customer satisfaction.   
• Coordinates preparation of internal audit, external audit materials and external financial reporting and submission to the Accounting Manager. 
• Follows company procedures with respect to all essential duties and responsibilities of the job.
• Other duties as assigned. 
• Travel is expected to be negligible in this role. 

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting from an Accredited College or University
• 4+ years of full-time related experience and/or training
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Experience with QuickBooks, an ERP system and Expense reporting system is preferred.
• Ability to apply concepts, such as, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. 
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have experience or knowledge of database software; internet software; spreadsheet software and word processing software.

Grow, with us

Accretive is a collection of elite specialty and wholesale agencies supported by experienced industry leaders. Our expertise is broad, and our innovative culture runs deep. We value relationships above all else and consistently deliver best in class customized solutions and service you can trust.

Pierce Group Benefits, an Accretive company, is passionate about fueling our clients’ innovation and growth. That makes us the perfect place for creative, dynamic people who want to grow their career while helping businesses, families and people thrive.  We are proud to be one of the largest brokers in the country, but we’re even prouder of the honest, caring relationships that our employees build with our clients every day.

Working with us will give you the opportunity to do work that matters while you learn with us, advance with us, and most importantly, grow with us. Accretive is committed to embracing diversity, equity and inclusion to create a workplace that welcomes and thrives on the unique experiences, perspectives and contributions of all team members. Accretive is bringing the best people and most diverse talent forward to drive growth, innovate and think bigger!