Brilliant Financial Staffing has been engaged in the search for an Staff Accountant for one of our clients located in Chicago, IL. Our client is a global insurance company and have locations in the UK, US, Singapore, Australia, and Bermuda. The Staff Accountant will be responsible for the application of payments received to open receivables, processing payments in the system and collecting past due balances. The Controller is looking to hire immediately!
Staff Accountant Responsibilities:
- Review payment, confirm receipt and match policy detail to open receivables.
- Ensure payments are all accounted for and processed correctly
- Work with the data team to ensure all payments are applied by policy and uploaded into the billing system.
- Research and resolve premium discrepancies
- Work with staff as necessary to resolve.
- Reconcile accounts receivable general ledger account(s)
- Continually monitor aging of receivables and escalate past due premiums to the appropriate underwriter.
- Work with the underwriter to pursue collections.
- Request write offs and premium disbursements (refunds) as necessary.
- Record journal entry for the non-admitted over 90 days past due receivables
Staff Accountant Qualifications:
- Good communication skills, not afraid to jump on the phone and have a conversation
- 4+ years of accounts receivable experience or 2+ years of insurance accounting experience.
- Must be able to create and manipulate Pivot Tables and VLOOKUPs
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Strong customer service skills Strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively provide accurate and timely responses to internal and external customers
- Ability to work effectively in a customer-oriented and team-based environment
- Ability to quickly build relationships with underwriters and brokers and work closely with them to resolve policy discrepancies.
- Strong research and analytical skills.
- Ability to effectively prioritize daily work efforts.
- Ability to acclimate self to new systems quickly and proficiently.
- Ability to deal with time pressures and multiple priorities.