Accounting Analyst - Entry Level
- Employer
- Allstate Insurance Company
- Location
- Northbrook, Illinois
- Salary
- Not Specified
- Closing date
- Jun 24, 2019
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- Category
- Entry Level, IT , Accounting
- Job Type
- Not Specified
- Career Level
- Not Specified
Job Details
Where good people build rewarding careers.
Think that working in the insurance field cant be exciting, rewarding and challenging? Think again. Youll help us reinvent protection and retirement to improve customers lives. Well help you make an impact with our training and mentoring offerings. Here, youll have the opportunity to expand and apply your skills in ways you never thought possible. And youll have fun doing it. Join a company of individuals with hopes, plans and passions, all using and developing our talents for good, at work and in life.
Job Description
Entry level accounting position within the Controllers division, responsible for the financial reporting of Allstate Financial Services (AFS) and Allstate Distributors, LLC. The Broker-Dealer unit is responsible for the monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting and financial filings of our brokerage firms.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform monthly and quarterly close processes, analysis and reporting related to Allstate Financial Services and Allstate Distributors, LLC
- Prepares and uploads SAP journal vouchers, executes account line item displays/account queries, and runs reports; SAP knowledge of FI-CO module a plus, but not required
- Performs balancing and control processes, including trend reporting and analysis
- Prepares account reconciliations
- Prepares schedules and exhibits for financial statement disclosures
- Assist in the annual audit of these Companies
- Collaborate with business partners to implement business strategies
- Provide accurate financial insight to the Finance department
- Develop process improvements associated with close and reporting responsibilities
- Perform monthly and quarterly close processes, analysis and reporting related to Allstate Financial Services and Allstate Distributors, LLC
- Prepares and uploads SAP journal vouchers, executes account line item displays/account queries, and runs reports; SAP knowledge of FI-CO module a plus, but not required
- Performs balancing and control processes, including trend reporting and analysis
- Prepares account reconciliations
- Prepares schedules and exhibits for financial statement disclosures
- Assist in the annual audit of these Companies
- Collaborate with business partners to implement business strategies
- Provide accurate financial insight to the Finance department
- Develop process improvements associated with close and reporting responsibilities
Job Qualifications
- BS in Accounting preferred
- Working knowledge of financial and accounting concepts
- Analytical skills to compile information requiring combinations of data from multiple sources, the ability to work with numbers and formulas
- Solid work ethic, including ability to follow-up, focus on details and take imitative
- Intellectual curiosity and drive for continuous improvement personally and with work assignments
- Oral and written communication skills, able to work effectively with employees both internal and external to the finance function
- Effective time management and organization skills with a proven ability to multi-task
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel required. Working knowledge of SAP a plus
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
Good Work. Good Life. Good Hands.
As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary but thats just the beginning. Our Total Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k). Plus, youll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life -- including a generous paid time off policy.
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Company
- Website
- https://www.allstate.com/
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