Accountant
Job ID 1900BR
Recruiting Location DePere, WI
Green Bay, WI
Full-Time / Part-Time Full-Time
Exempt/Non-Exempt Exempt
Job Family Finance
Job Function Controllership
Job Description Partners with business to develop and implement accounting practices consistent with GAAP and other governing agencies such as FINRA, SEC, OTS, IRS, NAIC and insurance examiners. Responsible for ensuring the various Ledgers and Records of Ameriprise Financial and its subsidiaries are property accounted for and controlled.
Responsibilities Prepares/posts journal entries dealing with more complex accounting functions. Approves journal entries prepared by others. Reviews, analyzes and resolves more moderately complex issues in accounting transactions. Revises complex spreadsheets and updates financial reports. Follows specific accounting procedures. Owns and/or reconciles balance sheet accounts and reports on status. Researches and clears outstanding reconciling transactions. Research done using various sources such as system reports or data generated from outside department. May provide oversight to reconciliation of general ledger balance sheet accounts. Provides functional advice and training to business partners and less-experienced accountants. Participates as a subject matter expert on business projects. Provides metrics to drive business changes and objectives. Usually specializes in accounting for a particular line of business such as insurance, financial planning, mutual funds, banking, etc. Improves processes to ensure that integrity, control and optimal efficiency are established while minimizing financial risks. Develops and implements process improvement initiatives that support the department goals and service levels. Improves processes to ensure that integrity, control and optimal efficiency are established while minimizing financial risks. Develops and implements process improvement initiatives that support the department goals and service levels. Performs accounting processes for variety of transactions in accordance with GAAP, internal and external policies, procedures and authorizations. Prepares aging schedules, calculates bad debt and reserve balances and provides analysis.
Required Qualifications 3-5 years of accounting experience.
Ability to apply root cause analysis to obtain origination of critical operational and financial problems and protectively apply action steps to resolve issues.
Preferred Qualifications Bachelor s Degree-Accounting, Finance or related field.
Strong technical ability using the general ledger, spreadsheets, Access databases and word processing applications.
Strong understanding of the end-to-end process flows, systems, controls and impacts across products and business lines they support.
Strong understanding of systems, controls, accounting knowledge, financials and processes.
License(s) Required None
About Ameriprise You''re ambitious and confident, ready for a challenge and looking for the right opportunity. You want a career with a company that enables you to achieve your highest potential while rewarding you for your efforts. Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance is a division of Ameriprise Financial, a FORTUNE 500 ® company, and one of the fastest growing insurance companies in the country.
Through our exclusive partnerships with organizations such as Costco, Progressive and Ford Motor Company, we offer our personal insurance products throughout the country. We offer our customers high-quality, cost-effective auto, home and umbrella insurance products. In fact, A.M. Best, the leading independent rater of insurers in the country, has rated the companies within the Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance group "A" (Excellent) for financial strength, stability and soundness of operating performance. If you''re driven to succeed and prepared to meet the ever-changing needs of our industry, then you''re ready for a career at Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance. You''ll advance your career with a company committed to being the most respected personal insurance company in the country.
1FORTUNE Magazine, May 23, 2011
Insurance is underwritten by IDS Property Casualty Insurance Company and Ameriprise Insurance Company, both in De Pere, Wisconsin. Each company is a subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., Member FINRA and SIPC.
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