Title:  Accounting Manager - Specialty Clients

American Modern Insurance Group, Inc., a Munich Re company, is a widely recognized specialty insurance leader that delivers products and services for residential property – such as manufactured homes and specialty dwellings – and the recreational market, including boats, personal watercraft, classic cars, and more. We provide specialty product solutions that cover what the competition often can’t. We write admitted products in all 50 states and have a premium volume of $1.9 billion.

Headquartered in Amelia, Ohio, and with associates located across the United States, we are part of Munich Re’s Global Specialty Insurance division. Our employees receive boundless opportunity to grow their careers and make a difference every day - all in a flexible environment that helps them succeed both at work and at home.

American Modern Insurance Group is seeking an experienced Accounting Manager (Hybrid Role) to join our team!  You will be involved in all aspects of accounting to one of our fastest growing segments, specialty clients program business, starting with the initial onboarding of new accounts all the way through to preparation and analysis of financial results.  The Accounting Manager will also be involved in projects related to onboarding new business, building systems that will transform and automate workflows within the program business workflows, as well as in other Accounting department related initiatives and projects associated with the financial close process, controls, and results analytics as assigned.

The Accounting Manager directly supervises a team of 2-3 staff accountants and will be responsible for indirectly managing others on the accounting team whose work supports the specialty clients program business. This role reports to our AVP, Financial Reporting. 

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manage performance, training and development of staff to ensure timely and complete delivery of financial reporting deadlines.
• Coordinate general accounting tasks to ensure adequate training, appropriate process documentation and completion of work by scheduled deadlines.
• Optimize efficiencies within the workflows and the reporting of financial results for the Specialty Clients division.
• Responsible for managing the financial impacts relating to key program business partners by understanding key data points and explaining key financial indicators within the data points analyzed.
• Monitor, prepare and/or review more complex account reconciliations and gets involved in ad hoc analyses, accounting research, financial statement preparation and review, and other accounting initiatives and projects as needed.
• Maintain and monitor compliance with end-to-end processes and internal controls.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent work experience.
• Advanced degree and/or CPA or CFA, or insurance certification.
• Previous leadership experience managing a direct report and/or teams.
• Five to seven years of financial experience within business and operational teams, understanding and analyzing financial results of key segments or program business.
• Strong GAAP, Statutory, and/or IFRS accounting knowledge and on the job experience with recording complex ledger transactions, developing and/or reviewing complex reconciliations, and understanding end to end sub ledger functions across various transaction streams including cash, receivables, payables, premiums, reinsurance, investments, and losses.

We are proud to offer our employees, their domestic partners, and their children, a wide range of insurance benefits:

• Two options for your health insurance plan (PPO or High Deductible).
• Prescription drug coverage (included in your health insurance plan).
• Vision and dental insurance plans.
• Additional insurance coverages provided at no cost to you, such as basic life insurance equal to 1x annual salary (up to $500k) and AD&D coverage that is equal to 1x annual salary (up to $500k).
• Short and Long Term Disability coverage.
• Supplemental Life and AD&D plans that you can purchase for yourself and dependents (includes Spouse/domestic partner and children).
• Voluntary Benefit plans that supplement your health and life insurance plans (Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity).

In addition to the above insurance offerings, our employees also enjoy:

• A robust 401k plan with up to a 5% employer match
• A retirement savings plan that is 100% company funded.
• Paid time off that begins with 24 days each year, with more days added when you celebrate milestone service anniversaries.
• Eligibility to receive a yearly bonus as a Munich Re employee.
• A variety of health and wellness programs provided at no cost.
• A hybrid environment that gives you a choice in where and how you get work done.
• A corporately subsidized on-site cafeteria as well as a We Proudly Serve coffee shop.
• An on-site complimentary workout facility as well as walking trails on campus grounds.
• On-site wellness center complete with nurse practitioner.
• Paid time off for eligible family care needs.
• Tuition assistance and educational achievement bonuses.
• Free parking.
• A corporate matching gifts program that further enhances your charitable donation.
• Paid time off to volunteer in your community.

At American Modern, a subsidiary of Munich Re, we see Diversity and Inclusion as a solution to the challenges and opportunities all around us. Our goal is to foster an inclusive culture and build a workforce that reflects the customers we serve and the communities in which we live and work. We strive to provide a workplace where all of our colleagues feel respected, valued and empowered to achieve their very best every day. We recruit and develop talent with a focus on providing our customers the most innovative products and services. 

We are an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.