National Life Insurance Company

Senior Accountant, Reinsurance

Addison, TX; Montpelier, VT · Senior

Work authorization required$87k-$127kDetected 12 hours ago

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About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to continue your Accounting Career at one of the fasted growing life insurance companies in the country.
National Life Group currently has an opening for a Reinsurance Senior Accountant.
While the main focus will be on reinsurance accounting, the individual will work closely with the broader insurance accounting team to ensure processes are aligned, consistent, and equipped with robust internal controls throughout the organization.

Validate data from both internal systems and external reinsurers, investigating any discrepancies that arise.
Maintain records that are accurate, thorough, and well-documented to support settlements, underlying assumptions, and reconciliations.
Review and provide support for the implementation or updating of new and existing reinsurance agreements.
Support audits, regulatory reporting, and respond to other ad hoc requests as necessary.
Collaborate across functions with teams such as Financial Reporting, Risk Management, Legal, Internal Audit, Pricing, Product, IT, Operations, and Investments.
Identify, evaluate, and leverage emerging technologies, including generative AI and automation solutions and workflow tools, to drive measurable improvements in reporting efficiency, control effectiveness, and scalability.
Each company of National Life Group is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations.

Prepare, review, and reconcile periodic reinsurance settlement statements.
Carry out monthly and/or quarterly ledger close procedures, including preparing reinsurance journal entries, reconciliations, and analyses.
Identify and pursue opportunities to improve processes, focusing on standardization and automation where possible.
Work collaboratively with reinsurers to foster effective relationship management.
Leverage approved AI tools, where appropriate, to improve the efficiency, quality, and impact of their work.
Stay curious and open to new AI-enabled ways of working.
Exercise sound judgment by reviewing and validating AI-generated content.

The base pay range for this position is the range National Life reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors, including: prior experience and job-related knowledge; education, training and certificates; current business needs; and market factors.
The final salary or hourly wages offered may be outside of this range based on other reasons and individual circumstances.
Additional Compensation and Benefits.
The total compensation package for this position may also include a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered.
The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in National Life's discretionary annual incentive programs, subject to the rules governing such programs.
If hired, the employee will be in an "at-will position" and National Life reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
Salary Pay Range
$86,625 - $127,050 USD

Your benefits start day one and are flexible and customizable to your and your family's specific needs.
Check out the BENEFITS of a Career at National Life!
education, training and certificates
Additional Compensation and Benefits.
National Life Group® is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company, Montpelier, VT - founded in 1848, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, Addison, TX - chartered in 1955, and their affiliates.
Life Insurance Company of the Southwest is not an authorized insurer in New York and does not conduct insurance business in New York.
Equity Services, Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC, is a Broker/Dealer and Registered Investment Adviser affiliate of National Life Insurance Company.

As an essential member of a developing reinsurance team, this role will be responsible for supporting both newly established and ongoing reinsurance arrangements as the company grows and adapts.

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