Groot / Waste Connections is now hiring a Staff Accountant in the Elk Grove Village market!

The Position:

We are searching for a high energy Staff Accountant in Elk Grove Village. This would be a position designed to get you ready for a promotion to a District Controller role at one of other locations across the company.

Responsibilities:

Performing monthly financial close functions through preparation of financial statements for each designated operating location.

Reconciliation of all general ledger accounts.

Monthly narrative analysis of significant financial variances to budget and forecast.

Monthly completion of a three-month financial forecast.

Rate analysis and review.

Effective ongoing communication of financial related information to business counterparts

Managing flow of accounting data to/from remote facilities.

Assisting with quarterly Sarbanes Oxley compliance and review

Planning and participating in the annual financial budget process

Providing training to non-financial personnel on internal control compliance, accounting procedures and financial statement review.

Other duties as assigned.

Ideal Candidates will have:

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance.

Recent grads will be considered

Public accounting experience preferred .

CPA and/or other professional certifications a huge plus.

Intermediate to advanced skills in MS Excel and related accounting business systems.

We offer excellent Family benefits including: medical, dental, vision, flexible spending account, long term disability, short term disability, life insurance, 401K retirement

Pay: $65,000 annually

Waste Connections is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran status.

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Description

Job Title: Property Accountant

Location: New Albany, Ohio

Job Type: Full-Time

Make a Difference-And Own Your Future

Join Wallick Communities, a 100% employee-owned company with over 55 years of experience in providing affordable housing and assisted living for families and seniors across the Midwest. With 1,000+ associates and a mission to open doors to homes, opportunity, and hope, we take pride in fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment where every employee-owner plays a vital role.

A Career with Wallick Means Creating Homes for People Who Need It Most : Providing new beginnings for residents seeking affordable, safe and high-quality housing where they can thrive. Pay-on-Demand: access your money as you earn it. Exceptional Benefit Package: Health, dental, vision insurance effective within 2 weeks of starting your new job, paid time off, gym membership reimbursement, paid parental leave, 401K, and more! Work-Life Balance: Paid time off, including paid parental leave. Learning & Support : A supportive team that cares about your continued development, well-being and professional growth. Resident Stories That Stay with You : From Henry, who moved into his first-ever home, to Jaci, whose stay at a Wallick community allowed her to achieve homeownership and graduate college, kickstarting her dream career. Work-Life Balance: Paid time off, including paid parental leave. Career Growth: Tuition reimbursement, training, professional development, and advancement opportunities within a company that invests in its people. Employee Owned, Resident Focused : As a 100% employee-owned company, your daily work (supporting our residents) also contributes to your financial future by sharing in our profitability.
What You'll Do:

The Property Accountant is responsible for the financial statements produced for all assigned communities. This position is required to analyze data, provide variance analysis, review entries, make corrections, and perform reconciliations in the pursuit of accurate reporting. This position must communicate with outside partners ( ie - lenders, investors, and government agencies).

Qualifications Required:

• Requires a bachelor's degree in accounting or real estate. Or equivalent experience of 5+ years

in the role.

• Effectively able to record journal entries and evaluate financial statements for accuracy and

completeness.

• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and communication skills.

• Should possess basic knowledge of laws and regulations governing: HUD, Tax credit, public

housing.

• Should possess basic knowledge of construction, affordable/senior living development

accounting.

• Should possess basic knowledge of ownership structures and financial modeling. Ability to

analyze and provide commentary on financial results/variances.

• Possess intermediate skills in Excel.

• Must possess the ability to read and analyze financial reports and other accounting data.

• Must be able to respond to inquiries from assigned properties and internal stakeholders.

• Ability to communicate with lenders, investors, auditors, and various governmental

representatives .

Licenses/Certifications/Registrations:

Willing to pursue an MBA, Masters, CPA, CGMA, or other certification relevant to the industry. Not a requirement but may allow for future growth within the organization.

Functions and Responsibilities:

• Perform all accounting journal entries and analyze financial information specific property

accounts for 30 sites monthly.

• Reconcile bank accounts and having supporting schedules monthly for all balance sheet

accounts.

• Review income statement accounts on an analytic basis to ensure GAAP and HUD standards are

followed and any variances are explainable.

• Prepare reporting monthly, quarterly, and annually.

• Work with lenders, syndicators, investors, regulatory agencies, and various internal stakeholders

on reporting and inquiries.

• Review audits and tax returns for assigned sites.

• Assist in annual budgeting for the sites.

• Desire to learn more complex accounting transactions: acquisitions, refinance, casualty loss,

sales, other onboarding/offboarding.

• Assist on projects that ensure internal controls and bring efficiency.

• Learn HUD, RD, and other applicable regulatory agency requirements.

• Ensure payments made on taxes and other annual items, along with verifying the accuracy of

accruals analytically.

• Oversee interns that are hired.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Wallick's Mission & Values
At Wallick Communities, we believe in opening doors to homes, opportunity, and hope for our residents , associates, and community . Our core values guide everything we do: Care - We show compassion and respect for everyone. Character - We do the right thing, even when no one is looking. Collaboration - We work together to achieve more. At Wallick, we celebrate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion + Belonging (DEI+B) in our workplace and communities , creating an environment where associates feel welcome, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to the great work they do every day .
For nearly 60 years, it has been at the core of our organization's culture that all Wallick associates come to a safe and inclusive place to wor k. Wallick does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.
Join Us and Become an Employee-Owner!
If you're ready to make a difference in people's lives while securing your financial future, apply today!
Employment is contingent upon passing a pre-employment background check and drug screen

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Job Description:

FM is a leading property insurer of the world's largest businesses, providing more than one-third of FORTUNE 1000-size companies with engineering-based risk management and property insurance solutions. FM helps clients maintain continuity in their business operations by drawing upon state-of-the-art loss-prevention engineering and research; risk management skills and support services; tailored risk transfer capabilities; and superior financial strength. To do so, we rely on a dynamic, culturally diverse group of employees, working in more than 100 countries, in a variety of challenging roles.

Summary:

Reports to: Staff VP, Investment Accounting

This position is responsible for providing technical accounting insights and solutions to support the Company's expanding investments portfolio and strategic business initiatives in addition to managing the Company's existing accounting policies in accordance with current and emerging accounting pronouncements across US GAAP, NAIC, and IFRS. This role also provides oversight and technical review of investment related financial reporting to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with U.S. GAAP and statutory requirements. This position will be a key member of the global Controller team and work closely with the investments department, finance leaders, and external stakeholders as necessary.

Schedule & Location:

This is a full-time exempt position has a schedule of Monday through Friday with flexible start and end times. This position is office-based in Boston, MA currently with the flexibility to work remotely on Tuesdays or Fridays, weekly.

Responsibilities:

Partner with investment teams on new investment and derivative opportunities to ensure appropriate accounting treatment and compliance, including VIE analysis, consolidation, and valuation.Consult and collaborate with business leaders and partners, external auditors, and other third parties on financial due diligence and PGAAP for acquisitions and dispositions,Research accounting guidance and advise global finance teams on resolutions to complex technical accounting and financial reporting situations impacting the investments and insurance businesses under U.S. GAAP, statutory and international frameworks, including derivatives, foreign currency, and reinsurance.Provide technical accounting oversight and review of investment related financial reporting to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with U.S. GAAP and U.S. Statutory requirements.Interpret new and existing accounting standards and assess impact on business operations and support implementations.Monitor regulatory developments and communicate accounting policies and implications clearly to internal stakeholders and external auditors.Enhance, maintain, and validate appropriate application of accounting policies across the investments and insurance businesses and collaborate with financial reporting teams to ensure consistent and completeness of USGAAP and US Stat financial reporting requirements.Identify internal control improvement opportunities and drive improvements in collaboration with accounting teams and internal audit. Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree.

Highly Preferred Education:

Bachelor's degree with a focus in accounting.Professional certification (CPA, CMA, CIA, CISA, etc.).Master's degree.

Required Work Experience:

6+ years' experience in insurance, technical, and investment accounting.

Highly Preferred Work Experience:

8+ years' experience in insurance, technical accounting, and investment accountingExperience accounting for bespoke insurance investment productsExperience with PGAAP and other transaction related reporting requirementsExperience with system implementations

Required Skills:

Advanced knowledge of accounting principles and practices to support financial soundness (U.S. GAAP, IFRS, STAT).Advanced knowledge of investments, investment accounting, and insurance accounting.Advanced Microsoft Office experience, especially with Excel.Proficiency with financial systems and software applications including investment accounting systems (Clearwater Analytics), investment systems, PeopleSoft, Microsoft office and various other reporting systems, portals and web-based applications.Excellent analytic and problem-solving skills to resolve department specific issues independently.Excellent oral and written communication skills for both internal and external needs.

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Job Description:

Established nearly two centuries ago, FM is a leading mutual insurance company whose capital, scientific research capability and engineering expertise are solely dedicated to property risk management and the resilience of its policyholder-owners. These owners, who share the belief that the majority of property loss is preventable, represent many of the world's largest organizations, including one of every four Fortune 500 companies. They work with FM to better understand the hazards that can impact their business continuity to make cost-effective risk management decisions, combining property loss prevention with insurance protection.

The core objective of Business Risk Consulting (BRC) is to enhance FM relationships with clients, improving client senior and executive management's awareness of the resilience of key business drivers through a quantitative analysis, ultimately increasing client retention and gaining new business. To achieve this, BRC offers a range of risk consulting services to assist both FM clients and FM client service teams.

Responsibilities:

Provide business risk consulting services to current and potential FM clients; this includes regularly meeting and presenting to senior client management to develop a sound understanding of the client's business model, critical processes and profit drivers - with a view to analyzing and mitigating the risks faced by these aspects of client operations.

Responsibilities include:

Provide general risk advisory, business impact analyses, ERM, business continuity management support, financial risk support services, insured values quantification and training to FM clients.

Conduct financial modelling and analysis to quantify the financial impact of disruption-related risks to client operations.

Elevate the clients' awareness of their critical business risks and exposures and provide business-focused resilience strategies.

Solve our client's property-related risk management issues. Create opportunities for client services teams to access our client's senior and executive management and reinforce our position as a strategic partner to our clients.

Provide internally focused insurable value reporting and exposure projects, and other financial support services to FM client service teams. Including, regular interaction with account managers, account engineers and FM operations and division management.

Delivery of training courses around such topics to further demonstrate the portfolio of value-adding services that FM can deliver. Such as, insurable values reporting, supply chain exposure analysis, business impact analysis, and business continuity and resilience planning.

Qualifications:

A bachelor degree in Business, Accounting and/or Finance from a recognized university (CPA and/or MBA preferred).

4 to 8+ years experience in a consulting environment (risk consulting or other such professional services advisory preferred). Consulting experience to external clients preferred, but internal consulting candidates considered.

Bilingual fluency, Spanish proficiency highly preferred.

Strong ability to understand our clients' business models and produce strategic, quantitative analysis. Financial modelling experience preferred.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills (strong presentation, MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills crucial).

Excellent interpersonal and consultancy skills, as well as a positive and innovative outlook.

Willingness to travel as part of this role (approximately 20-30%), travel expectations may vary and increase depending on business needs.

The final salary offer will vary based on geographic location, individual education, skills, and experience. The position is eligible to participate in FM 's comprehensive Total Rewards program that includes an incentive plan, medical, dental and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, well-being programs, a 401(k) and pension plan, career development opportunities, tuition reimbursement, flexible work and time off, including vacation and sick time.

FM is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce.

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Job Description:

Established nearly two centuries ago, FM is a leading mutual insurance company whose capital, scientific research capability and engineering expertise are solely dedicated to property risk management and the resilience of policyholders and its policyholder-owners. Velocity Specialty Insurance Company is a new subsidiary of FM that is backed by the financial strength and legacy of FM. Velocity Specialty provides Excess & Surplus Lines coverage in catastrophe exposed market spaces and aligns with FM's approach in understanding the hazards that can impact property losses and business continuity to provide insurance protection, not generally available in the standard/admitted market, to meet the needs of policyholders.

The Internal Auditor assists in developing the audit program and framework, and independently performs complex audit work including testing, documentation, analysis, and conclusions using defined procedures. The role plans and executes all but the most complex financial and operational audits across designated business areas to ensure soundness and adequacy of controls, alignment with best practices, compliance with audit frameworks, policies, procedures, and applicable regulations.

The position provides findings and recommendations, validates implementation of action plans, identifies innovative solutions, and operates independently except in the most complex scenarios. Additional responsibilities include evaluating the completeness and accuracy of risk assessments supporting the testing of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) and documented processes.

Key Responsibilities

1. Complex Audit Test Work - 40% Plans and conduct complex audit test work requiring the application of judgement, inclusive of financial and operational audits based on industry standard best practices, audit frameworks and applicable business policies and procedures. Auditor is responsible for developing a risk-based audit approach involving: 1. Identifying process objectives and related risks, 2. Evaluating risk likelihood and impact, 3. Identifying relevant controls, 4. Assessing the adequacy of controls based on risk, 5. Understanding when exceptions to testing or indications of additional areas of concern should be applied, and 6) Development and maturing of the audit program. Documents requests and exceptions, performs follow-ups on open document requests, and initiates document requests when supplementary documentation is needed based on testing performed. Timely delivers work product and ensure exceptions noted are investigated to determine causes or root cause for approval prior to any proposed findings and recommendations.

2. ICFR Testing - 25% Evaluates the completeness and accuracy of risk assessments supporting testing of internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) related to documented processes including 1. assessing the completeness and materiality of processes and sub-processes, 2. evaluating the completeness of identified risk based on financial statement assertions, 3. assessing the adequacy of related key controls, 4. developing required test attributes for each risk a control is addressing, 5. conducting status meetings to ensure milestones and timeframes are met, and 6. providing clear written communication related to audits, audit findings, reports, memos and analyses.

3. Audit Support & Special Projects - 10% Prepare detailed schedules to support audit planning and execution.Evaluate results of analytical procedures.Participate in special projects and perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills & Competencies

Technical Skills Understanding of the IIA Professional Practices Framework, including independence and objectivity considerations.Knowledge of the IIA Code of Ethics and ability to demonstrate full compliance.Ability to maintain and develop professional competencies related to internal audit activities.

Organizational Governance Understand governance structure and culture.Complete testing procedures related to organizational governance.Assess effectiveness of organizational performance measures.

Internal Control Auditing Develop and assess control testing attributes.Evaluate control design deficiencies and identify exceptions.Assess segregation of duties, address conflicts, and perform judgment based financial analyses.Validate the reasonableness of responses and clearly document conclusions.

General Auditing Skills Apply sampling techniques and evaluate results.Assess reconciliation processes and population completeness.Determine appropriate sample size and apply stratification when necessary.Evaluate deviations and conclude on sample reliability.

Evidence Gathering & Documentation Assess relevance, sufficiency, and reliability of evidence.Determine when additional procedures are necessary.Prepare workpapers for complex, judgment based reviews.Manage audit data in accordance with confidentiality requirements.

IPE (Information Produced by the Entity) Testing Apply analytical review techniques to evaluate the completeness and reliability of IPE.

Accounting & Finance Working knowledge of financial and managerial accounting principles.Understanding of inquiry, observation, analytical procedures, and general business operations.

IT Application Controls Identify and assess application controls within processes.Evaluate related manual processes and determine when to rely on application controls.

Soft Skills Strong attention to detail; ability to focus despite distractions.Capable of multitasking in a deadline driven environment.Highly self motivated with strong analytical and problem solving abilities.Excellent communication skills, including the ability to effectively share relevant information in a timely manner.Strong judgment regarding what and how to communicate with management.

Professional Attributes

Self Development Commitment to ongoing development with clear goals and strategies.

Collaboration & Teamwork Work effectively with others, share relevant information, and remain open to feedback.

General Accountability Consistent compliance with policies and procedures.Strong ownership of work quality and reliability.Willingness to take on challenges and build a reputation for meeting commitments.

Qualifications: Education Bachelor's degree (BS/BA) in Accounting, Finance, Risk Management, Insurance, or another business field with relevant experience.Professional certifications such as CPA, CA, or CIA are beneficial. Experience 3-5 years of internal or external audit experience; Excess & Surplus lines experience preferred.

Some travel required, pay will be aligned to VSIC, and any benefits are based on the FM benefits provided to VSIC.

The hiring range for this position is $94,000 - $134,000. The final salary offer will vary based on geographic location, individual education, skills, and experience. The position is eligible to participate in FM's comprehensive Total Rewards program that includes an incentive plan, medical, dental and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, well-being programs, a 401(k) and career development opportunities, tuition reimbursement, flexible work and time off, including vacation and sick time.

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