Sr. Staff Accountant

Company Description

We help the world see new possibilities and inspire change for better tomorrows. Our analytic solutions bridge content, data, and analytics to help business, people, and society become stronger, more resilient, and sustainable.

Job Description

• Performs all aspects of month-end financial closing duties including journal entries and preparation of the financial statements and reports, in accordance with established accounting policies and procedures, as well as AER CAS Disclosure Statement and the FAR.
• Provides support to various aspects of the accounting duties, which include, but are not limited to, revenue, accounts receivable/unbilled/retainage, cash, fixed assets, labor distribution, account flux analysis, account reconciliations for the accounting books maintained in both AER’s  Costpoint and Verisk corporate accounting system PeopleSoft.
• Interact and work with Verisk corporate accounting, HR and the payroll and compensation departments to obtain financial backup documents and sort through any accounting issues as they arise.
• Participates in the planning and budget process, including annual budget, quarterly reforecast, and multi-year planning, utilizing Excel and Oracle EPBCS.
• Coordinates with the project accounting team and Contracts to prepare and review pricing or costing worksheets and labor rate buildup in response to proposal solicitations.
• Participates in the annual DCAA Incurred Cost submission and provisional billing rates preparation, as needed.
• Provides support to various DCAA audits and reviews, Verisk corporate requests, proposal reviews and examinations, and other internal or external compliance calls.
• Assists with Verisk corporate initiated annual income tax, R&D tax credit, state sales and use tax, gross receipts tax, business tax and fee filing and preparation, as well as the annual inventory review and tagging.
• Performs ad hoc tasks and analysis as assigned by the managers.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, and/or similar discipline with analytical bias.
• 5+ years of accounting or finance experience
• Working knowledge in Cost Accounting or job cost accounting is a must.
• Excellent Excel and analytical skills
• Proven ability to complete multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Experience with an ERP package; Costpoint/Peoplesoft preferred.
• Experience working with reporting tools a huge plus (i.e. IMB BI, MS Power BI, SQL)
• Strong written and oral communication skills and ability to interact rationally with all personnel.
• Attention to detail, results-oriented, multi-tasking, and able to respond to urgent needs and meet deadlines required.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team in a fast-paced environment, challenge, and multiple deadlines and priorities.

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Additional Information

In 2022, Verisk received Great Place to Work® Certification for our outstanding workplace culture for the sixth year in a row and second-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. We’re also one of the 38 companies on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best Workplaces™ list.

For over fifty years and through innovation, interpretation, and professional insight, Verisk has replaced uncertainty with precision to unlock opportunities that deliver significant and demonstrable impact. From our historic roots in risk assessment, we’ve grown to provide analytic insights that help transform industries focused on some of the world’s most critical areas. Today, the insurance industry relies on Verisk to be, and to make the world, more productive, resilient, and sustainable.

Verisk works in collaboration with our customers and at the intersection of people, data, and advanced technologies. Through proprietary platformed analytics, advanced modeling, and interpretation, we deliver immediate and sustained value to our customers and through them, to the individuals and societies they serve, with greater speed, precision, and scale.

We’re 9,000 people strong, committed to translating big data into big ideas. We help others see new possibilities and empower certainty into big decisions that impact individuals and societies. And we relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation to help move our customers, and the world, toward better tomorrows.

Everyone at Verisk—from our chief executive officer to our newest employee—is guided by The Verisk Way, to Be Remarkable, Add Value, and Innovate.
• Be Remarkable by doing something better each day in service to our customers and each other
• Add Value by delivering immediate and sustained results that drive positive outcomes
• Innovate by redefining what’s possible, embracing challenges, and pushing boundaries

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