Senior Accountant

About Goosehead

Goosehead Insurance has been disrupting the insurance industry by giving clients the power of choice, utilizing a smarter marketing approach, and delivering world class service. This is all powered by our focus on hiring and retaining extraordinary people. Our clients trust us with their most valuable possessions so, we’re more than just a bit selective when it comes to hiring new team members.

Job Summary

The Senior Accountant plays an integral role in helping our accounting organization achieve its mission to deliver timely, accurate, and insightful financial information to management and investors so they can make timely, informed, and decisive decisions. The Senior Accountant is a subject matter expert in accounting for operating expenditures and ensures monthly and quarterly financial results and processes are GAAP and SOX compliant. To be successful in this role, you must be a motivated self-starter who can easily adapt in a high-growth, rapidly-changing environment.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities 

• Prepare and review monthly journal entries and account reconciliations

• Prepare monthly financial statement analyses and assist team in appropriately preparing and documenting their analyses

• Prepare ad hoc analyses to support management decision making, including proactively identifying and delivering key insights to financial performance

• Assist in the preparation of quarterly SEC filings, including preparation of supporting schedules, analyses, external documentations, and audit requests

• Identify opportunities for process improvement and initiate and lead special projects designed to improve processes within the Accounting and Finance organization

• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support financial initiatives and provide guidance

• Ensure accounting activities are completed with the highest level of control and integrity

• Demonstrate emotional intelligence in handling potentially stressful situations, including managing competing priorities, change, tight deadlines, and conflict

Experience and Education

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field, Master’s degree a plus

• CPA preferred, but not required

• 5-8+ years of experience in public accounting and/or a public company; Big 4 experience a plus

Required Skills and Abilities

• Advanced Excel experience required

• Demonstrated propensity for identifying and achieving process improvements

• Ability and drive to build strong relationships within and beyond the Executive Leadership team

Benefits Summary

• High quality voluntary health, vision, disability, life, and dental insurance programs

• 401K Matching Plan

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave

• Corporate sponsored programs to enhance employee physical, financial, mental and emotional wellness

• Financial Solution Program

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Goosehead is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, guidelines, and regulations. Goosehead strictly prohibits and does not tolerate unlawful discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered person because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, transgender status, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniformed service, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All applicants for employment and all Goosehead employees are given equal consideration based solely on job-related factors, such as qualifications, experience, performance, and availability.