Director, P&C Accounting

Location(s)

Chicago, Illinois

Details

• Kemper is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture, valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge, and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive. Kemper’s products and services are making a real difference to our customers, who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team, you are helping to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises. 

Position Summary:

Kemper, a publicly traded, multi-billion-dollar insurance and financial services company, seeks a talented and motivated professional to join its Accounting team in downtown Chicago. This is a fantastic role for a strong performer who is looking to help lead the Company’s efforts to transform the Accounting and Finance functions through maximization of process efficiency, automation of manual processes, and improved speed-to-delivery. Kemper has a proven track record for developing its people for higher roles within the department as well as other functions and across its operating entities.  Kemper allows leaders the opportunity to achieve their potential in a dynamic work environment that encourages critical thinking while engaging and empowering finance leaders to work outside the finance function.

Position Responsibilities:

• Oversee a team of 10 accounting professionals in our P&C insurance division responsible for the preparation and review of reconciliation of GAAP and statutory financial results as included in Kemper’s consolidated financial statements, as reported to the SEC and the NAIC.
• Review and approve account reconciliations ensuring that the team is appropriately addressing all aged reconciliation items and that all balances are appropriately supported. 
• This position will own specific areas over our P&C business including, but not limited to, premiums (direct, assumed and ceded) and commissions (including deferred acquisition costs) and various intercompany and internal quota share settlements between affiliated companies under Kemper control.
• Support the P&C business unit controller with the preparation, review and analysis of key business trends in monthly and quarterly financial statement analytics supporting the P&C results included in our GAAP and STAT filings. 
• Support the P&C business unit controller with the preparation and review of all the P&C related disclosures included in the Kemper 10-Q/10-K, including, but not limited to, the MD&A and Financial Statement Footnotes. 
• Support the P&C business unit controller with the review of quarterly and annual statutory statements for 37 domestic insurance companies. 
• Own key SOX financial accounting controls
• Mentor and develop staff members to enhance skill sets and prepare them for advancement opportunities within the organization
• Serve as a key resource for special projects with the ability to both lead as well as provide meaningful contributions

Position Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA is preferred
• 8+ years of accounting/auditing experience (public and/or private), including both GAAP and statutory insurance frameworks.  P&C experience is required.   
• Experience with Workday Financials and Blackline are strong pluses
• Strategic thinker with a keen eye for improving and even transforming processes
• Engaging leader with supervisory skills
• Progressive thinking skills, a strong work ethic, and a knack for innovative solutions
• Excellent communication skills to interact with varying levels of management and professional staff
• Effective writing skills and strong attention to detail required
• Strong analytical, organizational, and time management skills
• Ability to identify, analyze and solve accounting and operational issues
• Intellectually curious, analytically strong and embracer of change
• The selected candidate will work a hybrid work schedule which will require weekly reporting to our Chicago, IL office
• Sponsorship is not accepted for this opportunity

The range for this position is $110,000 to $183,000. When determining candidate offers, we consider experience, skills, education, certifications, and geographic location among other factors.  This job is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and Kemper benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401k, etc.)  

  

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