Staff Accountant

Job Description

Staff Accountant | HUB International

The Tone:
This is a Staff Accountant role, located in-person in Brentwood, TN, at HUB International. HUB International, a global insurance and employee benefits broker with over $5 billion in revenue and nearly 20,000 employees, is built on a team of entrepreneurs who protect and support the aspirations of individuals, families, and businesses. They empower employees to learn and grow within a structure that balances regional culture with corporate support. This Staff Accountant role is essential for ensuring the integrity of financial operations, directly contributing to the company’s continued success and growth, which includes substantial mergers and acquisitions.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person – Brentwood, TN

• Team: Reports to Accounting Supervisor
• Mission: To ensure accurate and compliant financial reporting, including the reconciliation of cash receipts and payables across diverse payment types and accounting systems, while preparing journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations in adherence to GAAP and company policies.
• Tech Stack: Quickbooks, AMS 360, G/L systems

What You’ll Actually Do
• Month-End Closing: Assist in the monthly closing process, which includes running reports for all general ledger systems to ensure timely and accurate financial data.
• Cash Reconciliation: Daily review, identification, and accurate application of all incoming ACH, wire, and EFT deposits, along with logging and distributing unapplied cash to relevant stakeholders the same day of receipt.
• Financial Reconciliation: Perform daily reconciliation of entries posted in the accounting system against actual deposit details to confirm accuracy, maintaining an internal payments log as a key control, and distributing end-of-day cash posting communication to stakeholders.
• Journal Entries & Balances: Prepare and process journal entries within general ledger systems and complete timely, accurate, and GAAP-compliant balance sheet reconciliations, adhering to company policies and procedures.
• Operational Support: Proactively pursue resolution on outstanding items, research and analyze data as requested, and contribute to process improvement and design efforts while also running and distributing month-end and ad-hoc reports.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Experience: At least 1 year of experience in the accounting field, demonstrating initiative and proactive problem-solving to achieve results.
• Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, and intermediate Excel proficiency including vlookup, pivot tables, and basic formulas.
• Bonus: Prior experience in the insurance industry or with Quickbooks and/or AMS 360.