Accountant – Employee Benefits Accounting

Job Description

Accountant II | Progressive Insurance

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Progressive Insurance, located remotely within the United States. Progressive is a large organization dedicated to helping its employees advance their careers and live fully. This role is crucial for managing the financial aspects of company benefits plans and ensuring accurate reporting of tax liabilities, directly supporting the company’s commitment to its workforce.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Location: Remote, United States
• Pay: $55700–$74200 yearly
• Team: Corporate HR Systems and Control team
• Mission: To accurately manage the financial processes, invoicing, and reporting for company benefits plans and related tax liabilities.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Invoicing: Manage all purchase orders and invoicing specifically related to company benefits plans.
• Allocation: Oversee the comprehensive employee benefits allocation process.
• Reporting: Prepare all monthly journal entries pertinent to the company benefits plans.
• Reconciliation: Complete month-end account reconciliations for local, state, and federal tax liabilities.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting.
• Experience: Minimum of two years of accounting work experience.
• Skills: Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving abilities; highly proficient and comfortable with extensive use of Excel; ability to identify and communicate accounting and financial reporting issues to management timely and concisely.
• Bonus: Experience with employee benefits accounting; experience coaching and mentoring lower-level accounting staff or interns.