Job title: Accountant

Company: Burns & Wilcox

Job description: This position will be involved in and assist with various accounting and operational activities including those outlined below:

• Accounting/Operations

• Processing of cash receipts (EFTs, lockbox) to appropriate brokers
• Review aging report on a weekly and follow up on aged items as well communicate top brokers of interest to leadership team
• Review and process unreconciled cash and/or discrepancies on accounts, invoices, statements by working with brokers and production team
• Review and distribute broker statements
• Investigating/ responding to internal/ external client queries I

• Accounts Receivable
• Assist with and organize electronic communication (general mailbox)
• Seeking out and following up on missing documentation/information
• Ensuring accounting records are complete/accurate
• Processing of supplier payables
• Assist with client money reconciliations
• Assist with claims related payments/processing
• Other accounting/operations tasks as required
• Participate in process improvement initiatives and other projects as assigned
• Financial Reporting

• Recording financial transactions (general ledger/journal entries)
• Assist with preparation of accounting estimates, accruals, etc.
• Assist with bank reconciliations
• Assist with monthly and year-end financial reporting, audits
• Assist with preparation/reporting of monthly financial/production metrics
• In addition to the above, this role we interact with the H.W. Kaufman Corporate Accounting team and the Burns & Wilcox Canada and Burns & Wilcox Canada Claims management and operating teams to assist in researching and resolving various accounting/operational matters
• The position will be based in the Toronto, Ontario office of Burns & Wilcox Canada
• The individual will report to the onsite Accounting manager and will work closely with accounting team members in the U.S. and Canada

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma/certificate in accounting
• Accounting experience in insurance industry preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Excel in particular (pivot tables, macros)
• Ability to work independently yet team-oriented
• Ability to work accurately yet efficiently
• Excellent communication skills
• Working knowledge of Canadian GAAP and IFRS preferred
• TPA and claims handling experience an asset
• Working knowledge of accounting systems preferred
• Working knowledge of policy management systems preferred

About Our Company

When someone needs insurance coverage for the unique, the unusual, or the unconventional, they come to Burns & Wilcox Canada. Burns & Wilcox Canada offers comprehensive solutions for retail insurance brokers and agents of all sizes. Burns & Wilcox Canada is a subsidiary of the H.W. Kaufman Group. No other specialty insurance organization can match the unique ability of the H.W. Kaufman Group to broker, write, insure and finance the most highly specialized risks in the world.

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Sun, 29 Oct 2023 02:15:43 GMT