Plymouth Rock Assurance - Boston, MA
posted 3 months ago
Plymouth Rock Assurance is seeking an experienced Analytical Accounting professional who can anticipate the changing needs of the business and effectively collaborate across teams to improve outcomes. This role is crucial in establishing effective operational finance processes and robust controls to deliver timely and insightful results. Strong communication skills are essential, as the individual will manage communications across Finance, Functional Stakeholders, and Senior Leadership. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving a culture of collaboration, accountability, process excellence, and customer service, while also managing a team of accounting professionals focused on attracting, developing, and retaining talent. The position requires building strong relationships with internal and external partners to drive support and adoption behind Finance priorities. The candidate must be able to lead multiple priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, ensuring that monthly, quarterly, and annual processes are completed in a timely and accurate manner. As a functional expert, the individual will draw connections between financial metrics, underlying operational drivers within aligned functions, and potential downstream impacts across the organization. In terms of accounting operations, the role involves advancing key strategic priorities of Finance to accelerate digital payment adoption and developing financial insights and recommendations that support supplier cost optimization and operational efficiency. The candidate will manage outgoing agent and vendor cash for the Enterprise, including flagship insurance carriers, management companies, and related affiliates. Additionally, they will lead administration for SAP Concur Expense, Concur Travel program, and Enterprise Corporate AMEX Programs, as well as prepare annual 1099 processing and filings, including B-Notice processes and related IRS communications, along with quarterly and annual sales and use tax filings. The role also includes partnering with the Managing Director and CFO to establish a Financial Operations metrics package that synthesizes data-driven insights into digital payment trends. The candidate will develop actionable insights that the business can take to increase digital adoption and efficiency of operations, while collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to expand and build insightful analysis of supplier expense results, variances, and trends. Leveraging the technology of Workday, the individual will continuously seek improvement opportunities to enhance existing dashboard views and/or develop new reports and insights that provide end-to-end transparency into vendor expenses.