Senior Ceded Reinsurance Accountant

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Reinsurance Accounting Analyst Position Summary

• Perform comprehensive insurance and reinsurance accounting activities, including premiums, losses, deposits, collateral, recoveries, and cash allocations.
• Prepare, validate, and distribute treaty reinsurance bordereaux in an accurate and timely manner.
• Prepare treaty settlements and manage reinsurance collections.
• Validate facultative premiums and claims; prepare and process settlements and collections.
• Apply cash to ceded reinsurance accounts and research open or unidentified cash items.
• Research, reconcile, and resolve discrepancies; respond to broker and internal stakeholder inquiries.
• Perform monthly reconciliations of system-generated ceded balances to general ledger source reports.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close and reporting processes.
• Prepare and support regulatory and financial reporting requirements.
• Assist with internal audits and external GAAP audits by providing documentation, analyses, and explanations as needed.
• Review aging of outstanding reinsurance recoverables and proactively resolve issues delaying collection.
• Participate in special projects, including data analysis, reconciliations, external reporting initiatives, and process improvement efforts.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• CPA designation strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in reinsurance and insurance accounting.
• Strong understanding of GAAP and financial reporting standards.
• Proficiency in General Ledger accounting and financial statement preparation.
• Advanced Excel skills, including data analysis and reconciliations.
• Experience with treaty preparation, cash application, and reconciliation processes.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communication skills for collaborating with brokers, auditors, and internal stakeholders.

This is a Permanent position based out of New York, NY.

The pay range for this position is $105000.00 - $120000.00/yr.

Responsible for treaty and facultative ceded reinsurance reporting and payable and receivable reconciliation and resolution as well other regulatory reporting duties in the Finance department.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Insurance/reinsurance accounting activities as it relates to premiums, losses, deposit accounting, collateral, cash allocations and recoveries. Accurate and timely treaty bordereau preparation, validation and distribution. Treaty settlement preparation and collections. Facultative premium and claim validation, settlement and collections. Cash application in ceded application; research open cash items. Researching, reconciling and responding to broker and internal client inquiries. Monthly confirmation and reconciliation of system generated ceded balances to general ledger source reports.

Quarter and Year End reporting. Provide support to internal audit and external GAAP auditors as required. Special projects as needed including data analysis and reconciliations, external reporting and process improvement projects. Review of aging collection status of outstanding reinsurance recoverables and resolve issues delaying payment.

This is a fully onsite position in New York,NY.

This position is anticipated to close on Feb 2, 2026.

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