Accounting BSA

Job Title: Accounting BSA
Location: West Des Moines IA
Duration: Fulltime Job

Skills: Accounting
Salary: 120K-160K/Year

Required Skills & Qualifications:

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• An Accounting BSA (Business Systems Analyst) plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between accounting teams and IT or system development teams. Their primary responsibility is to ensure that financial systems and processes are aligned with business needs and regulatory requirements. Heres a breakdown of their key responsibilities:

Requirements Gathering & Analysis

• Partner with accounting finance and insurance operations to gather and document business requirements.
• Analyze insurance-specific workflows: policy administration premium billing claims accounting commissions and reinsurance settlements (ceded/assumed).
• Translate business requirements into system designs process maps user stories and acceptance criteria.

System Implementation & Support

• Support implementation configuration and testing of ERP and insurance platforms (e.g. SAP FI/CO Oracle Cloud Guidewire Billing/Policy/Claims Duck Creek).
• Design and validate system integrations between policy billing claims and general ledger modules.
• Create and execute test plans (unit SIT UAT); manage defect triage and remediation; support change control.

Insurance Process Management

• Build and Eligible to workimize accounting processes for premium recognition unearned premium reserves (UPR) loss reserves IBNR claims payments and commissions.
• Implement system logic for reinsurance (treaty/facultative; proportional/non-proportional) bordereaux and settlements.
• Partner with actuarial and underwriting on loss ratio combined ratio and reserve-related data and reporting.

Data Integrity & Reporting

• Ensure data completeness accuracy and reconciliation across sub-ledgers and the GL.
• Develop dashboards and financial/insurance KPIs (e.g. written/earned premium trends loss & LAE expenses).
• Support statutory and regulatory reporting (e.g. NAIC statements Schedule P Schedule F) and management reporting.

Compliance Controls & Audit

• Ensure adherence to GAAP SAP (Statutory Accounting Principles) SOX and state insurance regulations.
• Design and maintain internal controls; support audit requests and walkthroughs for insurance-specific areas.
• Document end-to-end process controls segregation of duties and data lineage across systems.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Act as a liaison between Accounting IT Insurance Operations Actuarial Underwriting Claims Billing and Compliance.
• Facilitate workshops sprint planning and stakeholder alignment; manage expectations and timelines.

Training & Documentation

• Create and deliver training for end users on enhancements and new features.
• Maintain process documentation configuration guides data dictionaries and SOPs.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Accounting Expertise: GL sub-ledgers reconciliations month-end close revenue recognition reserves.
• Insurance Knowledge: Policy lifecycle billing claims reinsurance structures statutory reporting.
• Technical Skills: SQL Excel (advanced) data modeling APIs/integrations reporting tools (Power BI/Tableau).
• Analysis & Problem-Solving: Root-cause analysis process re-engineering control design.
• Communication & Stakeholder Engagement: Clear documentation workshops cross-functional alignment.
• Project/Change Management: Prioritization risk management change control UAT coordination.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles.
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g. SAP Oracle R12 NetSuite).
• Proficiency in SQL Excel and reporting tools (e.g. Power BI Tableau).
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving.
• Communication and project management skills.

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