Accounting Manager

Built on meritocracy, our unique company culture rewards self-starters and those who are committed to doing what is best for our customers.

The Colonial Group is seeking an Accounting Manager to join our team in Greensboro, NC.

The accounting leader is responsible for maintaining the day-to-day financial activities of the Profit Center and being the business partner to the PCL.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Complete all branch daily accounting functions including cash receipts, cash disbursements, journal entries and vendor/insurance company payables.
• Prepare branch financials and learn all corporate guidelines including the Brown and Brown Accounting Guidelines.
• Be responsible for the budget which includes, working with PCL and department managers to create the budget and make adjustments to the Latest Estimates throughout the year.
• Monitor the accounts receivable process which includes: notifying department managers and producers of potential bad debts, write off all accounts over 119 days to bad debt, follow up with personnel to collect any write offs, monitor any credit balances over 90 days and work with the account manager to clear them from the subsidiary ledger.
• Learn and perform the surplus lines process of filing taxes with the state, paying taxes to the state, and notifying account managers of any items not filed.
• Learn the invoice and check approval process.
• Perform all month-end procedures including month end journal entries, the month end workbook, cost allocations from the administration and suspense departments to the B-40 departments, and running all month end reports including financial statements and subsidiary ledgers that agree to the general ledger control accounts.
• Prepare and distribute internal departmental performance reports. Assist in preparing reports to respond to Corporate Accounting and DFO ad hoc report requests.

• Complete all (SOX Control Self-Assessments). This includes AR/ICP, Payroll/Flux, SAB 101, Data Retention, Segregation of Duties, and the Bank Reconciliation CSAs.
• Train in and perform payroll and human resources functions.

• Become familiar with how to calculate and how the system calculates producer commissions payable and how to review the report detail to catch calculation errors and ensure accurate payments are made to the producers.
• Work with the DFO on special projects that may be assigned from time to time.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• Bachelor's Degree

• 3+ years in an accounting and finance position

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance
• MBA/MACC/CPA Preferred

WHAT WE OFFER:• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities• Competitive pay based on experience• Discretionary Time Off (DTO)• Generous benefits package: health, dental, vision, 401(k), etc.• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

WHO WE ARE:

The Colonial Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, Mobilhome Insurance Service, Inc. and Colonial Premium Finance Company, have been serving Specialty Lines product needs of Insurance Agents and their customers since 1961. Some of our lead products include Mobile Home, Dwelling, Recreational, Farm and certain Specialty Commercial Lines. The Colonial Group also includes the following former Managing General Agents: Atlantic Southern Insurance Group, Inc. (South Carolina), Beard and White, Insurance Marketing Services and Tomax. TCG operates primarily in the south eastern United States to include North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia.

Our mission is to serve our customers by providing quality, diversified and innovative products and services related to the specialty personal and commercial insurance business to include housing, recreation and farm. We also strive to provide a challenging, stimulating and rewarding environment for our employees, making sure that they understand that the Company's success is a result of their success. It is also our goal to be an excellent and quality customer to those that provide us with products and services.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We take pride in the diversity of our team and seek diversity in our applicants.