General Accounting, Senior Associate

The General Accounting, Senior Associate & Systems Specialist is accountable for maintaining, updating and redesigning (as necessary) the intercompany cost allocation model to achieve accurate intercompany accounting. This person is responsible for managing, manipulating and calculating large amounts of data using specific systems/apps/tools to ensure appropriate transfer pricing methods and accurate tracking of results. The General Accounting, Senior Associate & Systems Specialist collaborates and maintains strong working relationships with team members in Bucharest where intercompany payments and receipts are handled. The individual will interact and collaborate with colleagues in Ireland and Paris, the centers for most of our foreign intercompany cost allocations and home (Paris) to our internally developed global costing tool. The General Accounting, Senior Associate & Systems Specialist is responsible for maintaining and updating the operating expense database, which feeds numerous reports and analytics. The individual performs detailed analysis of results and variances to ensure accurate legal entity expense reporting, and provides value added commentary. Additional duties may be assigned as needed to support the General Accounting functions.

• Maintain, update and/or redesign (as needed) US Life intercompany cost allocation model in Excel in compliance with service level agreements with affiliates. Use of Alteryx, SQL Server, Power BI, Power Pivot and Power Query is required. Ensure output is accurate and is entered correctly into global costing tool (CostVision). 
• Develop and maintain mastery of SCOR’s global intercompany costing tool (CostVision/PaPM) and related inputs, outputs and reporting. Advocate for specific requirements to support local needs.
• Participate in projects that impact expenses, volumes, business flows and inputs to the models in order to modify models as necessary and/or influence projects to ensure outcomes are in line with intent.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of trial balance sheet accounts and expense database to verify results, faciliate research and analysis and to enable timely production of reports.
• Problem solve drivers of unexpected outcomes and determine corrective actions if needed.
• Proactively communicate/collaborate with team members / colleagues in Paris, Bucharest and Ireland, including addressing questions about calculations of expense allocations.
• Review and post any manual entries in SAP to record intercompany cost sharing.
• Review and post other journal entries in SAP as needed
• Utilize technical skills and process improvement skills to streamline processes and gain efficiencies.
• Prepare reports and perform analytics for senior management to assist in evaluating actual and planned results.
• Provide information and documentation to internal and external auditors, state examiners, tax experts and internal partners as needed. 
• Facilitate and perform ad hoc requests. 
• May perform other duties as necessary to support General Accounting functions and objectives.