Fiduciary Accountant

Would you like to be a part of a team that delivers industry experience and creative solutions?

Avoca Risk seeks goal-driven professionals ready to take their career to the next level.

Job Description 

Avoca Risk is the “engine” company that supports several sister companies including Avondale Insurance Associates (AIA). Avoca Risk itself will shortly be launching its own products so will become the engine of the group.

Due to the Avoca Group’s consistent annual growth, we are seeking a Fiduciary Accountant to work closely with our existing Finance Team from our Manchester, NH office.

The ideal candidate is ambitious, detailed oriented, and career-minded with strong analytical and reconciliation abilities. Reporting to and working closely with the Senior Fiduciary Accountant, you will develop the knowledge and skill set to report the group’s business results to various stakeholders both internal and external. This is an excellent opportunity to apply your skills with both an established industry leader and a growing organization embarking on an exciting period of growth that will embrace and support your ongoing learning through upward mobility and advancement opportunities. 

Who we are:

Established in 2006, AIA is an industry leader in the Excess and Surplus Lines arena and is an Underwriting Management Company focused on small to mid-sized accounts across all property and general liability classes.  AIA is owned by Unison Risk Advisors  (URA), a market leading retail broker headquartered in Cleveland and working in partnership with URA. Avoca Risk continues to operationally support the AIA business along with other specialty business in the wider Avoca group stable. The Avoca Group currently supports $200m in premium annually under contract with US and International markets through three underwriting subsidiaries, AIA, ATS Underwriting (ATSU), and the newly launched Orbital Risk Capital (ORC).  Avoca has been growing each year and prides itself on outperforming the competition and empowering its staff to be entrepreneurial and creative.

Job Responsibilities:

• Identify incoming deposits and apply/allocate to applicable invoices.
• Reconcile bank account balances to accounting system and properly identify and track reconciling items.
• Generate and confirm figures on a variety of spreadsheet based and system based reports.
• Communicate and resolve payment discrepancies and overdue invoices with internal and external parties.
• Assist with internal and external audits.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in accounting or 5-7 years of insurance accounting experience.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, self-direction, and decision-making skills with general understanding of accounting concepts and procedures.
• Understanding of bordereaux and timely, contractual reporting.
• Ability to accurately apply cash receipts and initiate disbursements per contracts.
• Proficient in Excel, and other data analysis software.
• Ability to learn proprietary UW software.
• Understanding of accounting software applications and ideally have a working knowledge of Applied EPIC, though this is not a requirement for the role.
• Ability to reconcile revenue accounts.

Why Consider a Career with Avoca Risk:

One hallmark of Avoca is our people and we understand the importance of building top talent starts at the grassroots level. That’s why we ensure continuous training focused on building future leaders for our organization and developing long-term careers within our industry. This includes a broad combination of:

• Exposure to Executive and Senior Management
• On-the-job training
• Formal instruction
• Opportunities to advance through varied tracks
• Cutting-edge learning tools

Benefits:

We recognize that talented people are attracted to companies that provide competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package that includes the following:

• 401K with employer contribution
• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Flexible PTO policy
• HSA accounts
• Limited Flexible spending accounts

Avoca Risk is an equal opportunity employer offering a competitive salary, defined career path and first rate benefits.

What you’ll get...

At Avoca Risk, you will have the opportunity to build a long-term career with unlimited growth potential. Aim high, work hard and we’ll help you achieve your goals. 

At Avoca Risk, you will experience our caring work environment. We care about our employees, we care about our customers, and we care about the world around us.

At Avoca Risk, you will achieve a work-life balance. We care about your physical and emotional well-being, so work-life balance is encouraged and practiced. We understand you have a life outside of work, and we want you to live it.

At Avoca Risk, you will have access to a world-class Total Rewards package. We truly value our people, which shows in our compensation, benefits, and perks.

• In addition to competitive pay, we have designed a performance-based annual incentive program. All employees are eligible to earn a bonus by meeting performance objectives. 

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans and numerous supplemental benefit offerings.

• Flexible Paid time off annually

• Assistance with parking expenses, discount programs for area services/experiences, and financial support for professional development and licensure/designations

• Access to specialized leadership development programming designed to take your career to the next level.

• And so much more!

Avoca Risk, a Unison Risk Advisors company, is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic.