General Ledger Accountant

Aon is a global provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human resources solutions, and outsourcing services. It employs over 60,000 people in 120 countries worldwide. ACIA is a unit of Aon, based in Dublin, which was set up in 2009. It is one of the first centers established in Ireland that are dedicated to data analytics and innovation.

As part of an industry-leading team, you will help empower results for our clients by delivering innovative and effective solutions as part of our National Flood Services business group within Aon Risk Solutions, in Kalispell, Montana. Reports to Assistant Controller, this General Ledger position will provide, under general supervision, a variety of accounting duties to include preparing journal entries, posting journal entries, general ledger account reconciliations, processing disbursements, and preparing client level financial statements.

• Preparation of monthly reoccurring journal entries and with occasional single transactional
• Posting journal entries for multiple companies on two general ledger systems
• Preparation of monthly bank account and general ledger reconciliations by required due dates
• Banking wire transaction input and approval on AON PAMS system
• Daily balancing of bank accounts using JP Morgan Access website
• Daily cash management of bank balances and client knowledge to implement decisions on funding needs
• Processing checks and ACH disbursements for claim payments, refunds, cancellations, stale checks as needed on WAVE iSeries systems
• Preparation of client financial statements and reconciliations with inflexible deadlines
• Contact with agents regarding commission due back to the company

Job Related Experience:

• Basic accounting knowledge required
• Two year degree requested, but not required
• 2+ years prior accounting and/or bookkeeping experience preferred
• Strong Excel and Word knowledge

Skills and Abilities:

• Keyboarding skills to include 10 key and data entry skills
• Interpersonal, writing, decision making skills
• Analytical and problem solving abilities
• Exercise independent judgment
• Requires attention to detail and high standards of accuracy along with high productivity