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Jones & Company, Inc., and its affiliates (“FTJ”), provide insurance and insurance-related services to clients, corporations, employers, members of associations and individuals. These services include providing benefits through innovativelife and health insurance plans, financial services, customized insurance products for niche markets and property and casualty insurance.\nPosition Summary and Expectations\nThe Staff Accountant supports the property and casualty program business and all corporate entities through accounting, financial analysis, cash administration and treasury operations. The role partners with Accounting, Property & Casualty and other business teams to understand activity, identify issues, explain financial results and improve processes. It requires sound judgment, attention to detail and the ability to manage both recurring accounting responsibilities and day-to-day treasury activities. Key functions include:\nAccounting and Business Analysis\nReconcile premium suspense accounts each month, research outstanding or unusual items, and prepare or correct journal entries to ensure activity is recorded accurately.\nReconcile property and casualty bank accounts each month, investigate variances and coordinate timely resolution of reconciling items.\nPartner with the Accounting and Property & Casualty teams to understand business activity, new business initiatives and operational changes that affect accounting and reporting. \nPrepare ad hoc business reports and analyst financial results, trends and variances to identify key drivers, emerging issues and items requiring follow-up.\nProcess property and casualty premium deposits accurately and timely, confirming that payments are applied to the appropriate business activity.\nProcess premium deposits for the insurance affiliate and work with internal partners to research and resolve exceptions.\nPrepare monthly remittances to insurance companies and agents, validating underlying activity and investigating differences before payment.\nMonitor premium receivable activity, follow up on aging or unusual balances, and partner with the business to resolve collection or application issues.\nPerform special projects and requests from time to time as management deems fit.\nProvide support to other members of the General Accounting Department with month-end functions, such as booking journal entries, reconciliations and clearing of account variances.\nTreasury and Cash Management\nManage daily cash administration for all corporate entities, including monitoring bank balances, liquidity needs and cash activity.\nSupport bank relationships and remain current on relevant operational trends, technology developments and regulatory changes.\nIdentify continuous improvement opportunities and support treasury projects focused on automation, standardization and process optimization.\nAdminister online banking systems, user access and reporting, and assist internal business partners with bank systems and reports.\nManage signature authorities and signature cards.\nAnalyze and manage bank fees; identify and support changes to balance business needs while mitigating fees.\nAssess new banking products and services opportunities; evaluate recommendations from Treasury Management Reviews and incorporate improvements.\nPerform other duties as required and assigned.\nCompetencies\nProficient with cash and accrual accounting concepts.\nWorking knowledge of cash management, online banking and bank account administration.\nDetailed, accurate and organized.\nExcellent interpersonal and communications skills.\nDemonstrates strong critical thinking and problem solving skills, including the ability to research issues, analyze results, identify root causes and recommend practical solutions.\nAdvanced Excel skills and ability to deal with large volumes of data.\nMust be a team player and work well with others.\nSelf motivated.\nRequisites\n1 to 3 years of accounting, treasury or financial analysis experience in the financial services industry; insurance experience is a plus.\nUndergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field preferred.\nWe offer comprehensive benefits to full-time employees including company-paid medical, STD, LTD and life insurance plus voluntary dental, vision, life/AD&D insurance, 401(k) with company matching, generous paid time off and much more.\nWe encourage applicants of all ages and experience, as we do not discriminate on the basis of an applicant’s age.\nALL OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT ARE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSING OF A DRUG SCREEN AND BACKGROUND CHECK.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4572,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Health insurance","Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Jewelry"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-29T19:23:14Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":7,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-06T05:58:05Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/forrest-t-staff-accountant","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/forrest-t-staff-accountant.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-06T15:46:00Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":29437,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-07T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1873470},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1873470"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fforrest-t-staff-accountant"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fforrest-t-staff-accountant"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fforrest-t-staff-accountant"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/forrest-t-staff-accountant\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fforrest-t-staff-accountant"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3477846}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"ftj.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3477846},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); 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