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The Opportunity

Root is looking for a Senior Manager, Accounting with a strong background in finance transformation, driving strategic initiatives, and streamlining business processes. In this role, you’ll partner with the Director of Accounting Operations, IT Engineers, Finance Leadership, and other non-accounting team members to drive strategic finance transformation initiatives, improve financial controls, and implement process enhancements. In addition, you will own several complex accounting transactions, and provide thought leadership to the team through recommendations based on technical accounting research. The right candidate will have experience leveraging accounting acumen to effectively drive change through all levels of an organization and thrive in a fast-paced, complex, and growing accounting environment.

Root is a “work where it works best” company. Meaning we will support you working in whatever location that works best for you across the US. We will continue to have our headquarters in Columbus to give more flexibility and more choice about how we live and work.

Salary Range: $139,100 - $173,900

How You Will Make an Impact

• Manage and oversee the monthly closing process, including cash transactions, fixed assets, leases and investment accounting.

• Reviews journal entries for a rotating set of processes.

• Reviews reconciliations for accounts subject to journal entries reviewed.

• Perform and review account analysis on a variety of company and intercompany transactions as well as overall financial statements.

• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, including ownership of quarterly and annual statutory filings.

• Assists in the review of various state filings on an annual basis.

• Develop and maintain accounting policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with both GAAP and STAT regulatory compliance.

• Assist with accounting research on new accounting pronouncements and significant, unusual transactions executed by the business.

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with auditors and other third-party vendors.

• Manage and mentor accounting staff, fostering a positive and collaborative team environment.

• Lead and participate in strategic financial projects such as automation and allocation tool implementation.

• Continually develop, expand and improve month-end close and financial reporting procedures by streamlining close-related activities.

• Identify and document key controls.

• Leads various ad hoc projects as needed.

What You Will Need to Succeed

• 7-10 years of relevant accounting and/or finance experience; exposure to property and casualty insurance accounting and reporting is a plus.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance; CPA, MBA, or Master of Accountancy designation(s) preferred.

• Exceptionally proficient with Microsoft Office products, accounting research, reconciliation systems, and data analysis tools.

• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and an ability to tailor it to a wide range of audiences.

• Approaches problems with an open mind.

• Great attention to detail.

Don’t meet every single requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Root, Inc., we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway!

Join us

At Root, we judge people based on the merit of their work, not who they are. If you are passionate about what this role entails and solving real problems, we encourage you to apply. We want to learn about you and what you can add to our team.

Who we are

We’re harnessing the power of technology to revolutionize insurance. Using machine learning and mobile telematic platforms, we’ve built one of the most innovative FinTech companies in the world. And we’re just getting started.

What draws people to Root

Our success is in large part due to our unwavering standards in hiring. We recognize that our products are only as good as the people building and promoting them. We want individuals who find solutions by going through the cycle of ideation to implementation with curiosity, rigor, and an analytical lens. Ask anyone who works here and you’ll hear similar reasons for why they joined:

Autonomy—for assertive self-starters, the opportunities to contribute are limitless.

Impact—by challenging the way it’s always been done, we solve problems that have a big impact on our business.

Collaboration—we encourage rich discussion and civil debate at every turn.

People—we are inspired by the collection of crazy-smart people around us.