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AER, located in Lexington MA, is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented senior staff accountant with strong working knowledge of GAAP and Cost Accounting, excellent financial analysis, and communication skills to join the busy finance team.

This role will be responsible for maintaining Company’s general ledger, preparing periodic financial reports, performing account reconciliations, assisting with revenue and expense forecasting, and performing other accounting and financial analysis duties as assigned. This role will also participate in the AER and Verisk annual and quarterly financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting process, including but not limited to compiling financial data and review materials.

Key Responsibilities:

• Performs all aspects of month-end financial closing duties including journal entries and preparation of the financial statements and reports, in accordance with established accounting policies and procedures, as well as AER CAS Disclosure Statement and the FAR.
• Provides support to various aspects of the accounting duties, which include, but are not limited to, revenue, accounts receivable/unbilled/retainage, cash, fixed assets, labor distribution, account flux analysis, account reconciliations for the accounting books maintained in both AER’s  Costpoint and Verisk corporate accounting system PeopleSoft.
• Interact and work with Verisk corporate accounting, HR, and the payroll and compensation departments to obtain financial backup documents and sort through any accounting issues as they arise.
• Participates in the planning and budget process, including annual budget, quarterly re-forecast, and multi-year planning, utilizing Excel and Oracle EPBCS.
• Coordinates with the project accounting team and Contracts to prepare and review pricing or costing worksheets and labor rate buildup in response to proposal solicitations.
• Participates in the annual DCAA Incurred Cost submission and provisional billing rates preparation, as needed.
• Provides support to various DCAA audits and reviews, Verisk corporate requests, proposal reviews and examinations, and other internal or external compliance calls.
• Assists with Verisk corporate initiated annual income tax, R&D tax credit, state sales and use tax, gross receipts tax, business tax, and fee filing and preparation, as well as the annual inventory review and tagging.
• Performs ad hoc tasks and analyses as assigned by the managers.

• BA/BS degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, and/or similar discipline with analytical bias.
• 5+ years of accounting or finance experience
• Working knowledge in Cost Accounting or job cost accounting is a must.
• Excellent Excel and analytical skills
• Proven ability to complete multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Experience with an ERP package; Costpoint/Peoplesoft preferred.
• Experience working with reporting tools a huge plus (i.e. IMB BI, MS Power BI, SQL)
• Strong written and oral communication skills and ability to interact rationally with all personnel.
• Attention to detail, results-oriented, multi-tasking, and being able to respond to urgent needs and meet deadlines required.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team in a fast-paced environment, challenge, and multiple deadlines and priorities.

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In 2022, Verisk received Great Place to Work® Certification for our outstanding workplace culture for the sixth year in a row and second-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. We’re also one of the 38 companies on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best Workplaces™ list.

For over fifty years and through innovation, interpretation, and professional insight, Verisk has replaced uncertainty with precision to unlock opportunities that deliver significant and demonstrable impact. From our historic roots in risk assessment, we’ve grown to provide analytic insights that help transform industries focused on some of the world’s most critical areas. Today, the insurance industry relies on Verisk to be, and to make the world, more productive, resilient, and sustainable.

Verisk works in collaboration with our customers and at the intersection of people, data, and advanced technologies. Through proprietary platformed analytics, advanced modeling, and interpretation, we deliver immediate and sustained value to our customers and through them, to the individuals and societies they serve, with greater speed, precision, and scale.

We’re 9,000 people strong, committed to translating big data into big ideas. We help others see new possibilities and empower certainty into big decisions that impact individuals and societies. And we relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation to help move our customers, and the world, toward better tomorrows.

Everyone at Verisk—from our chief executive officer to our newest employee—is guided by The Verisk Way, to Be Remarkable, Add Value, and Innovate.
• Be Remarkable by doing something better each day in service to our customers and each other
• Add Value by delivering immediate and sustained results that drive positive outcomes
• Innovate by redefining what’s possible, embracing challenges, and pushing boundaries

Verisk Businesses

Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision

Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences

Property Estimating Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient

Extreme Event Solutions — provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to extreme events.

Specialty Business Solutions — provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance

Marketing Solutions — delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing, relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement

Life Insurance Solutions – offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.

Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger

At Verisk you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create positive and lasting impact on business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career. We have received the Great Place to Work® Certification for the 7th consecutive year. We’ve been recognized by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and a Best Employer for Women, testaments to our culture of engagement and the value we place on an inclusive and diverse workforce.  Verisk’s Statement on Racial Equity and Diversity supports our commitment to these values and affecting positive and lasting change in the communities where we live and work.

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