Accountant, Senior

Your Role

The Corporate Financial Accounting & Reporting team is responsible for recording and reporting financial information for Blue Shield of California and its subsidiaries. The Senior Accountant will report to the Accounting Manager and support accurate, timely financial reporting through journal entries, account reconciliations, analyses, regulatory filing support, internal control documentation, and audit-ready support. In this role, you will independently research and resolve accounting matters, maintain desk-level procedures, partner with internal departments to address issues that impact financial reporting, and support process improvements that strengthen reporting accuracy and operational efficiency.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Work

In this role, you will

• Accounting, Close, and Reconciliations
• Own assigned journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules for month-end close
• Ensure account balances are supported by appropriate documentation, and reconciling items are researched and resolved timely
• Prepare close-related reports and analyses to explain account activity, trends, fluctuations, and discrepancies
• Reporting, Analysis, and Research
• Prepare internal reporting packages, monthly results analyses, regulatory filings, and supporting schedules, ensuring deliverables are accurate, complete, and appropriately documented
• Perform trend and fluctuation analyses using business judgment, materiality considerations, and account-specific knowledge
• Research discrepancies and complex accounting issues, prepare correcting entries when appropriate, and recommend improvements to strengthen accuracy and efficiency
• Controls, Audit Support, and Process Improvement
• Provide auditors with schedules, supporting documentation, and responses for year-end, business-specific, and account-specific audit requests
• Maintain reconciliations, desk-level procedures, and process documentation in accordance with internal control expectations, knowledge transfer needs, and audit readiness standards
• Partner with internal departments and IT to resolve system interface and data integrity issues, support root-cause analysis, and implement sustainable process improvements
• Business Partnership and Project Support
• Keep management informed of potential issues, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions
• Support strategic projects, new products, system implementations, and process changes by helping define accounting and reporting requirements
• Collaborate with accounting team members and business partners to resolve account-related matters and support accurate financial reporting

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• Requires 5 years of prior relevant experience in an accounting specialization either tax, accounting and/or financial analytics
• Requires proficiency in US GAAP and experience applying accounting guidance to journal entries, reconciliations, fluctuation analyses, accruals, and financial reporting deliverables
• Requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently identify, analyze, and resolve complex accounting issues
• Requires the ability to work effectively through ambiguity, learn new concepts quickly, and translate process and system changes into desk-level procedures and consistent execution
• Requires strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate accounting matters to various levels and business departments across the organization
• Requires being highly proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Experience with regulatory reporting preferred
• Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, or other related certification preferred
• ERP experience preferred