Investment Accountant

Starr Insurance Companies is a leading insurance and investment organization, providing commercial property and casualty insurance, including travel and accident coverage, to almost every imaginable business and industry in virtually every part of the world.

Cornelius Vander Starr established his first insurance company in Shanghai, China in 1919. Today, we are one of the world’s fastest growing insurance organizations, capable of writing in 128 countries on 6 continents.

Starr Insurance is looking for an experienced investment accountant to support global investment reporting and operations. This newly created position will report to the Investment Controller and is based out of Starr’s New York office.  

Responsibilities

• In this position, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the accurate and timely reporting of the cash accounts and investment portfolios.
• Play an integral role in maintaining the Investment Accounting platform Clearwater. Requires ongoing collaboration with Clearwater servicing team in addition to custodian banks, third-party asset managers, and data service providers.
• Review transaction and cash movements. Ensure timely and accurate booking in partnership with treasury operations and portfolio management team.
• Responsible for maintaining daily reconciliations of positions and cash. Ability to investigate and troubleshoot breaks.   
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy of investment accounting and reporting.
• Support Ad Hoc reporting requests across cash and investment performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (required)
• 2+ years of investment accounting experience at either public accounting firm and/or in industry with a focus on cash and position reconciliation procedures.
• Experience with Clearwater Analytics reporting platform a plus
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office software packages (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)

Starr is an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We offer first class training and development opportunities to all employees. Our aim is to grow our own talent and bring out the best in people.