Financial Reporting Systems Administrator

This Financial Reporting Systems Administrator position is responsible for the integrity of core financial reporting system activities from which financial statements are produced for all companies under Minnesota Mutual Companies (MMC) ownership.

The duties associated with the function have broad reaching impacts across multiple areas of the organization and include, but are not limited to, financial reporting system accountability, and coordination of source system testing impacting accounting results.Responsible for the accuracy of approximately 2,000 core financial reporting system accounts across 45+ business units in the MMC reporting structure.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

Serve as business owner of Financial Reporting systems and interfaces used to produce and maintain financial records.

This will include coordinating with the product owners, ET Support teams, financial accounting managers and includes providing associate training as needed pertaining to the use of the systems and related tools needed to produce and maintain financial records.

Coordinate and approve financial reporting system access requests.

Supervise the Controller Department Accounting Memorandum (CDAM) process and its transition to Service Now (SNOW) – includes education of users regarding procedures for master data and code block requests and CDAM preparation.

Partner with Internal Audit to ensure functional controls around the financial reporting systems are designed, documented, and operating effectively to mitigate risks to the financial statements.

Coordinate with product owner to ensure business and product requirements are consistent, define requirements for roadmap and backlog items. Participate in cross-functional product development teams to prioritize and deliver new product features and enhancements to existing technology, including software developers, UI/UX Designers, R&D, product owners, content operations, finance, marketing, customer service, and testing.

Coordinate core financial reporting system testing efforts relative to maintenance of master data and code block values in response to new product offerings, system changes, system upgrades and other organizational initiatives prior to moving into the production environment following established guidelines, to ensure proper financial statement treatment and data integrity.

Collaborate with Enterprise Technology to ensure daily/monthly/quarterly ledger processing schedules are maintained and communicated, that related output is generated, and changes are communicated to programming teams and end users. Includes on-call support when needed working with business and technology areas to resolve problems.

Qualifications:

Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of GAAP and statutory accounting and core financial reporting systems.

Ability to present information and self in a professional manner with varying levels of associates and management to provide comprehensive training and conduct effective meetings.

Effective organization and planning skills to manage the high volume of testing projects impacting the interfaces and enhancements to the core financial reporting system.

Proven analytical abilities to work with business and technical areas to ensure appropriate information is sent to the core financial reporting system.

Bachelor’s Degree In Accounting, CPA Preferred.

Solid technical skills to manage input, output and data within the core financial reporting systems and various databases and SharePoint sites.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Self-motivated and willing to take on new challenges and projects.

Securian Financial believes in hybrid work as an integral part of our culture. Associates get the benefit of working both virtually and in our offices. If you’re in a commutable distance (90 minutes) you’ll join us 2-3 days each week in our offices to collaborate and build relationships. Our policy allows flexibility for the reality of business and personal schedules. When working in our offices at least two days per week isn’t feasible (vacations, illness, travel, etc.), an eight day per month standard is an option.

• Internal Securian Financial job title for this position is Financial Reporting Consultant.

Physical job requirements:

Ability to utilize keyboard, mouse and computer for up to 8 hours per day

Ability to work at least 40 hours per week

Ability to utilize telephone or digital communications platform for up to 6 hours per day

Ability to perform grasping tasks throughout the entire work day (examples: handwriting, grasping of equipment/machines, paper manipulation, sorting, folding, handling stacks of paper) The physical job requirements described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of jobs.

Securian Financial has been around for 140 years. We’re committed to giving back to our community, donating 15,000 employee volunteer hours this past year. We also provide extensive resources to our employees for professional development and growth and a number of diverse professional and social opportunities throughout the company. There’s a reason our employees have voted us as a best place to work year after year! In addition:

Generous paid time off. We want you to take time off for whatever matters most to you!

Tuition reimbursement program. We value continuous learning at Securian!

Company-funded pension plan as well as 401K retirement plan – great resources to secure your financial future.

Continuous opportunities for new challenges.

Variety of health plan options as well as dental and vision plans.

Paid maternity/paternity leaves. Securian Financial Group, Inc. does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital or familial status, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, political affiliation, veteran status, status in regard to public assistance or any other protected status. If you are a job seeker with a disability and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please contact us by email at [email protected], by telephone 651-655-5522 (voice), or 711 (Relay/TTY).To view our privacy statement click here To view our legal statement click here PandoLogic. Keywords: Financial Reporting Specialist, Location: Saint Paul, MN - 55129