Accountant

At Delta Dental of Wisconsin, we are champions of Oral Health, and we have built our company on the foundation of delivering innovative products and services within our culture of legendary service. Our culture sets us apart within our industry and the way we do business and it is different. Our employees stay here because the organization supports them as employees and their career growth. Our organization has grown consistently over the past several years while we continue to be the number one provider of dental insurance in the state of Wisconsin. We have added an opportunity to join our finance team at Delta Dental of Wisconsin as an Accountant. In this role, you will have the opportunity to assist with the accounting and financial analysis for our dental clinics. Reporting to the Director, Clinical Accounting, this role will be expected to: Serve as subject matter expert on all dormancy, unclaimed property and escheatment processes; understanding of the reporting requirements for each state required to escheat Attempt to locate payees, manage all correspondences, report unclaimed property, maintaining accurate recordkeeping, manage submission to all state websites, ensure accurate remittance to each state, follow through on submissions of files (including negative file reporting), and submit payments to the various states. Review general expense payments for legitimacy and proper account coding. Approve ACH and wire transfers Demonstrate general knowledge of the major corporate operating systems and how they are interfaced into the general ledger system; corporate systems include premium processing, claims processing and all other cash handling or account balancing systems Accountable for verification and reconciliation of premium and claim output from corporate systems, monitoring the interface to general ledger to assure control over company assets Prepare invoices related to other revenue (i.e. Administrative Income) for other income items and record the required journal entries Prepare the reconciliation of all corporate checking accounts Prepare 1099 year-end tax reports for accounts payable vendors Assist with the preparation of the financial statements including required journal entries for all divisions including the Foundation Assist with the maintenance of the general ledger chart of accounts for financial reporting purposes. Assist with the annual corporate budget process Assist with external annual financial and SOC audits; prepare required work papers as requested by the auditors Assist with the payroll generation and accounts payable Develop an understanding of statutory and GAAP accounting rules applicable to specific entities and transaction types and apply knowledge of statutory and GAAP accounting rules to various management reports Research accounting issues and pronouncements Identify and participate in department process improvement initiatives Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

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