Superior Insurance Partners LLC
Staff Accountant- Insurance Agency/Broker
Superior Insurance Partners LLC, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
Superior Insurance Partners is a rapidly growing insurance brokerage platform, focused primarily on providing commercial lines, personal lines, and employee benefit solutions to companies and individuals. Superior acquires and partners with leading independent insurance agencies primarily in the Midwest and Eastern US. The company's mission is to improve the lives of its agency partners. Superior does this by creating a highly tailored plan for each of its agency partners to help them achieve their goals, and providing customized resources including accounting/finance, recruiting, HR, AMS/IT, marketing, and M&A support. Agency partners are aligned through long-term economic incentives while leveraging the benefits of best practices, scale, and resources across Superior's shared platform.
Superior is backed by Tyree & D'Angelo Partners ("TDP"), a leading Chicago-based private equity firm that makes control ownership investments in, and partners with, lower middle market businesses with the goal of creating meaningful value for all involved. TDP is currently investing out of its third fund and has managed and created over $3 billion of capital and company enterprise value. TDP has significant experience investing in service businesses and has completed over 1000 investment partnerships in its history.
We are currently seeking a staff accountant to join our high-growth, fast-paced company. This position will report to the VP of Information and Systems and play a key role in supporting the accounting and finance team. A desire to work at a growth-oriented business focusing on acquisitions and integrations is highly valued. The chosen candidate will be a team player and will assist with all elements of the accounting function. Candidates should come from an insurance agency or brokerage and have experience with agency management systems (AppliedEpic or AMS360).
Job Responsibilities:• Process deposits collected by Superior• Track overdue client accounts and send reminders to clients• Reconcile direct bill commission statements• Reconcile monthly bank statements• Enter vendor invoices• Draft and send invoices• Other clerical duties and ad hoc projects to support accounting processes
Desired Traits:• Accounting degree and 1 year working in an insurance agency/brokerage or 5+ years of accounting experience in an agency/brokerage• Demonstrates a sense of urgency and works well under pressure• Can work well both independently and on a team• Sharp attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, adapt to and operate in a fast-paced setting• Good verbal and written communication skills
Local to the greater Chicago area
Compensation in line with experience
Superior is backed by Tyree & D'Angelo Partners ("TDP"), a leading Chicago-based private equity firm that makes control ownership investments in, and partners with, lower middle market businesses with the goal of creating meaningful value for all involved. TDP is currently investing out of its third fund and has managed and created over $3 billion of capital and company enterprise value. TDP has significant experience investing in service businesses and has completed over 1000 investment partnerships in its history.
We are currently seeking a staff accountant to join our high-growth, fast-paced company. This position will report to the VP of Information and Systems and play a key role in supporting the accounting and finance team. A desire to work at a growth-oriented business focusing on acquisitions and integrations is highly valued. The chosen candidate will be a team player and will assist with all elements of the accounting function. Candidates should come from an insurance agency or brokerage and have experience with agency management systems (AppliedEpic or AMS360).
Job Responsibilities:• Process deposits collected by Superior• Track overdue client accounts and send reminders to clients• Reconcile direct bill commission statements• Reconcile monthly bank statements• Enter vendor invoices• Draft and send invoices• Other clerical duties and ad hoc projects to support accounting processes
Desired Traits:• Accounting degree and 1 year working in an insurance agency/brokerage or 5+ years of accounting experience in an agency/brokerage• Demonstrates a sense of urgency and works well under pressure• Can work well both independently and on a team• Sharp attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, adapt to and operate in a fast-paced setting• Good verbal and written communication skills
Local to the greater Chicago area
Compensation in line with experience