Senior Manager, Technical Accounting

Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring a Senior Manager, Technical Accounting to join our Accounting team.

Oscar is the first health insurance company built around a full stack technology platform and a relentless focus on serving our members. We started Oscar in 2012 to create the kind of health insurance company we would want for ourselves—one that behaves like a doctor in the family.

About the role:

Senior Manager, Technical Accounting, would lead our technical accounting work. You will work cross-functionally to understand and to provide technical accounting guidance on new or complex transactions and corresponding financial disclosures. You will develop, enhance, and maintain accounting policies and ensure policies reflect current practices and operations of the business and are up-to-date and compliant with existing and newly adopted accounting standards and regulations.

You will report into the Associate Director, SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting.

Work Location:

This is a remote position, open to candidates who reside in: Hartford, CT. You will be fully remote; however, our approach to work may adapt over time. Future models could potentially involve a hybrid presence at the hub office associated with your metro area.

Pay Transparency: The base pay for this role is: $134,136 - $176,053 per year. You are also eligible for employee benefits, participation in Oscar's unlimited vacation program and annual performance bonuses.

Responsibilities:

• Lead our technical accounting work required under US GAAP and statutory reporting and partner with the Tax Team to ensure tax aspects are considered.


• Partner with teams, and external partners and/or consultants, to:
  
  
  
  • provide technical accounting expertise to support new transactions and new or evolving business arrangements, and
  
  
  • prepare technical accounting analysis on complex accounting issues.
  
  


• Create our accounting policies.


• Oversee, and apply new accounting pronouncements applicable to the Company.


• Work with the Company's external auditors on technical accounting matters.


• Help review financial disclosures in SEC and statutory filings related to our accounting policies and impact of new accounting pronouncements.


• Develop relationships with cross-functional teams to understand broad goals and provide accounting guidance and best practice recommendations to allow process improvements.


• Perform ad-hoc technical accounting research and analysis to support special projects.


• Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations


• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• 6+ years of relevant experience.


• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field, or 4 years of relevant experience.


• Certified Public Accountant licensure (CPA).


• 2+ years of experience with US-based insurance companies.


• 2+ years of practical experience in financial reporting.

Bonus points:

• Experience in a similar position at a health insurance company.


• Experience working collaboratively across the organization.


• 4+ years of experience with US-based insurance companies.


• 4+ years of practical experience in financial reporting.


• 6+ year in public accounting