IntroductionAt Gallagher Benefit Services, you’re a trusted partner to organizations navigating some of their most important people decisions.
We help clients build better workplaces, where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to thrive. Whether it’s shaping benefit strategies, designing wellbeing programs, or advising on workforce challenges, the work you do here creates meaningful change for businesses and the people who power them.
We’re a community of bold explorers, trusted experts, and compassionate partners; working side by side to solve problems, and shape the future of work. Here, curiosity is encouraged, collaboration is second nature, and your ideas have room to grow.
If you’re looking for a place where your contribution matters and where you can help build a better world of work; think of Gallagher.
OverviewPierce Group Benefits, a Gallagher Company, is currently the largest provider of employee benefits consulting and administration in North Carolina’s public sector. Our firm is a full-service employeebenefits brokerage that builds comprehensive benefits packages for employers in NorthCarolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. As our company continues to grow at a rapid pace, so do the opportunities for our current and future employees to learn and mentor with top leadership for continued professional and personal development. Additionally, you can count on excellent benefits, a comprehensive PTO plan & floating holidays, uncapped career growth, and the best people in the industry.
As part of Gallagher, a global leader in insurance, risk management, and consulting, you’ll be joining a team that’s passionate about helping individuals and organizations thrive.
We are currently searching for an Accounting Specialist.
We are looking for an Accounting Specialist who is self-motivated, extremely organized, and possesses a strong work ethic with excellent communication skills. The accounting specialist will assist with journal entries under supervision; help in preparation of reports and posting to specific accounts. Works with accounting staff to ensure that reconciliations are in balance. Computes, classifies, records, and verifies numerical data for use in maintaining accounting records by performing the following duties.
How you'll make an impact• Codes data for input to financial data processing system according to company procedures.
• Verifies and posts details of business transactions, such as funds received and disbursed, and totals accounts to ledgers or computer spreadsheets and databases.
• Keeps all company payables current, in balance and paid.
• Completes posting uploads.
• Audits invoices against purchase orders, researches discrepancies, and processes for payment.
• Prepares vouchers, invoices, checks, account statements, reports, and other records, and reviews for accuracy.
• Responsible for processing and approving finance agreements.
• Reconciles general ledger accounts with various registers.
• Resolves all inter-company discrepancies.
• Compiles cost reports and revenue and balance sheets.
• Makes and posts deposits daily. Reconciles bank statements.
• Assists client service staff in reconciling clients' accounts.
• Reconciles Producer report discrepancies and problems.
• Resolves premium discrepancies and adjusts commissions as needed.
• Backs up company payable person as needed.
• Follows company procedures with respect to all essential duties and responsibilities of the job.
• Prepares and enters all benefit, payroll and 401k journal entries.
• Enters all payroll budget information into accounting system annually.
• Other duties as assigned.
About YouRequired:
• High school diploma and 5 years related experience.
• Well developed understanding of bookkeeping/accounting principals.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite of Office Products.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel expertise.
• Solid background in the use of technology, particularly applications specific to department/area.
• Excellent communication skills written and oral
Preferred:
• Bachelors degree desirable.
• Knowledgeable in using various analytical approaches to problem solving.
• Work history in some sector of the insurance industry.
Behaviors:
• Highly developed attention to detail, organizational and follow up capabilities.
• High degree of business technology awareness and its applications to workplace efficiencies.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Effectively handle large, long-term projects as well as manage the details associated with everyday tasks.
• Team-oriented.
Compensation and benefitsWe offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package. The base salary range represents the anticipated low end and high end of the range for this position. The actual compensation will be influenced by a wide range of factors including, but not limited to previous experience, education, pay market/geography, complexity or scope, specialized skill set, lines of business/practice area, supply/demand, and scheduled hours. On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.
Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:
- Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
- Life and accident insurance
- 401(K) and Roth options
- Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
- Educational expense reimbursement
- Paid parental leave
Other benefits include:
- Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
- Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
- Training programs
- Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
- Charitable matching gift program
- And more...
**The benefits summary above applies to fulltime positions. If you are not applying for a fulltime position, details about benefits will be provided during the selection process.
We value inclusion and diversity
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Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.
Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.
Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
