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• Staff Accountant

  Position Summary
  

  The Staff Accountant is responsible for the cash management, premium day-to-day duties as part of the accounting department. The position will be heavily involved in reviewing and confirming banking, premium and accounts receivable information. This role will be responsible for processing premium related requests, collections, processing check requests, reviewing payments received, daily bank activities, as well as preparation of daily and monthly cash journal entries.

  Principal Duties and Responsibilities

  • Prepare, process and post daily cash receipt and disbursement journal entries timely and accurately.
  • Prepare daily bank deposit reconciliation to assure that all sources of premium postings to the premiums system are accounted and credited correctly to the bank accounts.
  • Assist with preparation of monthly journal entries for Divisions I and II and CEA.

  • Process daily accounts receivable suspense items ensuring appropriate application to policies and unapplied funds are returned to customers timely.
  • Prepare, process, and reconcile daily and monthly accounts receivable journal entries.

  • Review, recommend and process accounts receivable items for collections per FAIR Plan policies.
  • Liaise with the bank, policyholders, and brokers.
  • Perform backup duties for daily premium change requests which include voiding and reissuing checks, posting payments, reinstating policies, making requested policy changes in premium system, and obtaining status and copies of negotiated check as requested.
  • Perform backup duties for premium receipt processing and assist with premium remittance checks.

  • Adhere to Federal and State laws and regulation.
  • Any other duties needed to help fulfill the Associations Mission, abide by the Association’s Values and fulfill the Association’s Strategic Objectives.

  Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in accounting.
  • 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience.
  • Knowledge of systems and processes related to treasury and financial management.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail and ability to operate with a high degree of accuracy.
  • Strong initiative, organizational skills and ability to self-manage while remaining flexible to changing priorities.
  • Excellent Typing skills and 10 Key by touch.
  • Microsoft Office suite experience required; strong Excel skills preferred.
  • Microsoft Dynamics GP experience preferred.

  Insurance background a plus.

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• Application Test Analyst (Remote)

  Position Summary
  

  The Application Test Analyst will apply subject matter expertise by verifying design documents, execute testing for new functionality, and detect issues and fixes. Provide clarifications on system requirements and design for integrating-application teams. The Application Test Analyst will create and update documentation and interface with multiple channels (depending on scope) to provide demos and application walk through & training.

  Primary Duties and Responsibilities
  

  • Work on various projects taking both a test lead role and test analyst role as dictated by project requirements for Insurance and Claims Management systems and company’s web site.
  • Create and review test strategies and plans, and work with developers and/or programmer analysts to agree on a consistent approach to test and identify risks and dependencies.
  • Identify test conditions from project documentation and develop test cases and test scripts to cover those conditions.
  • Manage and perform testing, record results, and perform initial root cause of investigation.
  • Effectively track and manage results to identify root cause and resolve issues.
  • Liaison to users and developers, and provide testing advice and support.
  • Any other duties needed to help fulfill the Associations Mission, abide by the Association’s Values, and fulfill the Association’s Strategic Objectives

  Education and Experience Requirements

  • Associate degree in Computer science and/or 3 years’ equivalent work experience
  • 3 years’ experience developing and executing comprehensive test plans and cases in TestRails, using Jira integration.
  • 3 years’ experience developing documentation to support comprehensive test plans with good attention to detail. Creation of documentation to support end user training.
  • 1 year experience preferred using Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Access, and Test Automation tools.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills.
  • Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities and keen attention to detail

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• Lead, Application Test Analyst (Remote)

  Position Summary

  The Lead Application Test Analyst will apply subject matter expertise to oversee the testing process of services and products to ensure the quality standards are met. This position will lead Application Test Analysts to ensure proper execution. Provide clarifications on system requirements and design for integrating-application teams. The Lead Application Test Analyst will define, design, and deliver all testing work, including Functional Testing, System Integration Testing, Regression, and support User Acceptance Testing (undertaken by subject matter experts situated within the business). Document queries and defects and provide adequate data to allow rapid resolution. Drive adoption of DevOps Agile methodologies and best practices in Quality Engineering.

  Primary Duties and Responsibilities
  

  • Work on various projects taking both a test lead role and test analyst role as dictated by project requirements for Insurance and Claims Management systems and company’s web site.
  • Create metrics to measure and monitor product performance.
  • Plan, develop, and execute test strategy across products and platforms.
  • Act as the primary point of contact for all quality aspects of releases.
  • Develop, maintain, and operationalize test plans.
  • Identify test conditions from project documentation, develop test cases and test scripts to cover those conditions.
  • Manage and perform testing, record results, and perform initial root cause of investigation.
  • Communicate the status of testing initiatives to the stakeholder groups and lead triage meetings.
  • Assist Configuration Specialists/Programmer Analysts/Developers and Project Leads to triage and prioritize issues for resolution.
  • Communicate and track any quality risks, dependencies, gaps, or issues.
  • Verify and review business requirements.
  • Continually improve the testing infrastructure, tools, and processes.
  • Establish, document, and enhance QA processes and train team members on those processes.
  • Define quality metrics and implement measurements to determine test effectiveness, testing efficiency, and measure the overall quality of the Product.
  • Liaise with users and Configuration Specialists/Programmer Analysts/Developers and provide testing advice and support.
  • Any other duties needed to help fulfill the Associations Mission, abide by the Association’s Values, and fulfill the Association’s Strategic Objectives.

  Education and Experience Requirements

  • Associate degree in Computer science and/or 3 years’ equivalent work experience.
  • Solid understanding of the entire software development life cycle across various development methodologies.
  • 3 years’ experience developing and executing comprehensive test plans and cases in ADO Test Plan.
  • Comprehensive experience in development of documentation that will support end user training.
  • 1 year experience preferred using Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Access, and Test Automation tools.
  • Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
  • Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities and keen attention to detail.

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• Vice President - IT (Remote/Hybrid)

  Position Summary – Responsible for the design, development and implementation of organizational information systems, software applications, and IT support and infrastructure systems. The VP of IT sets and executes on a roadmap with short and long-term goals and project priorities, to support the Company mission and strategic goals, in collaboration with the SVP and President.

  Principal Duties and Responsibilities
  

  • Lead IT strategic and operational planning to achieve business goals including managing a roadmap supporting rapidly changing market conditions.
  • Ensure the consistent functionality of the IT infrastructure and operations.
  • Drive the evaluation, deployment, and management of CFP’s system architecture and decide on current and future IT systems.
  • Set long and short-term IT goals for CFP’s information technology.
  • Create and design solutions.
  • Ensure IT policies and procedures are current and adjusts accordingly.
  • Perform technology research and discovery to bring benefits to CFP’s automation efforts.
  • Builds workflows that involve both business and technology.
  • Oversee the management of two data centers.
  • Create and manage the IT budget.
  • Manage the Infrastructure and InfoSec teams.
  • Identify and resolve scalability bottlenecks and critical failure.
  • Strategic development and implementation of the Information Technology’s goals and objectives aligned to the organizations developing needs.
  • Develop and implement a release strategy for the group’s applications system supportive of business needs.
  • Evaluate and recommend on staffing, outsourcing, purchasing, and in-house development of systems and processes.
  • Manage and oversee all stages of the development lifecycle.
  • Adhere to Federal and State laws and regulation.
  • Any other duties needed to help fulfill the Associations Mission, abide by the Association’s Values and fulfill the Association’s Strategic Objectives.

  Education and Experience
  

  • Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent experience.
  • 10 or more years of subject matter experience and business/industry work expertise, with extensive knowledge of delivery methods.
  • Minimum 8 years of direct leadership experience.
  • Substantial experience in managing multiple, medium to large cross-functional teams or projects, influencing senior executive level management and key stakeholders.
  • Business and Technology infrastructure, architecture, and processes knowledge.
  • Ability to influence others and demonstrated success building and developing remote teams.
  • Strong written, verbal, communication, and presentation skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to set direction for an IT function, influence strategy with companywide impact, and lead through change.
  • Insurance industry experience/exposure preferred.
  • Extensive hands-on experience with design, development, and implementation of IT systems.
  • Duck Creek experience/exposure preferred.
  • Solution Accenture experience preferred.
  • DevOps and Product Management Experience preferred.

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