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Mgr., Financial Reporting | Prudential Financial | Newark, NJ

Prudential Financial companies serve individual and institutional customers worldwide and include The Prudential Insurance Company of America, one of the largest life insurance companies in the United States. These companies offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, mutual funds, annuities, pension and retirement-related services and administration, asset management, banking and trust services, real estate brokerage franchises, relocation services and, through a joint venture, retail securities brokerage services. For more information, visit http://www.prudential.com. The responsibilities of the Manager in the Regulatory Reporting Unit of Financial Management include the following:
  • Coordinate the preparation of the statutory financial statements for the Prudential Insurance Company of America, the main (parent) life insurance entity of the company or certain life insurance subsidiaries;
  • Work with FIS (systems area) and profit center accounting areas, investment operations, and Tax department to ensure that statement system reports are updated and maintained on an ongoing basis;
  • Assist with the coordination/preparation the Risk-Based Capital calculation (actual and forecasts) for some of the life insurance entities. This function will be shared with another Manager/Director, split by Pru companies;
  • Respond to various statutory financial statement questions from regulators on the company's financial reports;
  • Assist with the preparation of various quarterly statutory analysis packages such as the statutory Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), senior officers/board meeting packages, internal variance analysis rating agency meeting materials, state insurance department presentations, etc.;
  • Assist with the statutory financial results forecasting process. This function will be shared with another Manager/Director, split by Pru companies;
  • The Manager has a staff of 2-3 people.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
The Manager requires a broad set of financial reporting skills as the position is involved with both insurance and investment accounting issues, writes analysis and explanations on various statement questions, researches statutory accounting impact on various issues, and is involved with various system projects supporting the financial reporting process.
  • 5-10 years of financial reporting and accounting experience, preferably in the insurance industry;
  • Extensive ledger/reporting systems experience required (preferably Oracle);
  • Four year college degree required with a degree preferably in accounting or finance;
  • Experience with Risk-Based Capital (an insurance industry capital adequacy measure) helpful;
  • Excellent writing and oral communication skills are required as the Manager will be writing analysis packages and will be communicating with various levels of management;
  • Supervisory/managing experience required;
  • Overtime during quarterly reporting peak periods required, mainly during January and February.

Prudential is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to diversity in its workforce.

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