Expense Accountant

Job Title: Accountant (Expense Accounting)
Onsite Location: League City, Texas (Marina One)
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Reports To: Director, Corporate Analysis - Expense Accounting

Based upon candidate qualifications applicants will be assessed through Staff Accountant to Senior Accountant job levels.

We are seeking an Accountant to join our Expense Accounting team. This role plays a critical part in ensuring company-wide expenses are accurately analyzed, allocated, and reported across multiple business segments and legal entities. You will be a key contributor within a collaborative accounting team that supports expense transparency, budgeting, and intercompany alignment. This position is ideal for an experienced accounting professional who enjoys analysis over transactional work, asks thoughtful questions when discrepancies are identified, and desires visibility into how expenses impact the broader organization.

What You Will Do:

• Analyze company expenses and allocate costs across business segments, cost centers, and legal entities to support accurate financial reporting
• Prepare and post journal entries in SAP, with an increasing focus on analysis and reporting rather than purely transactional activity
• Investigate and resolve expense discrepancies, including researching variances and asking questions when costs appear higher than expected
• Support budgeting activities by partnering with Budget Coordinato rs and business teams to review inputs, validate expense assumptions, and prepare for future budget cycles
• Participate in intercompany accounting activities, including cost-sharing arrangements and intercompany settlements between affiliated companies
• Provide accounting guidance to operating areas and share knowledge with team members to strengthen overall team capability

What We Are Looking For:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is preferred; however, will consider two-year degree and relevant work experience
• Accounting experience in an industry accounting environment or a mid-size/large public accounting firm
• A traditional accounting background with demonstrated experience preparing and reviewing journal entries
• Experience working with expense accounting, analysis, and financial reporting
• Advanced skills in Excel
• SAP (S/4HANA) experience and BPC or data warehouse reporting skills is beneficial

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, including training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. The base pay is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
American National offers eligible employees and their families medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan. Employees also receive annually a bank of paid time off and paid holidays. We aspire to see people for what they bring to our corporate culture by supporting an inclusive work environment, including an emphasis on a healthy work-life balance, development opportunities, and a casual dress code.
American National is an established, stable, and successful multi-line insurance corporation that has provided financial strength and a sense of security to employees, customers and business partners since 1905. With focus on our organization's values and cultural richness: Financial Strength, Integrity, Respect, Service and Teamwork (FIRST) and Agility, Collaboration, and Engagement (ACE) we continue to pursue our vision to be a leading provider of financial products and services for current and future generations.
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