• Senior Accountant - Sustainability - Hybrid

    The Cigna Group (Bloomfield, CT)


    The Finance Sustainability team is seeking a control minded individual to assist with ensuring The Cigna Group’s Sustainability-related disclosures are auditable, reliable, complete and accurate. The role focuses on developing and deploying procedures to ensure accuracy, reliability and meaningful external disclosures. This highly visible role will work closely with various business partners throughout the organization in a cross-functional and collaborative manner.

    Responsibilities:

    + Assist with project management responsibilities related to validation and control procedures for the Company’s Sustainability-related disclosures

    + Perform critical validation and audit related management tasks over the Corporate Impact Report, data and disclosures to ensure accuracy and integrity of the information

    + Work with various businesses within the organization to design, document and implement necessary internal controls over Sustainability related data

    + Drive awareness and communication to subject matter experts regarding effective control management, execution and proper evidence

    + Provide insight-driven recommendations and deliver analysis around current state processes, trends and improvement opportunities

    + Actively partner with various business partners, SOX PMO and Internal Audit in determining and delivering on processes and procedures necessary to advance the controls function

    + Work proficiently within the Workiva Sustainability and Assurance applications

    + Help drive an organizational understanding and importance of strong internal controls through education and communication

    Position Requirements:

    + CPA or Master’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field

    + 6+ years of business and financial management experience; Accounting and Audit experience ideal

    + Knowledge of internal controls

    + Demonstrative ability to build relationships with multiple business partners and influence others

    + Strong organizational and planning skills

    + Highly motivated individual, strong independent thinker, sense of urgency and shows initiative, ability to learn quickly

    + Must be able to shift comfortably between micro and macro, desk level discussions, and senior leader report-outs

    + Excellent oral and written communication skills

    + Ability to deal with ambiguity

     

    If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

     

    About The Cigna Group

     

    Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

     

    _Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws._

     

    _If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email:_ [email protected]_ _for support. Do not email_ [email protected]_ _for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response._

     

    _The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State._

     

    _Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner_ _consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances._