Job Description

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it.

Markel Group, a Fortune 500 company, is a growing family of 24 operating companies. It is supported by over 22,000 associates and generates more than $15 billion in annual revenue, with our insurance operations at the core.
Our small holding company team “sits under” and supports these businesses, insuring they focus on serving their customers over the long term. Our mission is to be “the best home for our businesses,” while at the same time living the values that we call the Markel Style.
We aspire to build one of the world’s great companies by creating win-win-win outcomes for our customers, associates, and shareholders.
What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. Markel Group, a Fortune 500 company, is a growing family of 24 operating companies. It is supported by over 22,000 associates and generates more than $15 billion in annual revenue, with our insurance operations at the core. Our small holding company team “sits under” and supports these businesses, insuring they focus on serving their customers over the long term. Our mission is to be “the best home for our businesses,” while at the same time living the values that we call the Markel Style. We aspire to build one of the world’s great companies by creating win-win-win outcomes for our customers, associates, and shareholders.

The Financial Reporting and Accounting Senior Analyst is an integral part of the Markel Group Finance team, serving as a key member of the accounting and reporting team. The Senior Analyst plays a crucial role in the completion of Markel Group’s external SEC filings (10-Ks, 10-Q, 8-Ks, and 11-Ks), as well as the accounting and reporting processes that support the financial close, management reporting, and external disclosures.

Job Responsibilities

• Prepare and support the timely filing of Forms 10‑K, 10‑Q, 8‑K, and 11-K disclosures, ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP, SEC regulations, and internal disclosure controls;
• Draft, update, and maintain financial statement footnotes, coordinating inputs across various supporting teams;
• Assist with the preparation of MD&A, including supporting schedules and analyses, ensuring clarity and consistency with internal management reporting;
• Collaborate with other accounting, finance, and legal teams within Markel Group, as well as across our family of businesses, to complete periodic financial close processes supporting management review and external disclosures;
• Support quarterly reviews and annual audits by preparing deliverable requests, responding to external auditor inquiries, and facilitating review of SEC filings;
• Perform XBRL tagging and validation for SEC filings, including resolution of tagging errors and validation comments;
• Conduct disclosure benchmarking research against peer companies to support enhancements to financial statement footnotes and MD&A disclosures;
• Perform technical accounting research on complex or judgmental areas and prepare supporting analyses or memos, as needed;
• Monitor new accounting standard updates and SEC disclosure requirements and assist in evaluating their impact on financial reporting;
• Assist with holding company accounting processes, including those related to debt, restricted stock, equity, and alternative investments;
• Support trial balance maintenance for corporate holding company entities, including journal entries, intercompany activity, and period‑end adjustments;
• Prepare and analyze financial schedules that support the quarterly close process, including holding company and consolidated‑level reporting;
• Assist with internal management reporting packages and presentation materials, ensuring alignment between internal financial results and external reporting;
• Aggregate and analyze segment‑level and business‑level financial information for use in consolidated reporting and SEC disclosures;
• Collaborate with Investor Relations to ensure external financial presentations and messaging are consistent with SEC filings and U.S. GAAP results, including reconciliation support and disclosure tie‑outs;
• Partner with Legal, Treasury, and FP&A to ensure accurate and consistent financial disclosures across reports and reporting periods;
• Support SOX and disclosure controls related to SEC reporting processes;
• Assist legal department in the preparation of registration statements for debt and equity offerings by providing or reviewing any financial disclosures and reviewing content for consistency with other SEC filings;
• Collaborate with teammates and initiate ideas to identify, design, and implement process improvements for greater efficiency and effectiveness; and
• Participate in other strategic accounting and business projects as they arise for the purpose of achieving functional goals and objectives.

Work Experience

• 2+ years of public accounting experience
• SEC reporting experience preferred

Skill Set

• High degree of flexibility and responsiveness to change in a fast-paced environment
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to prioritize and work on multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines
• Strong research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work successfully both in teams and independently
• Experience with Workiva preferred
• Experience with Oracle applications preferred

Education

• Bachelor's degree in accounting required

Certification

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license required

US Work Authorization

US Work Authorization required. Markel does not provide visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future.

Who we are:

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better

We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you:

In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work. 

• We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees’ needs at all stages of life. 

• All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance. 

• We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, PTO, corporate holidays and floating holidays, parental leave.  

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Caution: Employment scams

Markel is aware of employment-related scams where scammers will impersonate recruiters by sending fake job offers to those actively seeking employment in order to steal personal information. Frequently, the scammer will reach out to individuals who have posted their resume online. These "job offers" include convincing offer letters and frequently ask for confidential personal information. Therefore, for your safety, please note that:

• All legitimate job postings with Markel will be posted on Markel Careers No other URL should be trusted for job postings

• All legitimate communications with Markel recruiters will come from Markel.com email addresses.

We would also ask that you please report any job employment scams related to Markel to rarecruiting@markel.com

Markel is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic. This includes race; color; sex; religion; creed; national origin or place of birth; ancestry; age; disability; affectional or sexual orientation; gender expression or identity; genetic information, sickle cell trait, or atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait; refusal to submit to genetic tests or make genetic test results available; medical condition; citizenship status; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, familial status, or family responsibilities; military or veteran status, including unfavorable discharge from military service; personal appearance, height, or weight; matriculation or political affiliation; expunged juvenile records; arrest and court records where prohibited by applicable law; status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence; public assistance status; order of protection status; status as a smoker or nonsmoker; membership or activity in local commissions; the use or nonuse of lawful products off employer premises during non-work hours; declining to attend meetings or participate in communications about religious or political matters; or any other classification protected by applicable law. 

Should you require any accommodation through the application process, please send an e-mail to the rarecruiting@markel.com

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