Who We Are
At Academy Sports + Outdoors our vision is to be the best sports + outdoors retailer in the country — but what truly sets us apart is our people. We’re a passionate, purpose-driven team that’s as committed to each other as we are to our customers.
We’ve spent over 80 years building a culture that puts people first. We believe in creating opportunities for growth, fostering meaningful connections, and supporting every Team Member’s journey. What fuels us? Our belief in the power of fun.
Here, you won’t just help customers gear up for their next adventure — you’ll launch one of your own. Whether you're starting out or leveling up, Academy is a place where fun can’t lose!
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent corporate experience.
Work Experiences:
- This is an entry-level position with one or more years of commercial insurance or related experience preferred.
- Knowledge of OSHA regulations preferred not required.
Skills:
- Time Management and Initiative: Ability to effectively manage a large volume and variety of responsibilities with varying deadlines and priorities. Ability to develop goals, next steps, and act on them proactively, follow up, remain organized and pay strict attention to detail. Takes initiative, holds self-accountable for deadlines, communication, and actions.
- Teamwork and Customer Service: Excellent collaboration and conflict resolution skills. Provides superior customer service, demonstrating empathy and sound logic, reasoning, and business judgment.
- Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving: Ability to form independent judgements and apply strategic and creative thinking to everyday responsibilities and process improvements as well as new projects. Uses experience, analysis, and deductive reasoning. Proactively seeks support when needed.
- Advanced Adaptability: Ability to remain flexible and demonstrate resilience with a positive, growth mindset. Desires and is committed to continuous learning and improvement.
- Effective Communication: Can effectively communicate, including active listening, verbal, non-verbal and written communication.
- Highest Work Ethic: Consistently punctual, reliable, professional, and disciplined.
- Demonstrated Proficiency in MS Office Applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other applications as needed.
Responsibilities:
- Determines OSHA recordability of team member incidents for the organization in accordance with State and Federal OSHA laws and Academy’s own internal policies and procedures including timing. Produces paper logs as required and handles annual filing in accordance with State and Federal rules and regulations.
- Manages monthly new store meeting between insurance carrier and internal/external Academy construction and real estate/property insurance stakeholders. Includes maintaining new store information log, setting and facilitating meetings, and other duties as required.
- Responds to property insurance carrier engineering recommendations – identifying and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to prioritize and allocate resources as well as providing information to insurance carrier to complete recommendation and tracking same throughout the process.
- Acts as emergency captain and emergency caption coordinator, including maintaining up-to-date captain listing, arranging new and periodic refresher captain training, identifying new captains as needed, and in conjunction with internal stakeholders, scheduling evacuation drills, collecting after drill/evacuation reports from other captains/stakeholders and initiating action when necessary to resolve any issues identified during drill or evacuation.
- Handles insurance administration, including responding to Product Liability Insurance Requests in ClearTrack, reviewing and maintaining vendor certificates of insurance and providing Academy certificates upon request. Makes certain copies of all insurance policies are received and electronically filed in accordance with Academy internal procedures. Assists with preparation and data collection for Academy’s insurance renewals.
- Handles Risk Management invoice payment and new vendor setup, including timely electronic filing, recording, approval, and payment of Risk invoices.
- Duties may change and team members may be required to perform other duties as assigned.
Physical Requirements & Attendance:
- Regular attendance required.
- Acceptable level of hearing and vision to perform job duties.
- Adhere to company work hours, policies, procedures, and rules governing professional staff behavior.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate with regard to employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by law.