About Oliver James:
Oliver James is a global insurance specific recruitment partner. We work with NYSE listed and Fortune 500 insurance companies appoint Leaders across Finance, Actuarial, IT and Underwriting.
We have been engaged by a rapidly growing Insurtech client in the appointment of a new CFO for their MGU/MGA insurance operations.
About the role:
This is a newly created position that will assume the Head of Finance role for a Managing General Underwriting (MGU) subsidiary of a wider insurance group. This group has experienced year on year growth with approximately half a billion in revenue.
Supporting the Business Unit CFO for the MGU platform, the chosen candidate will have full oversight of financial reporting, FP&A, financial control, strategic planning and corporate development.
Compensation on offer ranges from $220-300k plus bonus.
The client is looking for a Controller level candidate looking to step up into a CFO position, or a currently CFO professional looking to embark on a more hands on role.
This is a fully remote position with quarterly travel to New York City and London.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead financial close and preparation of financial statements for both US GAAP and STAT financial statements.
- Develop financial control and processes to ensure company is compliant with SOC and SOX requirements.
- Develop accounting policies for core business and complex transactions including monitoring and assessing impact of new accounting standards and reporting requirements
- Lead strategic initiatives such as financial system implementations and executing on our target operating model
- Perform a variety of analysis to support a growing business
- Create and continuously improve processes
- Lead a growing team providing effective coaching and prioritization of deliverables
Required qualifications and credentials:
- CPA, MBA or Bachelors Degree in Accounting.
- Recent insurance industry experience is A MUST. Candidates without insurance industry experience will not be considered.
- Prior experience working in a Senior Finance or Accounting position with tangible experience in Accounting under US GAAP and US Statutory Accounting principles.
- Strong leadership capabilities and willingness to be hands on driving execution and change where needed
- Financial change and accounting system implementation experience
- Strong presentation skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
To be considered further, please apply using the prompts provided or send your information to chris.dodds@oliverjames.com.
Please note that given the number of applications, only candidates with the above credentials will be considered.
Candidates with working rights in the US can only be considered at this time. Sponsorship is not on offer for this position.
