Director of Finance (Insurance)

The role We are a growing program insurance business and we are hiring the person who will own how we account for it and report on it. This is a remote-friendly role located in the United States. The Director of Finance reports to the CFO and works alongside a Controller as an equal peer.

The Controller runs day-to-day financial operations and the flow of funds; this role owns what the numbers mean, how they are reported, and the controls around them. Until the team is larger, the two review each other’s work. This is a build, not a maintain.

You will do most of it yourself in year one and hire behind you as the work allows. What you will own Financial reporting.

All internal and external reporting — the monthly package, the KPI pack, board and investor materials, annual US GAAP statements with footnotes, and what lenders, reinsurers and carrier partners require under their agreements. Close. The close calendar, the standard each task has to meet, and sign-off.

The Controller executes it; you manage the consolidation process, approve the result and report from it. Process and controls. Document every finance process and build the control matrix over it. Own segregation of duties and authorization limits, and design manual reconciliation out where the architecture allows.

Technical accounting. Research US GAAP questions and write position memos. Own the judgment areas — commission revenue including contingent and variable consideration, ceded reinsurance, premium receivable and payable presentation, gross versus net, collateral and restricted cash.

Maintain the accounting policy manual and advise on new programs and contracts before they are signed. Audit and tax. Both external relationships — the audit timetable and the PBC list, and the tax firm on filings, the provision, state registrations and the indirect obligations the business carries. FP&A.

The operating model, the annual budget, a rolling forecast re-cut as actuals land, and monthly variance analysis. Cash