Director, Finance and Accounting Operations

Travelers•Hartford, CT

About The Position

At Travelers, we ensure the data supporting the company's internal and external financial reporting is accurately defined, controlled, and processed through financial systems in the most effective way to support the organization. In this role as a Director, you will consult with business partners on new and changing complex business requirements, such as organizational changes and mergers and acquisitions that impact multiple business areas. Partnering closely with business peers, Technology, and Operational areas, you will define, test, implement and recommend updates across all systems to meet the changing business and technology needs. You will influence leaders, stakeholders, and assigned customers on information, changes, and ongoing initiatives. In this role, you will bring deep expertise in General Ledger operations — including financial close management, journal entry controls, allocations, and ERP system administration — to ensure the integrity of financial data across the enterprise. This position will manage a team of 6.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree with business degree and eight years of professional work experience in financial, accounting, or related.
Demonstrated people leadership experience with the ability to develop talent, manage performance, and drive team results.
Excellent analytical skills with the ability to evaluate and understand current data and systems, find opportunities, recommend changes, and translate into business impacts.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence across all levels of management.
Advanced organization skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and follow through to ensure timely completion.
Demonstrated knowledge of financial systems and operations, including data integrity, period-end close processes, and internal controls.
Experience using Microsoft Office (e.g., Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) and Business Intelligence platforms (e.g., SQL).
Five years related professional experience.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop the General Ledger Operations team, setting direction, managing performance, and building capability to support the company's financial reporting objectives.
Oversee the monthly financial close process, managing key milestones and deadlines to ensure timely and accurate financial results across all business groups.
Has oversight to ensures consistency, accuracy, timeliness, validity, and completeness of financial data.
Review complex financial activities for supported lines of business including journal entries and account reconciliations and provide guidance to team members.
Leverage knowledge of ongoing initiatives and its impact to approve recommendations and influence leaders to execute.
Review and approve updates, changes, and enhancements to documentation while ensuring it meets all control standards and requirements and communicate changes to leadership.
May certify controls in accordance with corporate standards on a quarterly or annual basis.
Accountable for the approval and recommended updates to system tables and edits to meet business requirements and ensure data consistency across financial systems and may have oversight of the foreign currency values and rates and/or translation rules.
Ensure accurate, complete and up to date documentation and approvals adhering to corporate standards for security access.
May approve security access requests, as applicable.
Accountable for development of project plans and engagement of project team(s).
Perform other duties as assigned.