Director, Legal Entity Reporting and Compliance

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated•Chesterfield, MO

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

You desire impactful work. You’re RGA ready RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all. Directs and manages the legal entity reporting and regulatory compliance on assigned entities. Reviews and / or ensures appropriate controls and oversight are in place and functioning properly. Coordinates external audits and prepares / reviews audited / unaudited reports for assigned entities. Ensure alignment and coordination with other areas, internal and external, to achieve timely and accurate financial and regulatory reporting.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance or Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) required
10+ Years combined audit experience and insurance accounting experience dealing with auditors, with GAAP reporting and general ledger application experience.
5+ Years insurance accounting and solvency II experience required
Intermediate Word, ADVANCED Excel, and ADVANCED SQL/Query skills required
Advanced knowledge of accounting/finance, solvency II and general ledger applications (PeopleSoft) required
Advanced level of people management skills, demonstrating the ability to lead, mentor, and develop associates; including the ability to delegate key areas of responsibility required
Advanced oral and written communication skills demonstrating ability to share and impart knowledge.
Ability to liaise with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional, and technical disciplines required
Ability to quickly adapt to new methods, work under tight deadlines and stressful conditions. required
Advanced level of investigative, analytical and problem solving skills.
Advanced ability to translate business needs and problems into viable/accepted solutions required
Advanced ability to set goals and handle multiple tasks, clients, and projects simultaneously; Ability to appropriately balance priorities, deadlines, and deliverables required
Ability to work well within a team environment and participate in department/team projects required
Advanced level of skills in customer relationship management and change management required
Ability to manage multiple projects or teams and set applicable goals required
Advanced negotiating and persuasion skills required
General business knowledge require

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Accounting in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS) preferred
Systems integration / implementation experience preferred
Policy research and drafting experience preferred
Insurance auditing experience preferred

Responsibilities

Manage the communication efforts with the finance and management groups to understand purpose, goals and objective of the respective legal entities.
Understand the products, flow of business, accounting methodology and procedures for the entity.
Works with other areas, internal and external to the company, to achieve efficient, effective and consistent accounting and regulatory reporting practices and procedures and responds to requests on various inquiries.
Contribute to entity financial reporting process risks and controls on applicable basis of accounting (i.e. GAAP, STAT, local).
Performs management of legal entity reporting function ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
Meet at least quarterly with immediate supervisor, appointed actuary and entity management.
Manage and prepare quarterly summary of results, including explanations of variance from expectation.
Review and analyze quarterly financial statements including service charges and general expenses; reconciliation of balances sheet accounts and YTD transaction detail to source systems.
Analyze and review quarterly entity balance sheet and financial results, provide summary reports to entity management or governing bodies.
Manage Regulatory Compliance requirements.
Supports plan roll ups at a legal entity level, provides appropriate analyses