Finance Manager

Aston Carter • Happy Valley, OR

11d • $53 - $63 • Remote

About The Position

This fully remote leadership role oversees statutory financial reporting for multiple insurance subsidiaries, ensuring regulatory compliance, high-quality financial information, and effective communication of results to high-level leadership. The Director manages a distributed team, drives process efficiency and scalability across a global workforce, and serves as a key expert on statutory accounting and insurance regulatory reporting.

The role is a contract position based in Portland, Oregon, and is open to candidates in all time zones. Availability during core collaboration hours from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM is expected. Work involves managing domestic remote team members and third-party offshore business resources, and using enterprise financial systems such as SAP and other tools that support statutory reporting, data analysis, and global collaboration.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of progressive accounting and financial reporting experience.
• At least 5 years of insurance industry experience, focused on statutory reporting.
• At least 5 years of management experience leading accounting or financial reporting teams.
• Extensive experience with statutory accounting principles and insurance regulatory reporting.
• Demonstrated experience managing remote and/or offshore teams.
• Strong expertise in statutory reporting for insurance entities.
• Proficiency in financial reporting, financial analysis, and reconciliation.
• Experience with variance analysis and financial planning and analysis.
• Ability to interpret and apply statutory accounting principles in complex situations.
• Strong leadership skills and proven ability to coach, develop, and motivate team members.
• Excellent communication skills, including presenting complex statutory data and conclusions to experienced leadership.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders and external regulatory bodies.
• Availability during core collaboration hours from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SAP or similar enterprise financial systems.
• Experience in modeling related to statutory accounting or financial reporting.
• Strong finance and accounting foundation, with the ability to analyze and interpret complex financial information.
• Proven ability to identify process improvements and implement scalable solutions in a global operating environment.
• Comfort working with rating agencies, state insurance examiners, and other insurance industry organizations.
• Experience preparing executive-level presentations and summaries on complex regulatory and accounting topics.

Responsibilities

• Manage the development and production of statutory financial reports for all insurance subsidiaries, including Annual Statements, Quarterly Statements, and Audited Financial Statements.
• Lead and oversee monthly and quarterly close activities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to internal accounting controls.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and maintain high standards for financial reporting quality and internal controls.
• Oversee preparation of internal financial management reports and board reporting materials.
• Communicate statutory financial results and key findings to high-level leadership clearly and actionably.
• Manage preparation and submission of state insurance regulator filings, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and timely delivery.
• Coordinate with enterprise stakeholders to provide financial and statistical information to rating agencies, state insurance examiners, and other industry organizations.
• Prepare analyses, presentations, and recommendations related to statutory data and results to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Review research on statutory accounting and emerging issues, and propose or incorporate appropriate disclosure conclusions into reporting.
• Support executive summaries on complex statutory reporting issues requiring extensive research and analysis.
• Manage, coach, and develop team members to build skills and capabilities and support high-quality performance.
• Maintain oversight of a domestic remote team and third-party offshore business staff, ensuring alignment, productivity, and collaboration.
• Maintain responsive communication channels with team members to identify critical performance factors and ensure accurate financial information.
• Identify and execute opportunities to improve statutory reporting efficiency and scale the team across a global workforce.
• Promote knowledge sharing and consistent application of statutory accounting principles across the organization.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to optimize the financial reporting operating model using a global workforce and available technologies.
• Understand data requirements and work with technology partners to implement system solutions supporting shared company goals.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Voluntary life and AD&D insurance for employees and dependents
• Short- and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time off/leave, including PTO, vacation, or sick leave, subject to eligibility and applicable terms

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed