Senior Director, Assistant Controller
About The Position
The Senior Director, Assistant Controller is a senior finance leader responsible for building and leading a high-performing accounting organization while modernizing core accounting processes, systems, and controls. This role ensures the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of GAAP and NAIC Statutory financial reporting while driving operational excellence across the accounting function. This position serves as the primary people leader and operating executive for accounting, translating technical requirements into repeatable, efficient, and scalable processes. The Senior Director acts as a thought partner to the VP, Finance and Controller and plays a critical role in strengthening talent, improving close and reporting effectiveness, and advancing automation and standardization initiatives.
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of progressive accounting experience.
- Minimum 5 years of people leadership.
- Bachelor’s degree required
- CPA strongly preferred
- Advanced degree preferred
Nice To Haves
- Experience in health insurance, managed care, or regulated financial services preferred.
- Public accounting experience with big four firm preferred.
Responsibilities
- Leads, mentors, and develops a multi-layered accounting organization
- Builds leadership capability and succession planning
- Establishes clear roles, responsibilities, and performance metrics that optimizes team performance and enables individual employee development
- Recruits, develops, and retains top accounting talent, ensuring the skills and knowledge needed for a modern accounting organization are retained
- Oversees monthly, quarterly, and annual close
- Reviews journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting, ensuring compliance with relevant GAAP and NAIC Statutory Accounting Principles.
- Provides technical accounting leadership, staying up to date on technical developments within GAAP and NAIC Statutory Accounting Principles, and ensuring the appropriate adherence of internal policies to the relevant guidance
- Ensures consistent application of accounting policies
- Leads modernization of accounting operations leading to close process optimization
- Designs scalable, automated, and standardized processes that leverage the technology and tools available to the team
- Partners with Finance and IT to optimize systems and data flows, developing a strategic roadmap for the department’s development
- Champions continuous improvement
- Leads external audit execution for consolidated GAAP and stand-alone subsidiary GAAP and NAIC Statutory audits
- Oversees internal controls over financial reporting and Model Audit Rule (MAR) Compliance within the accounting organization
- Identifies and remediates risks on a proactive basis, engaging with team members across the organization to optimize risk management processes.
- Ensures regulatory compliance
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- Retirement Plan
- generous time off including Paid Time Off, Holidays, and Volunteer time off
- Incentive Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
