Director of Financial Reporting

Director, Financial Reporting

The Corporate Controllers Department, within the CFO Organization the Company is seeking individuals to provide a variety of accounting and reporting expertise. Individuals will have significant interaction with Corporate Controllers senior management, Business Unit Controllers and/or Business Unit management and our independent public accountants. Strong technical accounting and financial reporting skills are required to achieve success.

The positions will offer individuals the opportunity to gain an understanding of the Company as well as a variety of its businesses, with the expectation of moving into other positions across the Controllership function within a 2 to 3 year timeframe.
Specific responsibilities of these positions may include the following:

• GAAP financial Reporting at the consolidated company and/or subsidiary level, including resolution of reporting issues and coordination of restatement and affiliated elimination processes
  ·       Preparation of quarterly Form 10-Q and annual Form 10-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including development of Management's Discussion and Analysis and other disclosures as well as supporting the quarterly earnings release process
  ·       Analyzing emerging accounting and reporting issues from the FASB, EITF, SEC, NAIC and other standard setters and, at times, authoring Comment Letters to such standard setters
  ·       Directing implementation of new or changing accounting guidance by impacted areas within Corporate and the Businesses
  ·       Analyzing complex transactions, including those related to investments, insurance/reinsurance, financing as well as mergers and acquisitions
  ·       Developing various presentations for use by senior management, such as for the Disclosure and/or Audit Committee

REQUIREMENTS:
·       8-12 years of Big 4 experience strongly desired.
·       Experience auditing large publicly traded companies. Financial services is a plus
·       Bachelors degree in Accounting
·       CPA license or CA
·       Experience auditing SEC reporting and/or GAAP accounting
·       Knowledge of Statutory insurance accounting is a plus
·       Strong technical, analytical, organizational and problem solving skills
·       Ability to manage multiple responsibilities under tight time frames
·       Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical issues in a concise and understandable manner to non subject matter experts, both verbally and in writing
·       Strong management and staff development skills
·       Highly motivated team player
·       Strong leadership abilities

$150K plus big bonus