Gen Re currently offers an excellent opportunity fora
Chief Financial Officer, NorthAmerica, based in our Stamford, CT office with ahybrid work arrangement (2 day office minimum).
Role DescriptionThe Chief Financial Officer, North America serves as the senior finance leader for Gen Re's NorthAmerican operations, spanning property/casualty and life/health reinsurance andinsurance. The role is responsible for financial leadership, reporting,controls, capital and regulatory finance, and decision support for executiveleadership, business units, legal entity governance, and Board-related matters.
The ideal candidate will bring deep reinsurance(preferred) or insurance finance experience, strong U.S. GAAP and U.S.statutory accounting knowledge, executive presence, sound judgment, and theability to lead a high-performing finance team in a complex, regulatedenvironment.
Reporting Relationships- Reports to the Global Chief Financial Officer.
- Partners closely with North American business unit leaders, legal entity boards and committees, international finance teams, and corporate functional leaders.
- Leads the North America finance organization, including financial reporting, management reporting, controls, treasury coordination, and related finance functions.
Key Responsibilities:Financial Reporting, Accounting, and Controls- Oversee accurate and timely U.S. GAAP, U.S. statutory, IFRS-related, management, and regulatory reporting for North American legal entities and branches.
- Maintain a strong control environment and provide technical accounting leadership oncomplex reinsurance, investment, capital, tax, audit and legal entity matters.
StrategicFinancial Leadership- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on financial performance, capital, expenses, and strategic priorities.
- Translate financial results and trends into clear insights and support scenario analysis and major business decisions, systems initiatives, and regulatory developments for executive, business unit, governance, and parent-company audiences.
Capital,Treasury, and Regulatory Finance- Lead finance support for capital adequacy, dividend planning, liquidity, solvency, and rating agency-related analyses.
- Partner with treasury, investments, actuarial, legal, tax, and risk management on capital allocation and regulatory finance matters.
- Oversee finance contributions to ORSA, stress testing, legal entity governance, and other regulatory submissions.
BusinessPartnership and Performance Management- Partner with Property/Casualty and Life/Health leaders to understand drivers of results and support disciplined decision-making.
- Provide financial perspective on reinsurance transactions, portfolio management activities, operational initiatives, and expense discipline.
- Prepare concise, accurate, and well-supported materials for executive, Board, committee, and parent-company audiences.
Leadershipand Talent Development- Lead and develop a high-performing finance organization, building talent and succession strength while fostering accountability, collaboration, integrity and fostering clear accountability, strong technical standards, and a continuous improvement mindset.
- Drive modernization of finance processes, systems, reporting, data capabilities,automation and appropriate use of AI while maintaining strong controls and governance.
Role Qualifications and ExperienceRequired Qualifications- Senior finance leadership experience in insurance, reinsurance, financial services, or another complex regulated environment.
- Strong technical knowledge of insurance accounting, U.S. statutory reporting, U.S. GAAP, management reporting, internal controls, audit, and regulatory finance.
- Demonstrated ability to advise executive leadership and governance bodies on financial results, risks, capital, and strategic priorities.
- Proven success leading and developing finance teams through organizational, process, system and technology change.
- Bachelor's degree required
- Connects financial insight to underwriting, capital, expense, and strategic decisions.
- Communicates complex matters clearly and credibly with senior leaders and governance bodies.
- Upholds strong technical standards, integrity, accountability, and regulatory discipline.
- Builds trusted relationships across business units, functions, geographies, and parent-company stakeholders.
- Improves processes, systems, reporting, and organizational effectiveness without compromising controls. Open to exploring what AI can do to improve the Finance function.
Preferred Qualifications- Property/casualty and life/health reinsurance finance experience.
- CPA, MBA, or equivalent advanced qualification
- Experience with reserve-related finance processes, branch reporting, U.S. statutory filings, and Canadian regulatory requirements.
- Experience supporting Board, Audit Committee, Risk Committee, or parent-company reporting.
- Familiarity with financial systems implementation, data governance, and finance process automation.
- Experience in a decentralized ownership environment is helpful
Location and Work ArrangementExpected to be based in Stamford, Connecticut, with ahybrid work arrangement (2 days office minimum) and periodic travel to otherGen Re locations, leadership meetings, governance meetings, and auditor orregulator discussions as needed.
Salary Range217,000.00 - 350,000.00 USD
Base payis one component of our total compensation package. In addition to base salary,employees may be eligible for benefits including medical, dental, and visioncoverage, a retirement plan, paid time off, sick leave, holidays, and bonus orincentive compensation, where applicable. The actual rate of pay offered willdepend on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, skills,experience, education, certifications, geographic location, and business needs.The compensation range listed reflects the range the Company reasonably expectsto pay for this position at the time of posting.
Our Corporate Headquarters AddressGeneral Reinsurance Corporation400 Atlantic Street, 9th Floor
Stamford, CT 06901 (US)
