AmTrust Financial Services

Manager, Financial Reporting

AmTrust Financial Services$90K — $120K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting with over 5 years of accounting and financial reporting experience.
  • Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license required.
  • Prior public accounting audit experience at the Manager level during a busy season.
  • Experience leading consolidated financial reporting under US GAAP in a multi-entity setup.
  • Hands-on experience with technical accounting research and drafting memos needed.
  • Proficiency in preparing footnote disclosures for audited financial statements necessary.
  • Experience in a multi-national company dealing with multiple currencies is essential.
  • Preferred background in the insurance intermediary field (MGA, broker).
  • Strong understanding of US GAAP and advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs.

Responsibilities

  • Assist the Corporate Controller with global accounting initiatives and ERP implementation.
  • Own the consolidated financial reporting process on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
  • Lead the preparation of footnote disclosures for annual audited financial statements.
  • Serve as the point of contact for external auditors day-to-day.
  • Conduct technical accounting research and prepare memos on significant transactions.
  • Maintain the group accounting policy manual for consistent application of US GAAP.
  • Standardize close calendars and accounting policies across MGA teams.
  • Support acquisitions, ERP implementations, and reorganizations as needed.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape the financial reporting and technical accounting functions from the ground up.
  • Dynamic work environment within a rapidly growing global insurance platform.
  • Chance to collaborate with teams across multiple jurisdictions worldwide.
  • Engagement in diverse special projects including ERP implementation.
Full Job Description
Overview

We are a rapidly growing, newly established insurance platform comprised of Managing General Agents (MGAs) operating across the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe. With a growing team of approximately 700 employees globally, we are seeking a Manager of Financial Reporting to play a key role in building out the consolidated financial reporting and technical accounting functions. This is a unique opportunity to help build the consolidated financial reporting and technical accounting function at a pivotal moment for the Company.

Responsibilities

  • Assist the Corporate Controller with global accounting and finance initiatives, including:
    • Implementation of our new ERP
    • Design of consolidated external reporting (US GAAP)
    • Accounting policy design and implementation across the group
    • Technical accounting research and judgment-area memos
    • Working with MGA accountants to review and ensure timely filing of statutory reporting
    • Review and maintain external reporting calendar
  • Own the consolidated monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting process under US GAAP.
  • Lead drafting of footnote disclosures for the annual audited financial statements.
  • Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact with our external auditor.
  • Lead technical accounting research and prepare or review memos on significant transactions and judgment areas, including revenue recognition (ASC 606), leases (ASC 842), business combinations (ASC 805), consolidation (ASC 810), and related-party disclosures (ASC 850).
  • Build and maintain the group accounting policy manual, ensuring consistent application of US GAAP across the MGA accounting teams.
  • Coordinate with MGA accounting teams across jurisdictions to standardize close calendars, intercompany processes, and accounting policy application.
  • Own the quarterly financial reporting calendar.
  • Support special projects as assigned, including acquisitions, ERP implementation, and reorganizations.
  • Assist with other tasks, as assigned.


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting and over 5 years of progressive accounting and financial reporting experience.
  • Must hold an active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.
  • Public accounting audit experience required with at least one busy season at the Manager level.
  • Demonstrated experience leading consolidated financial reporting under US GAAP in a multi-entity environment.
  • Hands-on technical accounting research and memo preparation experience required.
  • Experience drafting footnote disclosures for audited financial statements required.
  • Experience working in or for a multi-national company dealing with multiple currencies required.
  • Experience in the insurance intermediary (MGA, broker) industry preferred.
  • Strong understanding and knowledge of US GAAP
  • Strong Excel skills including pivot tables and vlookups are necessary.
  • Demonstrated ability to operate at depth, deliver results, accelerate time to action, and debate openly while committing fully.
  • Self-starter capable of getting up to speed quickly in a build-from-scratch environment without significant direction - nothing here has been done before, and we are looking for someone who is comfortable navigating ambiguity and shaping the function as they go.

About AmTrust Financial Services

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. is a multinational property and casualty insurance company. The company provides coverage for small businesses, workers' compensation insurance, extended warranty coverage, specialty risk and extended warranty coverage, and other insurance products. AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in New York City. The company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol AFSI.
Learn more about AmTrust Financial Services
Size
8,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1998

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