Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field
Ten years of experience leading complex finance functions and teams
Experience in the property and casualty insurance industry preferred
Experience in finance transformation or financial-system implementations preferred
CPA, CMA, MBA, or other relevant advanced credentials preferred
Responsibilities
Ensure timely and compliant financial statements and regulatory filings
Provide clear analysis of financial results and trends to executive leadership
Direct regulatory and external audit relationships and coordinate audits
Establish and improve the enterprise financial control framework
Lead enterprise budgeting, forecasting, and multiyear financial planning
Oversee financial modeling and analysis of business performance
Develop and implement a talent strategy to grow internal talent
Benefits
Comprehensive rewards package
Opportunities for professional development
Support for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
Flexible work arrangements
Health and wellness programs
Full Job Description
EMC Insurance is seeking a Vice President - Finance to help shape our financial future through strategic insight, strong stewardship, and forward-looking leadership. As a trusted advisor to the CFO and executive leadership team, you'll translate complex financial information into actionable insights while leading accounting, financial reporting, tax, treasury, financial planning and analysis, and finance systems. This is an opportunity to influence enterprise decisions, develop talent, and advance finance capabilities that strengthen EMC's financial resilience and long-term performance.
Essential Functions:
Ensures timely, accurate, and compliant financial statements, regulatory filings, disclosures, and management reporting in accordance with statutory accounting principles and applicable requirements.
Provides executive leadership and board committees with clear analysis of financial results, trends, risks, unusual items, and corrective actions.
Directs regulatory and external audit relationships, coordinates audits, and ensures timely remediation of findings.
Establishes and continuously improves the enterprise financial control framework, including Model Audit Rule compliance, fraud-risk awareness, documented policies and procedures, and audit readiness.
Leads enterprise budgeting, forecasting, and multiyear financial planning aligned with corporate strategy and measurable goals.
Oversees financial modeling and analysis of business performance, strategic initiatives, investments, and emerging risks and opportunities.
Strengthens decision-making and forecast accuracy through performance dashboards, KPI governance, and actionable variance analysis.
Partners across the organization to integrate operating, loss, investment income, surplus, staffing, and expense assumptions into enterprise financial plans.
Communicates outlooks and tradeoffs to executive leadership and establishes policies, targets, and accountability measures that promote operating effectiveness and financial discipline.
Develops and implements a talent strategy. Effectively develops and grows internal talent-a priority in EMC's culture.
Advances EMC's diversity, equity and inclusion goals. Fosters an innovative culture, including supporting new ideas and providing guidance on potential changes.
Leads treasury, cash management, liquidity planning, and banking relationships to maintain sufficient liquidity under normal and stressed conditions.
Recommends changes that strengthen control, resilience, service, or cost effectiveness and supports enterprise decisions involving capital, surplus, and financial risk.
Leads a multi-year finance technology and transformation roadmap aligned with corporate priorities.
Partners with business and technology leaders to prioritize finance capabilities, system enhancements, and automation.
Sponsors process standardization and improvements that strengthen controls, increase scalability, reduce manual effort, and improve financial information.
Monitors adoption and business outcomes to ensure technology investments deliver intended value.
Oversees compliant tax provisions, filings, payments, disclosures, and regulatory reporting.
Leads an enterprise tax strategy aligned with corporate objectives, financial plans, and risk appetite.
Evaluates the tax implications of business decisions, transactions, and changes in law and advises executive leadership.
Maintains effective tax governance, controls, documentation, and audit readiness; directs relationships with external advisors and taxing authorities; and resolves examinations and identified issues.
Education & Experience:
The education and experience below are required for the job unless labelled as preferred:
Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field
Ten years of experience leading complex finance functions and teams, including oversight responsibility for multiple areas such as accounting, treasury, and financial planning and analysis
Experience in property and casualty insurance industry preferred
Experience leading finance transformation, process improvement, or financial-system implementations preferred
CPA, CMA, MBA, or other relevant advanced credentials preferred
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
The knowledge, skills, and abilities below are required for the job unless labelled as preferred:
Demonstrated knowledge of statutory and GAAP financial reporting, insurance regulatory requirements, Model Audit Rule compliance, corporate tax, treasury, and financial controls
Ability to evaluate capital, surplus, liquidity, cash flow, profitability, and enterprise financial risk
Advanced capability in forecasting, scenario analysis, financial modeling, KPI design, and data-informed decision support
Excellent ability to clearly communicate and present complex financial results, risks, and recommendations and influence decisions with senior executives, governing bodies, regulators, auditors, and business leaders
Demonstrated change leadership, talent development, organizational design, and cross-functional collaboration
Knowledge of enterprise financial systems, analytics, automation, and technology-enabled finance transformation
The hiring salary range for this position will fall within the following range: $187,556 - $256,006 A hiring range represents a subset of the full salary range. The actual salary will depend on several factors, including relevant education, skills, and experience of an applicant, and business needs.
For information relating to the benefits EMC Team Members receive as part of a comprehensive rewards package, please visit www.emcins.com/careers
About EMC Insurance
EMC Insurance Group Inc. is an insurance holding company based in Des Moines, Iowa. The company provides property and casualty insurance products and services to businesses and individuals in the United States. The company operates through two segments: Property and Casualty Insurance and Reinsurance. The Property and Casualty Insurance segment provides commercial and personal lines of insurance products. The Reinsurance segment provides reinsurance for other insurers. The company was founded in 1911 and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol EMCI.
