Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Reinsurance Group of America is a Fortune 200 Company focused on life- and health-related solutions. The VP, Head of Investment Accounting will lead the investment accounting function, ensuring reliable reporting and governance while partnering with senior leadership to shape financial strategy.
Responsibilities
- Sets the strategy, operating model, and annual priorities for Investment Accounting to ensure reliable, decision-useful reporting and strong governance over invested assets and related income
- Builds, develops, and retains a high-performing team through clear accountability, coaching, succession planning, and a strong culture of partnership and continuous improvement
- Owns accurate and timely month-end, quarter-end, and annual close and reporting for invested assets and related income and expenses across GAAP, statutory/regulatory, tax, and management reporting bases
- Leads investment accounting policy, interpretation, and application for complex transactions and instruments (including derivatives and hedge-related strategies, as applicable), and provides guidance to portfolio management and business development teams
- Partners closely with the Chief Investment Officer and senior Investment leaders to align accounting outcomes, reporting, and analytics with investment strategy, performance drivers, compliance requirements, and stakeholder needs
- Establishes and maintains an effective internal control environment over investments, including documentation, monitoring, issue remediation, and audit/exam readiness
- Provides executive-level insights and materials on investment results and key drivers for senior management and other stakeholders; ensures consistency of narratives and metrics across reporting forums
- Directs cross-functional initiatives to improve process efficiency, strengthen controls, and enhance transparency (e.g., automation/straight-through processing, data quality and lineage, reconciliations, and management reporting)
- Owns the investment accounting technology roadmap in partnership with Information Technology and Investments, including system enhancements/implementations and vendor/outsourcer governance
- Supports business growth initiatives, acquisitions, and due diligence by evaluating investment accounting implications, risks, and integration requirements
- Collaborates with other members of the Finance leadership team to develop goals/plans/budgets that align with division and company objectives and then manages to those expectations
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent related work experience
- 12+ years accounting or auditing experience w/ at least 7 years of investment accounting experience and advanced experience in GAAP accounting
- 10+ years management experience
- 5+ years insurance/reinsurance or financial services accounting experience
- Basic Word, intermediate Excel and SQL/Query skills
- Advanced knowledge of broad business practices
- Highly advanced people management skills, demonstrating an ability to lead, mentor and develop associates: including the ability to delegate key areas of responsibility. Ability to manage associates who are difficult or resistant to leadership
- Expert ability to analyze and improve business processes
- Highly advanced ability to make timely and effective decisions and produce results through strategic planning and the implementation and evaluation of programs and policies
- Highly advanced skills in managing multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, including the ability to delegate key areas of responsibility
- Expert knowledge of accounting/finance, including investment accounting and GAAP and statutory requirements
- Highly advanced oral and written communication skills, demonstrating the ability to convey business terminology that is meaningful and well received
- Highly advanced level of investigative, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Highly advanced ability to work well within and manage a team
- Highly advanced ability to foster teamwork and a customer service-focused environment
- Expert ability to balance detail with departmental goals/objectives
- Advanced skills in customer relationship management and change management
- Highly advanced ability to translate business needs and problems into viable/accepted solutions
- Highly advanced ability to liaise with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional, and technical disciplines
- Highly advanced persuasion and negotiation skills when working with internal/external customers
- Master's Degree
- CPA certification
- CFA
- Experience in Statutory accounting
Benefits
- Annual bonus plan that includes all roles
- Some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan
- Full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits
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