Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated is a Fortune 200 Company focused on life- and health-related solutions. The VP, Head of Investment Accounting will provide leadership for the investment accounting function, ensuring reliable reporting and governance over invested assets while managing a high-performing team.
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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