Associate Director, Technical Accounting - Insurance

Cover Genius

  • London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 6 days ago
About the CompanyCover Genius is a that protects the global customers of the world's largest digital companies including Booking Holdings, owner of Priceline, Kayak and , Intuit, Uber, , , Turkish Airlines, Descartes ShipRush, Zip and SeatGeek. We're also , , , Wayfair and SE Asia's largest company, Shopee. Our partners integrate with , our award-winning insurance distribution platform, to embed protection for millions of customers worldwide each year.Our team and products have been recognized with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times which ranked Cover Genius as the in 2020. Our diverse team across 20+ countries and many language groups commit itself to diverse cultural programs, in particular which makes social entrepreneurs out of us all and funds development initiatives in global communities.Our People areBold, Authentic, Purposeful and InspiredOur People are notPerfect, Traditional, Complacent or CautiousAbout the RoleAs an Associate Director, Technical Accounting on our Global Finance Team, you will own the full end to end accounting and reporting of our insurance businesses. You will support the Global Controller with insurance accounting, underwriter reporting and close processes of our insurance businesses. This role will lead the insurance financial statement reporting in accordance with the relevant GAAP/IFRS rules.Key Responsibilities:Manage the monthly and quarterly insurance accounting close, working closely with actuaries, the insurance team, the claims team, and the internal global accounting operations team, as well as relevant third-party accounting teams.Extract and analyze relevant data from internal systems and propose accounting entries. You will also review the work of other supporting members of the Insurance accounting team.Be responsible for the entire month-end close process for the insurance, reinsurance, and coinsurance businesses, as well as the standalone financial statements.Support consolidated financial statements for insurance-specific disclosures.Be responsible for analyzing and reporting the profitability of the insurance business by partner, domain, and geography.Proactively address and resolve operational accounting issues, such as ensuring the timely processing of AP payments and correctly identifying GL account strings for all financial activities.Drive process and system improvements related to the insurance accounting close.Partner with insurance teams, including insurance operations, actuarial, and claims teams, to implement accounting process changes.Be a technical accounting expert for the insurance business and prepare technical accounting memos related to insurance-specific programs.Lead quarterly reviews, annual audits, and any regulatory audits related to the insurance business. You will also draft all related audit work papers and manage all audit requests.What you will have:A minimum of 10 years of insurance accounting experience.Insurance industry experience is required.Big 4 (or national audit firm) experience is preferred.Knowledge of US GAAP and/or IFRS, especially pertaining to insurance accounting.Experience auditing, implementing, or operating in a SOX 404 environment.CPA, ACCA, AIAF, or an equivalent certification.Experience with managing month-end close activities.What you will bring:Strong Excel skills and a comfort level with very large data set volumes.Ability to execute in a dynamic environment.Excellent leadership, management, and communication skills.Why Cover Genius?Cover Genius not only cares about being the best in our industry, we care about our team. We're a business that understands life can be fluid and so we flex to ensure we provide the environment to suit that. What does that mean?
  • Employee Stock Options - we want our people to share in our success, we reward them with ownership for their contribution in creating a world-class company.
  • Work with like-minded people who are passionate about both the work we're doing and giving back.
Our CG Gives programs enables us to all become philanthropists through our peer recognition and rewards system.
  • Social Initiatives - speak a thousand words!
Sound interesting? If you think you have the best composition of the above, send us your resume and let's chat!
  • Cover Genius promotes diversity and inclusivity. We don't tolerate discrimination, demeaning treatment of anyone, or harassment due to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.
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