AVP, Financial Close Leader

The AVP, Financial Close Leader will play a key role in directing and coordinating enterprise-wide financial processes to promote consistency, efficiency, and operational excellence across all regions. This includes maintenance of our Finance Strategic Management system and execution of the financial audit plan, including managing coordination with external auditors, and aligning agendas for the audit committee and internal management. The AVP will ensure a comprehensive view of our enterprise financial processes. The AVP will also serve as content developer and be responsible for planning and executing on key finance-wide engagements, including leadership team staff meetings, quarterly Town Hall meetings, and periodic team off sites. The role will also require strong collaboration with the Data & Analytics team and other Finance functions to ensure well-integrated, effective, and data-driven financial operations. This position reports to the VP, Strategic Projects-Finance.  

This role will be based in our Jersey City, NJ office on a hybrid basis.

What You Will Do: 

Finance Process Strategic Ownership: 

• Work closely with the VP, Strategic Finance to develop and execute strategic initiatives to accelerate financial deliverables, ensuring timely and accurate reporting. 

• Manage the Finance Strategic Management System to ensure alignment with organizational goals and objectives including, tracking issues and skills interviews.

Program Management of Finance Activities: 

• Assist in managing the end-to-end program oversight of all finance activities, including maintaining a comprehensive finance calendar, hosting the status call and regularly communicating progress against key milestones. 

• Communicate upcoming deliverables proactively, address and resolve issues, and ensure all finance processes are well-documented. 

• Manage projects across Finance, developing execution plans and driving to completion. 

• Support initiative planning efforts with the leadership team and recalibrate the strategic plan as needed. 

• Collaborate with business leaders on organizational priorities, document follow up items, track and drive items to closure. 

Communication and Collaboration: 

• Work closely with the Data & Analytics and other Finance teams to identify opportunities for process improvements and automation opportunities. 

• Develop high-quality executive communications & presentations, helping to communicate the value and vision of the Finance enterprise, for internal and external purposes (i.e., company/executive level, investor, board, and audit committee presentations, etc.). 

• Support the preparation of monthly reports for audit and board meetings. 

• Maintain and regularly update content across internal and intranet platforms for the Finance team to ensure accuracy and relevance. 

• Engage and coordinate with key finance and business stakeholders to raise issues and ensure consistent messaging across the organization. 

 Audit Coordination: 

• Support development and coordination of a comprehensive audit plan and coordinate materials for the audit committee and internal management. 

• Work closely with the VP, Strategic Projects to act as primary liaisons with PwC, ensuring effective collaboration and alignment on audit activities. 

 

What You Will Have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, or Accounting preferred; Operations or Project Management a plus. 

• 7+ years of professional experience in insurance or financial services industry. 

• Strong knowledge of (re)insurance or other financial markets. 

• Knowledge of audit processes and regulatory compliance. 

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills as someone who interacts with team members across all levels of the organization. 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including an ability to find and implement solutions to improve the organization. 

• Highly organized, detailed oriented with outstanding organizational and planning abilities. 

• Strong project management skills with an ability to juggle multiple priorities with competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment. 

• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth organization preferred. 

• Strong collaborator with a proven ability to build relationships and trust amongst team members. 

• Skilled in PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and other office applications. 

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