About this Role We are seeking a skilled Senior Accounting Professional to lead our reinsurance accounting team and provide expert guidance and support. As the Senior Accounting Professional, you will be responsible for leading the ceded reinsurance accounting team and providing the necessary training and support to team members. You will ensure timely and accurate reinsurance accounting for ceded reinsurance transactions of the company. You will lead the preparation of reinsurance schedules for P&C-1 reporting and provide these to the Reporting team at the organization for each insurance entity. You will lead projects on special technical accounting issues relating to IFRS standards as needed (i.e. unlicensed reinsurers, collateral requirements, internal/external reinsurance, multi-year reinsurance, structured solutions). You will lead and/or support the implementation and development of accounting policy memorandums under IFRS and Solvency II working with the Reporting team at the organization. You will review Company Group Reporting Instructions and establish quarterly, half-year and year-end closing procedures. You will prepare and coordinate the year-end reporting timetable, meetings and deliverable task list. You will act as key liaison to the reporting to external audit function, which includes preparing and acquiring schedules, completing substantive procedures and ensuring requested deliverables from reinsurance are submitted by the agreed timelines. You will lead the updating and executing the Financial Reporting Control Framework controls and sign-offs for reinsurance. You will set priorities and establish outstanding practices within the Reinsurance accounting team. You will work with other departments to provide coordinated solutions to the business and other areas of Finance. You will collaborate with business partners to gather requirements and understand reporting needs. You will build and improve management reports by effectively applying system capabilities and minimizing run time. You will ensure internal controls and quality measures are in place to maintain accounting quality. You will consistently and accurately provide MI reports to collaborators in the business and finance departments. You will ensure Finance MI initiatives are delivered on time as related to reinsurance. You will maintain a seamless accounting process to meet the customer needs in finance management information. You will implement governance and control on new process creation. You will provide change leadership and functional guidance to streamline processes for the production of reporting schedules through systems automation. You will support ad hoc projects as required. About You You hold an Accounting/Finance related University Degree. You possess a CPA designation with audit firm experience. You have proven IFRS technical expertise; IFRS 17 experience is preferred. You have experience with Property and Casualty insurance operations, accounting and regulatory reporting. You possess strong technical and analytical skills. You have strong Excel capabilities. You have strong leadership skills. Benefits Excellent compensation package. CPA dues covered. How to Apply Please click the ''Apply Now'' button below to submit your resume. We accept documents in MS Word or Rich Text formats. We value diversity in the workplace and encourage applications from women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans. Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristic.
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Senior Accounting Professional