Director, Accounting and Reporting

Join Allianz Partners, a global leader in insurance and financial services, as the Director of Accounting & Reporting, North America. In this role, you'll  have a broad remit across the finance function and wider organization, having accountability over internal and external reporting deliverables while collaborating closely with the Finance Director and North American leadership team. As a member of the Finance Management Committee, you'll act as a key business partner, driving financial excellence across the North America region (USA and Canada).

You’ll work with the Finance Centre of Excellence and financial leaders to deliver results and support strategic initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity to lead during a period of growth and transformation. You'll also be working in an international environment, collaborating closely with a network of local and global colleagues 

The position offers a hybrid work schedule at our North America Headquarters in Richmond, VA while reporting directly to the U.S. Chief Financial Officer.

What you will do:

• Accountable for monthly and quarterly financial closing governance, collaborating closely with the Finance Centre of Excellence to ensure accurate and timely delivery of the financial result.
• Single Point of Contact for all regulatory reports: Responsible for all local regulatory, statutory and tax reporting requirements, managing third party stakeholder relationships, e.g. regulatory and tax authorities, drawing on support from the Finance Centre of Excellence.
• Responsible for the coordination of internal and external accounting audits, including timely follow up and closure of any related findings.
• Ownership of the end-to-end financial control framework, ensuring control design and operating effectiveness remains in place with ongoing organizational changes.
• Accountable for ensuring strong balance sheet oversight, including detailed movement analysis on a quarterly basis.
• Supporting the Managing Director, Finance Director and Planning & Controlling lead in business partnering within the North American market, supporting the growth ambitions of the business.

What you will bring

• 5+ years relevant accounting experience.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation preferred.
• Strong US GAAP and IFRS accounting knowledge.
• Good understanding of the insurance or financial industry, including the structure and organization of companies within these or other highly regulated industry.
• Experience in operating in an international / matrix environment.
• Proven leadership in driving complex projects, with strong skills in project steering, conflict resolution, and crisis management.
• Expertise in change management with the ability to effectively lead and develop teams through transitions while managing competing priorities and conflicts.
• Ability to connect and interact with the broad organization at all levels.
• Energy, enthusiasm, persistence, and adaptability.
• Focus on timely delivery of quality outputs.
• Fluency in English for communication and negotiations.

What we offer

Our employees play an integral part in our success as a business. We appreciate that each of our employees are unique and have unique needs, ambitions and we enjoy being a part of their journey.

We are there to empower and encourage you with your personal and professional development ensuring that you take control by offering a large variety of courses and targeted development programs. All that in a global environment where international mobility and career progression are encouraged. Caring for your health and wellbeing is key priority for us. This is why we build Work Well programs to providing you with peace of mind and give the flexibility in planning and arranging for a better work-life

58574 | Finance & Accounting | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Partners | Full-Time | Permanent

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us. 
We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in.
We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.
Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.