Manager - Financial & Operations Advisory

THE OPPORTUNITY We are looking for a Manager who can both lead projects and create work product. An insurance finance and accounting professional who manages a portfolio of diverse engagements, develops a team, and helps grow a new practice. You will be one of the core leaders shaping FOA's delivery model, client relationships, and culture during a period of rapid growth.

This role is built for someone entrepreneurial: you want to help win work, not just deliver it, and you want compensation that rewards the outcomes you drive. Strong performers will have a clear path to Senior Manager and beyond as the practice scales.

ABOUT JOHNSON LAMBERTJohnson Lambert LLP is a national CPA firm with 40+ years of niche focus on the insurance and nonprofit industries. We work with 750+ insurance clients nationwide — spanning property & casualty, life, health, title, reinsurance, captives, and MGAs — and are the 5th largest auditor of P&C insurers in the U.S. Our professionals are active in the AICPA, NAIC, and IASA, keeping us close to the issues insurance leaders face every day.

ABOUT FOAFinancial & Operations Advisory (FOA) is Johnson Lambert's newest practice area, built to complement our Audit, Tax, and Risk Advisory practices. FOA gives insurance organizations (and nonprofits) hands-on financial leadership, operational support, and technical accounting expertise sized to the situation, working inside the client's structure, with no ramp period.

Our promise is simple: “Insurance is hard. We can help.” We step in when a key role goes dark, a new system doesn't know what the old one knew, new regulatory requirements land on a stretched team, growth outpaces finance, an audit surfaces control gaps, or a strategic project has budget and backing but no owner.

FOA is in a build-and-scale phase, with a three-year plan to grow revenue and the team substantially. Joining now means helping shape the practice, its offerings, templates, technology, and culture, not just staffing it.

WHAT YOU'LL DO Engagement Leadership & Delivery Lead multiple concurrent engagements across FOA practice areas — from interim Controller/CFO support and STAT/GAAP reporting to regulatory filings, reinsurance accounting, system implementations, and transaction support.

Scope engagements and help draft proposals, Statements of Work, and fee estimates; manage budgets, staffing, timelines, and realization to targets.

Serve as the primary day-to-day client contact; build trusted relationships with CFOs, Controllers, and finance teams.

Perform and review complex technical work: STAT and GAAP financial statements, NAIC quarterly/annual statements, RBC and other regulatory filings, reinsurance accounting, reconciliations, and financial models.

Research complex accounting and regulatory matters and author or review technical position memos citing authoritative guidance (NAIC SSAPs and AP&P Manual, ASC 944 and related Topics, and other applicable frameworks).Lead process, controls, and system improvement work, including current-state assessments, remediation of audit findings, and change management.

Own quality: apply FOA's quality review framework and ensure deliverables are accurate, well-documented, and client-ready.

People Leadership Supervise, coach, and develop Senior Associates, Associates, Interns, and other resources; provide timely feedback and conduct performance reviews.

Plan and balance team workloads across engagements; delegate effectively to drive efficiency and effectiveness.

Help build FOA's onboarding and long-term training program and mentor team members toward advancement.

Participate in recruiting and interviewing to grow the team.

Model FOA's culture: fun, collaborative, and challenging.

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