Head of Insurance Treasury Operations

COMPANY OVERVIEW

KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds.

KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries.

POSITION SUMMARY

KKR is seeking a Head of Insurance Treasury Operations to lead and modernize treasury operations across its insurance platform, with a focus on Global Atlantic and the connectivity between KKR’s insurance and asset management businesses. The role will be reporting to the Global Head of Treasury and responsible for ensuring accurate cash positioning, robust liquidity forecasting, trade date cash forecasting, funding coordination, drawdown execution, and strong treasury controls.

A key priority will be to modernize the treasury operating model by leveraging data, AI, automation, and scalable infrastructure consistent with KKR’s broader technology and innovation agenda. The successful candidate will also help bring together operating platforms across insurance and asset management, helping create a more connected and commercially aligned treasury function.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Treasury Operations, Forecasting, and Funding

• Lead insurance treasury operations, including cash positioning, liquidity monitoring, forecasting, bank account activity, funding flows, and reporting.
• Ensure cash balances are accurately represented across accounts, entities, systems, and reporting outputs.
• Own liquidity and trade date cash forecasting, using the best available inputs from upstream business, investment, finance, actuarial, portfolio management, and operations teams.
• Oversee funding flows, including drawdowns, capital calls, distributions, investment funding, intercompany movements, and related cash activity.
• Ensure funding and drawdown processes are well controlled, clearly defined, and executed accurately and on time.

Data, AI, Automation, and Platform Connectivity

• Modernize insurance treasury infrastructure by moving toward a more automated, data-led, and AI-enabled operating model.
• Improve data quality, system connectivity, dashboards, forecasting tools, workflow automation, and exception management.
• Bring together treasury operating platforms and processes across insurance and asset management.
• Partner with Global Atlantic, KKR Treasury, Investment Operations, Portfolio Management, Finance, Technology, and commercial teams to create a more integrated and scalable treasury model.

Governance, Controls, and Risk Management

• Maintain a strong governance and controls framework for insurance treasury.
• Ensure processes are documented, repeatable, auditable, and appropriately controlled.
• Identify operational, liquidity, settlement, counter party, data, and process risks, and drive remediation where needed.
• Partner with Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, Finance, and other stakeholders on reviews, audits, and control assessments.

Team Leadership and Talent Development

• Lead, manage, and develop the insurance treasury team.
• Build team capability, accountability, and a high-performance operating culture.
• Set priorities, manage capacity, and ensure the team can support both day-to-day execution and broader platform transformation.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Undergraduate and/or postgraduate level education with a strong academic record; CTP, CFA, CPA, or MBA a plus.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in treasury, liquidity management, cash management, finance operations, or investment operations, with progressive leadership responsibility.
• Experience in insurance (life/annuity or reinsurance preferred), asset management, alternatives, private markets, banking, or another complex financial services environment; exposure to…