VP Finance and CFO

SUMMARY The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) directs all aspects of the accounting and financial activities of the company, providing leadership and coordination in business planning, accounting, budgeting and other tasks necessary to achieve the company’s strategic plan.

• Departmental Responsibility
  . Supervises and coordinates the work of the following disciplines:
  Accounting, Risk Management and Investments. Establishes and implements departmental goals, objectives, policies and procedures. Ensures that employees are properly trained and supervised and provides for appropriate succession management.
• Financial Records and Analysis
  . Responsible for ensuring accurate financial records are maintained and that financial statements, financial reports and financial analyses are prepared and performed on a timely basis. Analyzes key financial metrics to identify key trends in the business, including opportunities to improve the financial results.
• Compliance Requirements and Internal Controls
  . Ensures that the company is in compliance with regulatory, tax and accounting requirements. Establishes and maintains appropriate internal control safeguards within accounting to ensure the completeness and accuracy of financial data.
• Annual Corporate Plan
  . Coordinates and assembles the annual corporate plan and assists in presenting to the Board of Directors. Assists in the development and implementation of strategic business and/or operational plans and projects.
• Budgeting and Expense Reporting
  . Manages the annual operating and capital budget process for input into the corporate plan. Ensures that budget variance reports are prepared and analyzed monthly. Assists departments, as necessary, in improving departmental operations to realize efficiencies, reduce costs and improve controls.
• Long-Term Strategic Planning
  . Assists the President in long-term strategic planning, assuring that all appropriate efforts are made to maximize the company’s financial position.
• Investment Policy
  . Responsible for the development of the company’s investment policy, including appropriate asset allocation targets, to ensure the investment strategy complements the overall business strategy and risk tolerance.
• Loss Reserves
  . Responsible for the coordination of the Group’s loss and loss adjustment expense reserve review with the outside actuaries, auditors and regulators and is the key contact for inquiries from all parties.
• Reinsurance Program
  . Negotiates and administers the company reinsurance program. Performs a regular review of the reinsurance program, including reinsurers in the program, to ensure the program complements the overall business strategy. Chairs the internal ERM Committee with the responsibility of assuring the reinsurance philosophy aligns with the overall business strategy.
• Corporate Insurance
  . Negotiates and administers the corporate insurance program (D&O, fidelity bond, commercial package).
• Tax Planning
  . Coordinates federal tax planning issues primarily between accounting and investments. Reviews and identifies strategies to minimize federal, state and local income taxes.
• External Relationships
  . Manages the relationships with external auditors, regulators and bankers.
• Corporate Governance
  . Attends board meetings and appropriate committee meetings as a management attendee providing financial analyses and recommendations, as necessary. Assists in the preparation of committee charters, meeting agendas and minutes and stays abreast of developments within the NAIC to maintain appropriate corporate governance policies and procedures.
• Risk Management/Corporate Committee Participation
  . Responsible for establishing the overall risk management framework, including the…