Controller, Finance & Banking, Financial Reporting

Come join one of America’s fastest-growing insurance companies. Since 1848, National Life Group has aimed to keep our promises, providing families with stability in good times and in bad. Throughout that history, we have provided peace of mind to those families as they plan their futures.

Our mission extends beyond the insurance and annuities policies that we offer. We strive to make the world a better place through our grants from our charitable foundation, paid volunteer time for our employees, environmentally sustainable and healthy workplaces, and events that promote the work of nonprofits in our own backyard.

We foster a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and encourage our associates to live our values:
Do good. Be good. Make good.

Controller is a senior finance leader responsible for enterprise-wide accounting integrity, consolidated financial reporting and oversight of all finance operations, and the modernization of the accounting function. This role serves as the operational finance leader of the organization, ensuring financial accuracy, internal control strength, and disciplined financial execution across the entire organization including compliance with regulatory standards as well as being a key architect of a next generation, data driven accounting organization.

The Controller will oversee the day to day for financial reporting, corporate accounting, investment accounting, and tax department. They will drive transparency and efficiency in all areas of the financial function, ensuring the company is compliant with Accounting Standards on both a GAAP and Statutory basis. The incumbent will often represent the organization in interactions with state insurance regulators, outside counsel, auditors, the NLG board, peer companies and industry groups.

In addition to ensuring accounting integrity, the Controller will lead the modernization of the accounting function through intelligent automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled financial processes. This role will champion the transformation of finance into a data-driven, technology-forward organization.

This role is expected to serve as a catalyst for building a next-generation finance organization, leveraging advanced technology to create a scalable, intelligent, and resilient accounting function.

• Oversee preparation and timely delivery of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements under U.S. GAAP and Statutory accounting (NAIC).
• Lead the preparation and filing of Annual and Quarterly Statements, including all required supplements.
• Oversee accounting for insurance reserves, DAC, reinsurance transactions, investments, derivatives, and embedded features within Life and Annuity products.
• Manage general ledger integrity, chart of accounts, and accounting policy governance.
• Oversee month‑end and year‑end close processes to ensure accurate financial data.
• Lead enterprise accounting governance, including regulatory compliance, Model Audit Rule adherence, internal controls, and coordination of external audits and state examinations.
• Coordinate and manage audits with external auditors, state regulators, and internal audit teams to ensure smooth financial examination processes.
• Develop and enhance financial policies, procedures, and workflow automation to drive efficiency and effectiveness in financial reporting, aligning with CFO strategic goals.
• Build and develop a high‑performing accounting organization, establishing succession pipelines and elevating technical and leadership capabilities across the function.
• Lead the integration of AI, machine learning, and automation into accounting and reporting processes to improve speed, accuracy, and insight.
• Partner with Technology and Data teams to modernize financial systems architecture and data governance.
• Identify opportunities to deploy predictive analytics in areas such as reserving analysis, investment reporting, close acceleration, and regulatory compliance monitoring.
• Champion intelligent workflow automation across month‑end close, reconciliations, journal entry review, and audit support.
• Develop a roadmap for AI‑enabled…