AVP, Financial Close Leader Remote-US, US-Jersey , US Finance - Group Controller

Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Fortitude Re) is one of the world’s leading providers of legacy reinsurance solutions. They work with the world’s leading insurance companies to help them execute comprehensive, transformational solutions for legacy Life & Annuity and P&C lines. Fortitude Re manages a general account of approximately $111 billion across life, annuity, and property & casualty insurance products. The company takes a long-term view on growth and is proud to be backed by a consortium of sophisticated institutional investors led by The Carlyle Group and T&D Insurance Group.

Incorporated under the laws of Bermuda on January 1, 2017, Fortitude Re’s roots in the insurance industry and the experience of their leadership go back many decades. Fortitude Re’s leadership team has an average industry tenure of over 20 years, and an impressive track record of successfully managing the most complex legacy liabilities. Their deep insurance experience and proprietary risk modeling capabilities allow them to structure bespoke transactions that benefit both insurance companies and their policyholders.

Fortitude Re continues to strengthen its ability to pursue further growth and provide innovative solutions for the global insurance industry. for more information about Fortitude Re.

The AVP, Financial Close Leader will play a key role in directing and coordinating enterprise-wide financial processes to promote consistency, efficiency, and operational excellence across all regions. This includes maintenance of our Finance Strategic Management system and execution of the financial audit plan, including managing coordination with external auditors, and aligning agendas for the audit committee and internal management. The AVP will ensure a comprehensive view of our enterprise financial processes.

The AVP will also serve as content developer and be responsible for planning and executing on key finance-wide engagements, including leadership team staff meetings, quarterly Town Hall meetings, and periodic team off sites. The role will also require strong collaboration with the Data & Analytics team and other Finance functions to ensure well-integrated, effective, and data-driven financial operations. This position reports to the VP, Strategic Projects-Finance.

This role will be based in our Nashville, TN office on a hybrid basis.

• Work closely with the VP, Strategic Finance to develop and execute strategic initiatives to accelerate financial deliverables, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.

• Manage the Finance Strategic Management System to ensure alignment with organizational goals and objectives including, tracking issues and skills interviews.

• Assistin managing the end-to-end program oversight of all finance activities, includingmaintaininga comprehensive finance calendar, hosting the statuscalland regularly communicating progress against key milestones.

• Communicate upcoming deliverables proactively, address and resolve issues, and ensure all finance processes are well-documented.

• Manage projects across Finance, developing execution plans and driving to completion.

• Support initiative planning efforts withthe leadership team and recalibrate the strategic plan as needed.

• Collaborate with business leaders on organizational priorities, document follow up items,trackand drive items to closure.

• Work closely with the Data & Analytics and other Finance teams to identify opportunities for process improvements and automation opportunities.

• Develop high-quality executive communications & presentations, helping to communicate the value and vision of the Finance enterprise, for internal and…