Lead - Closed Block Business

* We are open to considering candidates at either the P4 (Business Operations Senior Consultant) or P5 (Business Operations Consulting Director) level for this opportunity. Please connect with the recruiter during the interview process to discuss which level may be the best fit based on your experience and qualifications.*

This role serves as the primary relationship leader and business steward for Securian’s closed block business (fully reinsured and third-party administered blocks, including Basin, Ascend, IL DI, and IL LTC). Success in this role is grounded in building strong partnerships, coordinating across a broad stakeholder network, and ensuring the long‑term health and effectiveness of the closed block ecosystem.

As the central pointof connection between external partners and internal stakeholders, this role fosters trusted relationships, drives accountability, resolves complex issues, and creates clarity across organizational boundaries. The individual will serve as a strategic coordinator, bringing togetherexpertisefrom actuarial, finance, legal, compliance, operations, technology, and distribution teams to ensure businessobjectivesare achieved efficiently and effectively.

These businessesoperatewithin complex administrative, reinsurance, and regulatory structures that require thoughtful oversight and strong partnership management. This role ensures stakeholdersremainaligned,governance is effective, and the overall operating modelremainsstable, resilient, and efficient over time.

• Lead and develop the closedblockfinance and accounting team, establishing priorities, building organizational capability, and ensuring successful delivery of financial reporting, projection, expense management, and audit‑related outcomes.
• Strengthen governance, controls, and decision‑making frameworks, reducing operational risk and complexity, and improving cross‑functional coordination, accountability, and stakeholder alignment.

• Orchestrate the execution of cross‑functional initiatives by connecting people, processes, and work streams across actuarial, finance, technology, legal, compliance, distribution, and operations to ensure efficient and effective delivery.
• Serve as a trusted advisor who influences, collaborates, and builds alignment across key stakeholders, helping leaders navigate competing priorities, make informed decisions, and achieve desired business outcomes.

• Monitorexternalpartnerperformance and service delivery, leveraging service level agreements and establishedrelationshipsto drive accountability, address issues proactively, and ensure expected outcomes are achieved.
• Establish trusted partnerships, promote transparency and accountability, and ensure external relationships support the long‑termobjectivesof the closedblockbusiness.

• Build and manage strategic relationships with third‑party administrators, reinsurers, consultants, and other key service providers.

• Serve as the primary point of coordination for the closedblockbusiness across internal and external stakeholders.

• Facilitate resolution of cross‑functional issues, helping stakeholders navigate competing priorities and achieve desired outcomes.

• Establish governance forums, communication structures, performance measures, and escalation pathways.

• Monitor partner performance and ensure accountability against service expectations and contractual obligations.

• Lead strategic…