Senior Manager, Reinsurance Accounting

Senior Manager, Reinsurance Accounting

Wilton, CT or Parsippany, NJ

The Manager, Reinsurance Accounting, is a key member of AIG’s Reinsurance Controllership team ensuring accurate accounting, robust internal controls and timely financial reporting for AIG’s domestic Commercial and Personal insurance businesses. Reporting to the Director, External Reinsurance, this role is primarily responsible for managing the financial and operational controlling activities associated with multiple complex external reinsurance programs. Given the level of complexity across these programs, this role is structured with three direct reports and an extensive offshore platform.

Success in this role will require a strong and well-balanced combination of re/insurance technical knowledge, operational savvy with an ability to efficiently leverage all levels of available resources, connecting operational inputs and outcomes to the financial results of AIG, organizational dexterity with capability to build relationships across disciplines, and comfort managing in a dynamic and transformational environment.

• Manage execution of key accounting and operational controlling requirements associated with a prominent, bespoke third-party program with a Lloyds reinsurer, including but not limited to:
  • Timely identification and billing of eligible XOL recoveries
  • Calculation and accounting for ceding commissions
  • Coordination with Reinsurance Collection group on issuance of statement of accounts to brokers
  • Prepare summary of the program for review and presentation to leadership
  • Provide analytical insight into activity during the reporting period
• Manage the financial and operational accounting for global catastrophe reinsurance programs under a range of contractual structures and across all open contract years, preparing statements of account and ensuring timely settlements in conjunction with global Treasury operations
• Ensure timely identification and responsiveness to accounting for less structured or predictable transactions, including cash calls on external reinsurance, reinstatement premiums on current and prior years’ loss activity, recording and applying cash on retrospectively rated reinsurance contracts, etc.
• Global oversight of Travel Reinsurance activity in support of strategic initiatives related to the book of business, including general ledger oversight, coordination with Reinsurance collection on billing and cash application
• Support the audit process with external and internal auditors

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting required, CPA preferred
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience, particularly leading teams in a controller capacity for a public P&C insurance company
• Advanced knowledge of reinsurance operations, including underwriting, claims, accounting, finance and associated processes, controls and systems; re/insurance-relevant professional designation a plus (ARe, CPCU, etc.)
• Strong insurance-technical accounting expertise, possessing a comprehensive understanding of inter-relationships between balance sheet and income statement, with an ability to analyze results accordingly
• Industry business acumen along with a clear understanding and awareness of global macroeconomic and other relevant factors impacting the business that manifest in financial results
• Experienced in leveraging a combination of onshore and offshore management and staff resources on a global basis, maximizing the benefits of time zone differences to enhance productivity
• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals across Finance and operational disciplines toward a common purpose; commercially oriented, carrying credibility with a business unit and broader Finance organization
• Systems-technical acumen, able to quickly grasp management reporting structures, understand a newly transformed finance architecture and financial reporting platform, and determine how to extract maximum value in execution of the financial close
• Strong attention to detail, where accuracy and precision are critical to success, yet possessing an ability to step back and appreciate broader…