Senior Director, Assistant Controller

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About Us

We recognize that work is a part of life, not separate from it, and foster a flexible environment where your health and wellbeing are prioritized. At Capital Blue Cross, you will work alongside a caring team of supportive colleagues and be encouraged to volunteer in your community. We value your professional and personal growth by investing heavily in training and continuing education, so you have the tools to do your best as you develop your career. By doing your best, you’ll help us live our mission of improving the health and well-being of our members and the communities in which they live. Capital Blue Cross employees consistently vote us one of the “Best Places to Work in PA.”

Responsibilities

• Leads, mentors, and develops a multi-layered accounting organization
• Builds leadership capability and succession planning
• Establishes clear roles, responsibilities, and performance metrics that optimize team performance and enable individual employee development
• Recruits, develops, and retains top accounting talent, ensuring the skills and knowledge needed for a modern accounting organization are retained
• Oversees monthly, quarterly, and annual close
• Reviews journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting, ensuring compliance with relevant GAAP and NAIC Statutory Accounting Principles
• Provides technical accounting leadership, staying up to date on technical developments within GAAP and NAIC Statutory Accounting Principles, and ensuring the appropriate adherence of internal policies to the relevant guidance
• Ensures consistent application of accounting policies
• Leads modernization of accounting operations leading to close process optimization
• Designs scalable, automated, and standardized processes that leverage the technology and tools available to the team
• Partners with Finance and IT to optimize systems and data flows, developing a strategic roadmap for the department’s development
• Champions continuous improvement
• Leads external audit execution for consolidated GAAP and stand-alone subsidiary GAAP and NAIC Statutory audits
• Oversees internal controls over financial reporting and Model Audit Rule (MAR) Compliance within the accounting organization
• Identifies and remediates risks on a proactive basis, engaging with team members across the organization to optimize risk management processes
• Ensures regulatory compliance

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of progressive accounting experience
• Minimum 5 years of people leadership
• Experience in health insurance, managed care, or regulated financial services preferred
• Public accounting experience with big four firm preferred

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required
• CPA strongly preferred
• Advanced degree preferred

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• Retirement Plan
• Generous time off including Paid Time Off, Holidays, and Volunteer time off
• Incentive Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement

Schedule

This position is classified as hybrid, which requires onsite work on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.