[Hiring] Finance Manager @Aston Carter

Role Description

This fully remote leadership role oversees statutory financial reporting for multiple insurance subsidiaries, ensuring regulatory compliance, high-quality financial information, and effective communication of results to senior leadership. The Director of Statutory Financial Reporting manages a distributed team, drives process efficiency and scalability across a global workforce, and serves as a key expert on statutory accounting and insurance regulatory reporting.

• Manage the development and production of statutory financial reports for all insurance subsidiaries, including Annual Statements, Quarterly Statements, and Audited Financial Statements.
• Lead and oversee monthly and quarterly close activities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to internal accounting controls.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements and maintain high standards of quality for financial reporting and internal controls.
• Oversee the preparation of internal financial management reports and materials for board reporting, providing clear and insightful information for decision-making.
• Effectively communicate statutory financial results and key findings to senior leadership in a clear, concise, and actionable manner.
• Manage the preparation and submission of filings required by state insurance regulators, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and timely delivery.
• Coordinate with stakeholders across the enterprise to provide detailed financial and statistical information in formats requested by rating agencies, state insurance examiners, and other industry organizations.
• Prepare analyses, presentations, and recommendations related to statutory data and results to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Review research on statutory accounting and emerging issues, and propose or incorporate appropriate disclosure conclusions into reporting.
• Support the preparation of executive summaries on complex statutory reporting issues that require extensive research and analysis for senior management.
• Manage, coach, and develop team members, focusing on building skills and capabilities that enable superior performance and high-quality output.
• Maintain oversight of a domestic remote team and third-party offshore business staff, ensuring alignment, productivity, and effective collaboration.
• Develop and maintain responsive communication channels with team members to quickly identify and understand critical performance factors and ensure accurate financial information.
• Identify and execute opportunities to improve efficiency in statutory reporting processes and to scale the team effectively across a global workforce.
• Foster knowledge sharing across the organization, promoting best practices and consistent application of statutory accounting principles.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to optimize the operating model for financial reporting, leveraging a global workforce and available technologies.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of data requirements and work with technology partners to implement system solutions that support shared goals across the company.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of progressive accounting and financial reporting experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in the insurance industry, with a focus on statutory reporting.
• At least 5 years of management experience leading accounting or financial reporting teams.
• Extensive experience with statutory accounting principles and insurance regulatory reporting.
• Demonstrated experience managing remote and/or offshore teams.
• Strong expertise in statutory reporting for insurance entities.
• Proficiency in financial reporting, financial analysis, and reconciliation.
• Experience with variance analysis and financial planning and analysis.
• Ability to interpret and apply statutory accounting principles in complex situations.
• Strong leadership skills with a proven ability to coach, develop, and motivate team members.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex statutory data and conclusions to experienced leadership.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders and external regulatory bodies.

Requirements

• Experience working with SAP or similar enterprise financial systems.
• Experience in modeling related to statutory accounting or financial reporting.
• Strong finance and accounting foundation, with the ability to analyze and interpret complex financial information.
• Proven ability to identify process improvements and implement scalable solutions in a global operating environment.
• Comfort working with rating agencies, state insurance examiners, and other insurance industry organizations.
• Experience preparing executive-level presentations and summaries on complex regulatory and accounting topics.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Portland, OR.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 29, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.