AVP Finance Operations

Position Summary

The candidate will be leading multiple teams including Reinsurance, Reinsurance Regulatory Reporting & Analytics, Global Finance Support, Investment Operations, Fixed Assets and Australia & HK F&A. This position requires a hands-on and quality-focused financial executive with experience that combines sound financial leadership with proven business effectiveness. This role involves managing a span of 150-200 employees at MGCC and will ensure business alignment and effective governance. In addition, the candidate will be spearheading various Enterprise Level Projects and collaborating with Leadership across Lines of Business.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead a team of finance professionals in areas such as Reinsurance, Regulatory reporting, Financial systems maintenance, Investment Operations, Accounting and Closing. Monitor and deliver on agreed service level metrics
• Build strong connects with stakeholders and manage expectations through Monthly/Quarterly business reviews
• Handle escalations, analyze root cause and recommend changes in workflows, procedures, service levels based on stakeholder expectations. Manage and prioritize issues and communicate mitigating actions to management
• Managing a span of 150-200 employees involving

- Goals setting in alignment with the stakeholders at the beginning of the year

- Performance Management including Mid-year and Year-end appraisals for all Directs & extended teams

- Understand and address team issues/concerns through skip sessions and one on ones.

- Drive retention measures and succession planning

- Provide coaching and feedback to team members to enable them to improve their performance.

- Managing staffing requests including Training in class requirements

- Suggest essential trainings, and work on mentoring and coaching team members

- Recommend training regimen to support process training for the processes identified for transition.

• Focus on continuous improvement projects and lead short/long terms projects and track them until completion. Lead, innovate, implement best industry practices and adopt latest technologies such as AI etc. and other Finance tools
• Contribute to the evaluation and development of strategy around expansion of COE and shared services
• Other finance and administrative duties as required.

Education, Technical Skills & Other Critical Requirement

Education

Bachelors degree (Any Stream) or diploma with a minimum of 15 years of education.

Chartered Accountant

Experience

Chartered Accountant with more than 18 years of experience in relevant domain

Technical Skills

• Computer navigation skills
• Excellent Keyboarding and data entry speed
• Knowledge of Insurance principles in relation to the US Insurance industry is preferred.
• Knowledge about US Culture is preferred.

Other Critical Requirements Like Voice/ Non-Voice for Insurance Ops

• Proficiency in English
• Communication skills should be able to read, interpret business documents. Good oral/written communication
• Analytical and interpersonal skills
• Escalate issues if required.
• Data gathering ability/ Eye for detail.
• Teamwork/ Managing Self / Adaptability
• Ability to work successfully in production driven environment.
• Adaptability to change.
• Ability to work on routine/standardised transactions