Louisiana Life ™ · 1 day ago
Controller
River Ridge, LA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
12+ years expLouisiana Life ™ is seeking a Controller to direct the statutory and regulatory financial affairs of the organization. The role involves ensuring compliance with financial statements, managing audits, and collaborating with various departments to maintain financial health metrics.
Insurance
Responsibilities
Ensure Company’s financial statements are accurate, complete and in compliance with Statutory and regulatory requirements, including but not limited to:
Collaborating with Actuarial on Reserve and Loss estimates and reserves
Premium revenue recognition policies
Reinsurance reporting
Working closely with Compliance to address all financial regulatory needs
Quarterly and annual statutory reporting at a detailed level
Lead and deliver on annual Statutory audits
Manage statutory capital levels and model financial health metrics (e.g. BCAR, RBC, others) on a plan, forecast and actual basis
Develop workpapers and models to properly account for and monitor all components of the Statutory financial statements
Manage outsourced preparation of GAAP and Statutory tax provisions
Manage and monitor state deposits
Manage timely responses to financial data calls
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience
A minimum of 12-years of relevant public accounting or industry experience is required
A minimum of 8-years of L&H insurance experience is required
Strong experience and proficiency in statutory-basis (SSAP) accounting
Demonstrated understanding of insurance financial operations, reinsurance, and premium is required
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact with internal and external customers
Capable of developing a team and training / mentoring team members to enable them to perform their required responsibilities accurately, efficiently and independently
Able to direct the activities of the team and comprehend the financial position and results of operations without being drawn into too granular of a level of detail and without becoming a mere process performer
The ability to drive team members to have the professional courage to suggest and implement process improvements and automations and instill the sense of process ownership to team members
Advanced awareness of workflow, and project tradeoffs to make decisions based on needs now and into the future
Advanced problem solving skills, to be able to manage complex situations with multiple layers, and resolve to solution anticipating the needs of a high-growth organization
Ability to apply technical accounting knowledge to real-world business transactions
Ability to develop, implement and document effective internal controls
Self-starter and self-motivated to work independently in a fast-paced environment
Organized, detail-oriented and deadline-driven
Strong Excel skills and ability to work with large data sets
Preferred
A minimum of 5-years of people management experience is preferred
Experience with WingsPlus/Sovos and FIS preferred
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental and vision plans
Bank Holiday PTO
Safe Harbor 401k match
Company
Louisiana Life ™
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase