Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

About this role

Position:Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
About the Role
We are seeking an accomplished and commercially strategic Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the financial strategy, financial performance, capital management, investment finance, treasury, reporting, and financial governance of a diversified Insurance & Investment organization.
The CFO will serve as a key member of the executive leadership team and strategic advisor to the CEO/President and Board, providing leadership across financial planning, insurance accounting, capital and solvency management, investment portfolio performance, asset-liability management, treasury, risk, regulatory reporting, and corporate development.
The successful candidate will combine deep financial expertise with strong commercial and investment acumen and will be capable of operating in a highly regulated financial-services environment.
Key Responsibilities
1. Financial Strategy & Executive Leadership
Develop and execute the organization's overall financial strategy.
Advise the CEO, President, and Board on financial performance, capital allocation, investment strategy, and enterprise value creation.
Translate corporate strategy into financial plans, budgets, forecasts, and measurable objectives.
Lead financial decision-making across insurance, investment, and corporate operations.
Establish strong financial governance and accountability across the organization.
2. Financial Planning, Budgeting & Performance
Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning.
Develop financial models and scenario analyses to support strategic decisions.
Monitor revenue, profitability, expenses, capital efficiency, and operating performance.
Establish financial KPIs and executive dashboards.
Identify opportunities to improve profitability, efficiency, and shareholder returns.
3. Insurance Finance & Performance
Oversee financial management of insurance operations, including premiums, claims, reserves, expenses, and underwriting performance.
Monitor key insurance financial metrics including loss ratios, combined ratios, expense ratios, and underwriting profitability.
Partner with actuarial, underwriting, claims, and risk teams to assess financial performance and emerging exposures.
Ensure appropriate financial treatment and reporting of insurance liabilities and reserves.
Support pricing, product profitability, reinsurance, and portfolio decisions from a financial perspective.
4. Investment Finance & Portfolio Management
Provide financial oversight of the organization's investment portfolio and investment activities.
Partner with the CIO/Chief Investment Officer and Investment Committee on portfolio strategy and performance.
Monitor investment income, realized/unrealized gains, asset allocation, liquidity, and risk-adjusted returns.
Evaluate investment opportunities and strategic asset-allocation decisions.
Ensure investment activities are aligned with the organization's liabilities, liquidity requirements, risk appetite, and regulatory requirements.
5. Capital, Solvency & Balance Sheet Management
Lead capital planning and balance-sheet optimization.
Monitor solvency, capital adequacy, liquidity, leverage, and financial resilience.
Develop strategies to optimize the organization's capital structure and return on capital.
Assess the financial impact of major business, investment, and insurance decisions on capital requirements.
Work closely with Risk and Actuarial functions on capital and solvency assessments.
6. Asset-Liability Management (ALM)
Provide executive financial oversight of asset-liability management.
Ensure investment portfolios are appropriately aligned with insurance liabilities and liquidity requirements.
Monitor duration, interest-rate sensitivity, liquidity gaps, and market exposures.
Support development of ALM strategies and balance-sheet optimization initiatives.
Ensure appropriate financial stress testing and scenario analysis.
7. Treasury & Liquidity
Oversee treasury, cash management, liquidity planning, and banking relationships.
Maintain adequate liquidity to meet claims, operating obligations, investment commitments, and strategic requirements.
Optimize cash deployment and short-term investment strategies.
Monitor interest-rate, foreign-exchange, credit, and liquidity exposures.
Establish robust treasury policies and controls.
8. Regulatory & Financial Reporting
Ensure accurate, timely, and transparent financial reporting to the Board, shareholders, regulators, and other stakeholders.
Oversee statutory accounts, management reporting, regulatory returns, and consolidated financial statements.
Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards and insurance regulations.
Lead relationships with external auditors, regulators, actuarial advisers, tax advisers, and other professional stakeholders.
Maintain strong financial controls and governance frameworks.
9. Risk Management & Financial Controls
Establish effective financial risk-management frameworks.
Monitor exposure to market, credit, liquidity, underwriting, operational, interest-rate, and foreign-exchange risks.
Strengthen internal controls, financial policies, and governance processes.
Work closely with the CRO, Chief Actuary, CIO, and other executives to manage enterprise-wide financial risks.
Ensure appropriate stress testing and contingency planning.
10. Reinsurance & Capital Optimization
Provide financial oversight of reinsurance strategy and economics.
Evaluate the financial and capital implications of reinsurance arrangements.
Monitor reinsurance recoverables, counterparty exposure, and profitability.
Support optimization of risk transfer, capital efficiency, and balance-sheet resilience.
11. Corporate Development & Strategic Investments
Lead financial evaluation of acquisitions, strategic investments, joint ventures, and business expansion opportunities.
Oversee financial due diligence, valuation, transaction modeling, and investment cases.
Assess potential M&A…