Head of Financial Reporting, Chubb Life

Chubb · Jersey City

Introduction:

Chubb Life is a growing Segment within Chubb Limited, with operations in more than a dozen countries/markets around the world generating annual premiums and deposits in excess of $7 billion. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb maintains executive offices in Zurich, New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong and other locations, and employs approximately 40,000 people worldwide.

Reporting Relationship and Scope of Position:

The Head of Financial Reporting is a key leadership role within the Chubb Life Global Office, responsible for the end-to-end accounting and financial reporting oversight across the segment's international insurance operations. This role partners closely with local market finance teams, Corporate Consolidation, Accounting Policy, Investment Accounting, and Actuarial to resolve complex accounting matters, support business initiatives, and drive continuous improvement in reporting quality and operational efficiency.

The Head of Financial Reporting will report to the VP, Global Financial Reporting Controller with a focus on talent development, execution excellence, and serving as a liaison between Corporate and local market teams — helping Corporate gain a deeper understanding of the Life segment's financials while guiding local teams in meeting Corporate reporting requirements.

Primary Responsibilities:

Own and oversee the end-to-end monthly close and quarterly financial reporting process across all subsidiaries, ensuring the financial results are accurate and in compliance with U.S. GAAP and corporate accounting policies.
Review the financial reporting package and footnote disclosures submitted by subsidiaries, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and integrity of financial data, as well as compliance with Corporate & Segment requirements.
Provide accounting guidance and technical support on complex, non-routine, and unusual accounting issues, partnering with relevant stakeholders to deliver practical and well-reasoned solutions for accounting and reporting matters.
Establish and maintain a robust internal control environment over financial reporting, ensuring full compliance with internal control standards and proactively managing relationships with internal and external auditors.
Support business initiatives from an accounting and reporting perspective, ensuring appropriate accounting treatment is applied, reporting processes are well-designed, and proper controls are established from inception.
Define and execute a continuous improvement roadmap for the financial reporting process, identifying automation opportunities and implementing practical solutions to enhance reporting quality and efficiency.
Provide oversight and coaching to Global Office controllership staff, fostering a culture of execution excellence and talent development.

Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance, and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellence, superior claims handling expertise and local operations globally.

At Chubb, we are committed to equal employment opportunity and compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining to it. Our policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other conditions or opportunities of employment, without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, mental and physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, age, and pregnancy or any other characteristic protected by law. Performance and qualifications are the only basis upon which we hire, assign, promote, compensate, develop and retain employees. Chubb prohibits all unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation against any individual who reports discrimination or harassment.

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