Chief Financial Officer, North America

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General Re Corporation, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is a holding company for global reinsurance and related operations, with more than 2,000 employees worldwide. It owns General Reinsurance Corporation and General Reinsurance AG, which conducts business as Gen Re.

Gen Re delivers reinsurance solutions to the Life/Health and Property/Casualty insurance industries. Represented in all major reinsurance markets through a network of 38 offices, we have earned superior financial strength ratings from each of the major rating agencies.

Gen Re currently offers an excellent opportunity for a Chief Financial Officer, North America, based in our Stamford, CT office with a hybrid work arrangement (2 day office minimum).

Role Description

The Chief Financial Officer, North America serves as the senior finance leader for Gen Re’s North American operations, spanning property/casualty and life/health reinsurance and insurance. The role is responsible for financial leadership, reporting, controls, capital and regulatory finance, and decision support for executive leadership, business units, legal entity governance, and Board-related matters.

The ideal candidate will bring deep reinsurance (preferred) or insurance finance experience, strong U.S. GAAP and U.S. statutory accounting knowledge, executive presence, sound judgment, and the ability to lead a high-performing finance team in a complex, regulated environment.

Reporting Relationships

- Reports to the Global Chief Financial Officer. - Partners closely with North American business unit leaders, legal entity boards and committees, international finance teams, and corporate functional leaders. - Leads the North America finance organization, including financial reporting, management reporting, controls, treasury coordination, and related finance functions.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting, Accounting, and Controls

- Oversee accurate and timely U.S. GAAP, U.S. statutory, IFRS-related, management, and regulatory reporting for North American legal entities and branches. - Maintain a strong control environment and provide technical accounting leadership oncomplex reinsurance, investment, capital, tax, audit and legal entity matters.

Strategic Financial Leadership

- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on financial performance, capital, expenses, and strategic priorities. - Translate financial results and trends into clear insights and support scenario analysis and major business decisions, systems initiatives, and regulatory developments for executive, business unit, governance, and parent-company audiences.

Capital, Treasury, and Regulatory Finance

- Lead finance support for capital adequacy, dividend planning, liquidity, solvency, and rating agency-related analyses.

- Partner with treasury, investments, actuarial, legal, tax, and risk management on capital allocation and regulatory finance matters.

- Oversee finance contributions to ORSA, stress testing, legal entity governance, and other regulatory submissions.

Business Partnership and Performance Management

- Partner with Property/Casualty and Life/Health leaders to understand drivers of results and support disciplined decision-making.

- Provide financial perspective on reinsurance transactions, portfolio management activities, operational initiatives, and expense discipline. - Prepare concise, accurate, and well-supported materials for executive, Board, committee, and parent-company audiences.

Leadership and Talent Development

- Lead and develop a high-performing finance organization, building talent and succession strength while fostering accountability, collaboration, integrity and fostering clear accountability, strong technical standards, and a continuous improvement mindset.

- Drive modernization of finance processes, systems, reporting, data capabilities,automation and appropriate use of AI while maintaining strong controls and governance.

Role Qualifications and Experience

Required Qualifications

- Senior finance leadership experience in insurance, reinsurance, financial services, or another complex regulated environment.

- Strong technical knowledge of insurance accounting, U.S. statutory reporting, U.S. GAAP, management reporting, internal controls, audit, and regulatory finance.

- Demonstrated ability to advise executive leadership and governance bodies on financial results, risks, capital, and strategic priorities.

- Proven success leading and developing finance teams through organizational, process, system and technology change.

• Bachelor’s degree required

- Connects financial insight to underwriting, capital, expense, and strategic decisions.

- Communicates complex matters clearly and credibly with senior leaders and governance bodies.

- Upholds strong technical standards, integrity, accountability, and regulatory discipline.

- Builds trusted relationships across business units, functions, geographies, and parent-company stakeholders.

- Improves processes, systems, reporting, and organizational effectiveness without compromising controls. Open to exploring what AI can do to improve the Finance function.

Preferred Qualifications

- Property/casualty and life/health reinsurance finance experience. - CPA, MBA, or equivalent advanced qualification

- Experience with reserve-related finance processes, branch reporting, U.S. statutory filings, and Canadian regulatory requirements.

- Experience supporting Board, Audit Committee, Risk Committee, or parent-company reporting.

- Familiarity with financial systems implementation, data governance, and finance process automation.

- Experience in a decentralized ownership environment is helpful

Location and Work Arrangement

Expected to be based in Stamford, Connecticut, with a hybrid work arrangement (2 days office minimum) and periodic travel to other Gen Re locations, leadership meetings, governance meetings, and auditor or regulator discussions as needed.

Salary Range

217,000.00 - 350,000.00 USD

Base pay is one component of our total compensation package. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a retirement plan, paid time off, sick leave, holidays, and bonus or incentive compensation, where applicable. The actual rate of pay offered will depend on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, skills, experience, education, certifications, geographic location, and business needs. The compensation range listed reflects the range the Company reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of posting.

Our Corporate Headquarters Address

General Reinsurance Corporation

400 Atlantic Street, 9th Floor

Stamford, CT 06901 (US)

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