Financial Examiner Lead (Director/MD/Partner)

Overview

This role provides oversight over financial examinations and regulatory consulting services in a lead capacity on behalf of clients (state insurance departments). The position offers opportunities for advancement, significant professional growth, and the chance to lead multi-state examinations and client engagements.

Work is remote from any US location, with travel required at times.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with clients and sell regulatory services.
• Prepare and perform QA reviews of proposals, ensuring high-quality work delivered on time and within budget.
• Serve as Examiner-in-Charge (EIC) on examinations and ensure compliance with applicable guidance and requirements.
• Lead numerous comprehensive multi-state, risk-focused, targeted, and interim financial examinations in accordance with the NAIC Financial Condition Examiners Handbook (the Handbook).
• Handle client relationship and project execution responsibilities from start to finish, including RFP/proposal stage, contracting/risk management process, planning and execution, and completion of deliverables.
• Review examination work papers for quality; provide on-the-job training, developmental coaching, and feedback to team members (and, as applicable, state department personnel).
• Draft key examination deliverables (e.g., Report on Examination, Management Letter, Summary Review Memorandum) and supporting documentation and schedules; recommend solutions for inclusion in client communications.
• Review and assess insurance company documentation and data to determine compliance with states’ insurance statutes and regulations.
• Recommend and document actions to ensure compliance with insurance statutes and regulations.
• Lead discussions of issues with examinee companies and support issue resolution.
• Analyze reports and records, and prepare clear, complete, concise examination reports and exhibits for client review.
• Provide trainings and presentations to small or large groups of state insurance department employees or internal staff on insurance industry and examination topics, including risk-focused examination matters.
• Make decisions based on input and analysis from the examination team or regulators.
• Demonstrate strong technology skills for producing presentations, spreadsheets, and project planning (e.g., TeamMate, Access, and MS Excel/Word/PowerPoint).
• Cross-sell other service lines to clients, including investment, actuarial, IT, and market regulation.
• Own growth and manage the quality of a multi-million-dollar portfolio of financial business.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, with a preference in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum of 10+ years of insurance experience with a State Insurance Department, insurance company, examination firm dealing with financial examinations, or with a public accounting firm as an internal or external auditor of insurance companies.
• Candidates must have completed or be actively pursuing the professional insurance designation of CFE (Certified Financial Examiner); CPA preferred but not required.
• Flexibility for travel, when necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior EIC experience on financial examinations of significant size and complexity.
• Deep insurance industry experience and expertise or significant knowledge and understanding across all lines of insurance.

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation Range: $81,400 - $153,500
• Discretionary bonus eligibility based on firm and individual performance.
• Competitive benefits and compensation package (details not specified in the posting).

Location

• Work from home: any US location.
• Travel: may be required at times.