Director, Investment Accounting at Reinsurance Group of America in Hamilton, ON

Job description

You desire impactful work. You’re RGA ready RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies , we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all. A Brief Overview The Director, Investment Accounting - Bermuda is a senior individual contributor responsible for leading highly complex investment accounting, statutory reporting, and regulatory support for Bermuda legal entities and related investment structures. The role serves as the on-island investment accounting subject-matter expert, partnering with Bermuda Finance leadership, global Investment Accounting, Investments, Risk, Actuarial, Treasury, Tax, Legal, Compliance, and external service providers to deliver accurate reporting, strong controls, and timely responses to the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Work is performed with substantial independence, with escalation for policy-setting, material judgment, or enterprise-level decisions. What you will do Bermuda statutory and regulatory reporting: Lead the investment accounting components of Bermuda statutory financial reporting and regulatory returns, including investment, asset, funds-held, trust, capital, and solvency-related schedules. Interpret current requirements, coordinate source data and reviews, document judgments, and maintain audit-ready support. Financial close and legal-entity reporting: Lead month-end, quarter-end, and annual investment accounting activities for assigned Bermuda entities. Review results across asset classes, reporting bases, systems, and legal entities; analyze drivers and variances; and ensure reporting is complete, accurate, timely, and consistent. Technical accounting and complex transactions: Evaluate accounting and reporting implications of new investment strategies, reinsurance structures, funds-withheld arrangements, trusts, portfolio transfers, derivatives, private assets, structured investments, and other complex transactions. Prepare technical analyses and coordinate conclusions across applicable GAAP and Bermuda statutory frameworks. BMA and audit engagement: Serve as a primary investment accounting contact for Bermuda regulatory examinations, information requests, external audit, internal audit, and control reviews. Participate in meetings with Bermuda leadership and the BMA, explain methodologies and conclusions, and coordinate timely, accurate responses. Controls, governance, and data integrity: Own and enhance the control environment over Bermuda investment accounting and reporting. Establish reconciliations, review standards, documentation, issue escalation, and evidence retention; identify data or process risks; and drive sustainable remediation. Cross-functional partnership and operating model: Partner with global Investment Accounting and Bermuda-based Finance, Investments, Portfolio Management, ALM, Risk, Actuarial, Structured Finance, Treasury, Tax, Legal, Technology, and Operations. Clarify ownership, align portfolio and legal-entity data, and support an effective on-island operating model while maintaining enterprise standards. Process improvement and capability building: Lead initiatives that improve reporting quality, timeliness, transparency, automation, and scalability. Develop procedures, facilitate walkthroughs, transfer knowledge, mentor team members, and strengthen Bermuda-specific investment accounting capability across the wider organization. Maintain regular and predictable attendance and perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field required Master’s degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS) in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discip