Focus People

Are you an insurance accounting or statutory reporting professional ready to take the next step into leadership?

Assistant Director – Insurance Financial Analysis & Regulatory Accounting

Location: Atlanta, GA

Employment Type: Direct Hire | Full-Time

Schedule: Monday–Friday, Standard Business Hours

Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite

Position Overview

Focus People is seeking an experienced insurance accounting and financial regulatory professional for a direct-hire Assistant Director opportunity with a state government insurance regulatory organization in Atlanta, GA.

This leadership position will help oversee the financial analysis and ongoing financial surveillance of insurance companies. The Assistant Director will provide guidance to financial analysts, evaluate insurer financial condition and solvency, review statutory and regulatory financial information, identify emerging financial risks, and help ensure compliance with applicable insurance regulations, NAIC standards, and Statutory Accounting Principles (SAP).

We are particularly interested in candidates with hands-on experience in insurance accounting, statutory financial reporting, insurance financial examinations, regulatory accounting, or insurer financial analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in supervising and developing financial analysts and contractors responsible for insurance financial surveillance.
• Oversee the analysis of annual and quarterly insurer financial statements and supplemental regulatory filings.
• Evaluate insurer financial condition, solvency, capital adequacy, profitability, liquidity, reserves, and financial trends.
• Review audited financial reports, actuarial opinions, management discussion and analysis, holding-company filings, ORSA reports, enterprise-risk information, and other financial documentation.
• Apply insurance accounting concepts and Statutory Accounting Principles (SAP) when evaluating insurer financial condition.
• Review and utilize applicable NAIC financial analysis and solvency tools, including RBC, FAST, IRIS, Financial Profile reports, and other risk-focused surveillance resources.
• Identify accounting concerns, unusual financial trends, solvency risks, and regulatory issues requiring additional analysis or corrective action.
• Review analysts' work for accuracy, consistency, documentation quality, and appropriate financial conclusions.
• Coordinate with financial examination teams and other regulatory functions regarding ongoing insurer monitoring.
• Communicate with insurance company executives, accounting and finance professionals, auditors, actuaries, regulators, and other stakeholders.
• Research and interpret insurance regulations, statutory accounting guidance, and NAIC requirements.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and professional development to financial analysis staff.
• Escalate significant financial or regulatory concerns and assist in determining appropriate regulatory actions.

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate will combine strong insurance industry knowledge with meaningful accounting or financial reporting experience.

Relevant backgrounds may include:

• Insurance accounting
• Statutory accounting and reporting
• Insurance financial reporting
• Regulatory accounting
• Insurance financial examinations
• Insurer financial analysis and solvency surveillance
• Insurance controllership
• Reinsurance accounting
• Insurance audit
• Regulatory financial reporting

Preferred Technical Experience

Experience with several of the following is highly desirable:

• Statutory Accounting Principles (SAP)
• NAIC annual and quarterly financial statements
• GAAP and statutory financial reporting
• Risk-Based Capital (RBC)
• FAST and IRIS
• ORSA
• Insurer solvency analysis
• Capital and surplus analysis
• Reinsurance accounting
• Holding-company filings
• Audited financial statements
• Insurance financial examinations
• Risk-focused financial surveillance

Direct experience with every listed NAIC tool is not required. Candidates with substantial insurance accounting, statutory reporting, financial examination, or regulatory accounting experience are encouraged to apply.

Leadership Qualifications

This position requires demonstrated leadership experience. Candidates should have experience supervising, mentoring, coaching, or reviewing the work of accountants, financial analysts, auditors, examiners, or other financial professionals.

The successful candidate will be comfortable:

• Reviewing complex financial information
• Identifying and communicating financial risks
• Challenging financial conclusions when appropriate
• Providing technical guidance to team members
• Communicating with senior executives and external stakeholders
• Managing multiple priorities and sensitive financial matters
• Making well-supported recommendations based on financial analysis

Education & Credentials

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent qualifying education and experience.
• Relevant insurance accounting, financial reporting, regulatory, audit, or examination experience.
• Professional credentials such as CPA, CFE, AFE, CPCU, FLMI, APIR, PIR, SPIR, or similar designations are highly valued but are not required for all candidates.

Professionals We Encourage to Apply

Candidates currently or previously working in positions such as:

Insurance Accounting Manager | Statutory Reporting Manager | Insurance Financial Reporting Manager | Insurance Controller | Assistant Controller | Financial Examiner | Senior Financial Examiner | Supervising Financial Examiner | Insurance Financial Analysis Manager | Regulatory Accounting Manager | Reinsurance Accounting Manager | Insurance Audit Manager

Experience may come from an insurance carrier, insurance regulatory agency, public accounting firm, regulatory consulting organization, or another environment involving insurance financial reporting and accounting.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to take your insurance accounting and financial expertise to the regulatory side of the industry.

Rather than focusing on the financial performance of a single organization, you will help evaluate the financial condition, solvency, risk, and regulatory compliance of insurance companies while providing leadership to professionals responsible for ongoing financial surveillance.

The position offers meaningful leadership responsibility, exposure to complex insurance financial matters, and the opportunity to contribute to the financial integrity of the insurance marketplace.

This is a direct-hire, full-time opportunity and requires 100% onsite work in Atlanta, GA.

Qualified insurance accounting and financial regulatory professionals are encouraged to apply.