Description and Requirements

Position: Vice President, Reinsurance Accounting Strategy and Solutions

Location(s): Tampa, FL

Setting: Hybrid

Reports to: Senior Vice President - US Controller

The Team You Will Join

This new leadership role will be part of the Controls, Analysis and Reporting team within MetLife’s Financial Management Group.

The Opportunity

Global Accounting and Finance lead with respect to:

• all strategic initiatives involving reinsurance, including captives and offshore reinsurers
• all new and existing product initiatives in the U.S. involving reinsurance
• all insurance related de-risking activities in MetLife Holdings (reinsurance or non-reinsurance)

How You’ll Help Us Build a Confident Future:

• Partnering with CFO, Actuarial, Controllers, Treasury, the Business, and M&A (where applicable) in providing real-time feedback on accounting and financial reporting implications of various structures and alternative solutions as they are developed and finalized
• Overseeing the identification, resolution, and documentation of all reinsurance technical accounting issues (STAT and GAAP)
• Overseeing the establishment of accounting/reporting playbooks (inception and ongoing)
• Identifying and assisting in establishing additional internal controls over significant new reinsurance transactions (inception and ongoing)
• Coordinating with Actuarial, CFO, and FP&A to ensure impacts to near term STAT and GAAP projections and longer term business plans are accurate and complete for senior management/potential Board presentations
• Taking a leading role in educating senior management on initial an ongoing impacts to Stat capital, STAT and GAAP segment earnings, EPS, etc.
• Coordinating with STAT, Communications, M&A, Legal and SEC reporting teams to ensure appropriate consideration given to additional public disclosures (including Press releases, 8-K’s, QFS, Investor Day, 10K’s and 10Qs)

What You Need to Succeed (Required Qualifications):

• Strong financial background and record of success in partnering with business leaders to drive growth.
• 15+ years of experience in Accounting and/or Financial Reporting - with a focus on Insurance and Reinsurance
• Strong analytical skills and business judgment.
• Accomplished change management leader, able to operate effectively in a highly matrix environment.
• Undergraduate degree required

What Will Give You an Edge (Additional Skills)

• MBA and/or CPA preferred

Benefits We Offer

Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!

About MetLife

Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2023 "World's Most Admired Companies" as well as the 2023 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For ®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!

Equal Employment Opportunity/Disability/Veterans

If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.

MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.

Benefits We Offer

Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!

About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2023 "World's Most Admired Companies" as well as the 2023 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For ®, MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!

Equal Employment Opportunity/Disability/Veterans

If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.

MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.