Chief Financial Officer, the Netherlands

Amsterdam; Hybrid / Remote Working Opportunities Available

The opportunity:

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer Europe, you will be a business partner, that has primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all financial related activities. This includes forecasting, strategic planning, deal analysis, M&A support, and Finance Change/Transformation. In addition, the CFO has oversight for control, accounting and reporting, liquidity and treasury, capital and solvency management, Actuarial, Pricing and Underwriting and Tax functions. This role is a member of the Dutch Management Board with regulator responsibility.

Key responsibilities include;

• Lead, develop and direct financial strategy and implementation within the Netherlands
• Lead financial planning, forecasting and target setting, liquidity, capital and solvency management processes
• Support business strategy creation to realise vision and create sustainable customer, client & business value.
• Act as strategic business partner to senior executive leadership team and management board.
• Provide the Board and Executive team with accurate, timely and robust financial reporting.
• Monitor and report overall business and enterprise profitability
• Challenge the Board and Executive to ensure optimum business, revenue and cost control performance.
• Establish and maintain financial and other process controls to ensure the business is managed in accordance with its legal and regulatory obligations.
• Collaborate with the tax team to ensure effective tax treatment of the business (as part of oversight role).
• Assess and evaluate financial performance, provides insight and recommendations to both short-term and long-term growth plans of organization.
• Supports new business and commercial initiatives.
• Ensure appropriate systems and controls are in place to support all financial regulatory requirements.
• Define business excellence and quality standards that establish market “norms and benchmarks”.
• Builds capability and talent opportunity for all finance employees.
• Ensure lawful, regulatory & ethical conduct of business.

You will have the following skills;

• Member of either NBA/CIMA/ACCA or European equivalent institutes
• Extensive Post Qualification Experience
• Held Finance Director or CFO positions previously; preferably in Financial Services or Insurance industries
• Proficient in Solvency II, all pillars, including capital & carrier management.
• Proven commercial and strategy formulation experience
• Experience in mergers & acquisitions
• Approved regulator status required to perform in role (in the Netherlands)
• Competent in managing external stakeholders: Regulator officers, banks, external auditors.
• Operated at Board level and Executive Committee level in complex governance business
• Adept and working in a multi stakeholder and matrix organisation
• Knowledge of ESG
• C1 in Dutch and English language, both verbal and written

Benefits & Training

• Company and individual performance Bonus Scheme
• Premium Free Pension & WIA
• Car allowance
• 28 days holidays
• Internal Wellbeing Programme
• Learning and Development opportunities

At Assurant, diversity helps us inspire creativity in the global marketplace, and we are believers in the strategic value of inclusion and how it improves performance, creates growth opportunities, better aligns us to our clients, and enhances employee engagement.

Who are we?

Assurant, Inc. is a global leader in business services for the connected world. Our lifestyle and housing solutions help leading brands grow revenue, manage risk and provide a great experience for their customers. We support, connect and service over 300 million consumers worldwide, helping people get more value from their connected devices, vehicles and homes. Assurant is a proud member of the Fortune 500, with decades of experience in the industries we serve.

Our Values

Common Sense, Common Decency, Uncommon Thinking and Uncommon Results guide our every action at Assurant. These values inspire our commitment to be a responsible corporate citizen.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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