Financial Controller

Let’s grow together!

About Zurich Cover-More

Zurich Cover-More is one of the world’s largest travel insurance and assistance providers and part of Zurich Insurance Group, a leading multi-line insurer. We stand for more care, more cover, for all, and we look after more than 20 million of the world’s travellers every year, making sure we are there every step of their journey.

Our family of customer-facing brands include Travel Guard, Cover-More Travel Insurance, Travelex Insurance, Universal Assistance, World Travel Protection, Freely and Blue Insurance. We are a connected and caring workforce of more than 2600 employees with teams in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific.

Our global delivery platform provides a consistent multi-lingual service experience and ability to write insurance policies in more than 50 countries. Zurich Cover-More has more 200 distribution partners around the world including airlines, global travel companies, major banks and credit card providers and leading retailers.

Zurich Cover-More is looking for a dynamic Financial Controller to join our team in Schaumburg, IL! In this high-impact role, you’ll lead talented teams across Schaumburg and other Zurich Cover-More locations, driving financial accuracy and integrity on a global scale. You’ll prepare the North American financial results and review the consolidated financial statements for all countries where Zurich Cover-More write local policies, ensuring compliance with IFRS, U.S. GAAP, and various statutory requirements. This role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate across borders, influence key decisions, and occasionally travel to our different locations in North America and overseas as part of your leadership responsibilities.

What’s the job?

• You’ll coordinate with Zurich business units across the Group who will be preparing and submitting financial results on behalf of Zurich Cover-More.
• You’ll oversee day to day and close related ledger tasks as well as preparing IFRS, GAAP and statutory financial statements on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis.
• You’ll supervise and lead a team to support the completion of Financial Accounting and Reporting team goals and objectives.
• You’ll monitor, assess, and evaluate adherence to Group Accounting policies.
• You’ll manage day-to-day accounting activities or ad hoc tasks, including financial controls, supporting the local (management, GAAP, and statutory) and Group (IFRS) reporting requirements,
• You’ll coordinate with external auditors in relation to Zurich Cover-More IFRS, US statutory and US GAAP financial statement audit procedures.

What are we looking for?

• You’ll have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree is beneficial.
• You’ll be a CPA with 10+ years of Accounting, Audit or Finance experience.
• You’ll have 8+ years of experience managing a team of 20+.
• You’ll possess a strong understand of insurance accounting, including IFRS 17.
• You’ll have experience managing a business with at least $1 billion in annual revenue.

Why choose us?

We value optimism, caring, togetherness, reliability, and determination.

We have more than 2600 employees worldwide: we are a global group of digital specialists, actuaries, marketers, doctors, nurses, case managers, claims specialists, finance experts and customer service professionals. We share a global purpose to look after travelers, at every step of their journey.

Job flexibility. We understand the importance of making sure that work fits into your life, not the other way around.  Our hybrid approach ensures our employees maintain work-life balance with the flexibility of 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home.

Career growth. This is an extremely exciting time for us at Zurich Cover-More, as we are rapidly growing our business around the world. We are dedicated to helping our employees reach their full potential through a comprehensive onboarding program, ongoing professional development opportunities and a supportive work environment that encourages growth.

Take the time you need, for you and your community. We encourage you to take the time you need when you need it. We offer regular annual and personal leave benefits (everyone starts with 19 days) along with volunteering leave and a comprehensive paid parental leave scheme.

Investing in your health and your future. We offer a competitive high deductible health plan, EAP programs and access to health and well-being activities along with 401(k) program with employer matching to help you plan for your future.

Diversity and inclusion. We respect who you are and thoroughly embrace diversity. So whatever walk of life you wander, just be you and come as you are. 

Apply today and let’s go great places together!

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The salary range for this role is $149,500-244,900. This is the range Zurich Cover-More in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of the posting. Base pay offered may vary depending on, but not limited to education, experience, skills, geographic location, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business needs. This range may be modified in the future. This job is also bonus eligible. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable.