Chief Financial Officer APAC (Williamstown)

What's the role about? The APAC Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a senior strategic leader and trusted advisor responsible for shaping and executing the financial vision of the APAC business. Reporting to the International CFO, the APAC CFO partners closely with the APAC President and regional executive leaders to drive financial strategy, optimization performance, and enable sustainable growth. This role leads all aspects of financial strategy, planning, governance, and business performance across a complex, multi-market region. Through deep commercial insight, disciplined financial management, and strong executive influence, the APAC CFO will help steer the region’s strategic direction and ensure alignment with enterprise-wide objectives. The role may be based in Sydney or Melbourne. Responsibilities
- Lead, shape, and execute APAC’s financial strategy, ensuring effective implementation in line with enterprise and regional objectives.
- Own financial planning, forecasting, target setting, and performance management processes, including oversight of liquidity, capital, and solvency management.
- Partner with the business to support strategy development and execution, enabling APAC’s vision and the creation of sustainable customer, client, and enterprise value.
- Serve as a strategic business partner to the senior executive leadership team, providing insight, challenge, and decision support on complex business matters.
- Provide the Board and Executive Leadership with accurate, timely, and insightful financial reporting, ensuring transparency, integrity, and clarity of results.
- Monitor, analyze, and report on APAC’s overall business and enterprise profitability, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Ensure adherence to the "Business Process," embedding strong governance across investment and commercial decisions. Support the evaluation and execution of new business initiatives, partnerships, and commercial opportunities through robust financial analysis and governance.
- Actively challenge the Executive team to drive optimal business performance, including revenue growth, cost discipline, and capital efficiency.
- Establish, maintain, and continuously enhance financial and operational controls, ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory, and internal governance requirements. Desired Qualifications & Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or relevant Master’s degree preferred.
- Professional certification strongly preferred: CPA/CA, CMA, and/or CFA.
- Ongoing executive education in strategy, analytics, or digital transformation is a plus. Experience
- 15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience, including 8–10 years in regional or multi-country leadership roles.
- Demonstrated success owning a full P&L; and leading FP&A; for a complex, multi-market business, ideally within the insurance/reinsurance industry.
- Significant exposure to commercial finance (pricing, contracts, partnerships), resource allocation, and capital efficiency.
- Proven track record driving value creation (margin expansion, ROIC, cash conversion) and cost/productivity programs. Technical & Functional Expertise
- Financial strategy and planning, including long-range planning and driver-based forecasting.
- Deep expertise in IFRS, internal controls/SOX, statutory reporting, and governance.
- Treasury leadership across liquidity, FX, working capital, capital structure, and solvency.
- Strong understanding of regional tax environments and transfer pricing (in partnership with Tax).
- M&A; evaluation, business cases, due diligence, and post-deal integration.
- Performance management, profitability analytics, and portfolio optimisation.
- Familiarity with APAC regulatory, reporting, and data/privacy standards.
- Proven ability to build, scale, and develop high-performing finance teams across multiple markets. Equal Chance Statement Assurant is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not use or consider race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law in employment decisions. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3r8eyr