{"id":1304088,"url":"https://alion.io/job/berkley-re-avp-controller","title":"AVP- Controller","company":{"id":449205,"name":"Berkley Re","domain":"berkleyre.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/berkley-re","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"iCIMS","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":4,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":9,"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Finance","role_family":"Finance","seniority":"head","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Westbrook, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":130000,"max":150000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":150000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Power BI","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-26T12:56:47Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-26","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26T13:37:02Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"Company Details\nAcadia Insurance is a regional property casualty insurer with offices throughout the Northeast. As a member of W.R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB), one of the largest property casualty insurance holding companies in the United States, our financial strength and integrity are two of the main reasons why Independent Agents place business with us. Acadia is rated A+ (Superior) by A.M. Best, with an A+ claim paying ability rating by Standard & Poor’s.\nAt Acadia, we value our employees, our customers and our communities. Employees at Acadia are part of a progressive company where everyone can make a difference. We promote an inclusive environment which encourages continuous learning and the chance to grow and develop.\nCompany URL: https://www.acadiainsurance.com/\nResponsibilities\nThe Controller is an experienced financial professional who provides insurance accounting technical expertise, strategic leadership and direction, and ensures the timely and accurate reporting of the monthly and quarterly financial statements and corresponding reports. The position oversees the financial operations of the company and manages the financial accounting and financial operations teams. The position requires direct General Ledger and ERP (enterprise resource planning) experience; significant skill in leveraging technology for financial analysis and reporting; a strong ability to mine and analyze data (from the company’s data warehouse and various source systems) and synthesize large quantities of data and make it useable and useful to a broad variety of audiences; and experience developing various levels of financial reports for different audiences (e.g., for internal departments, management teams, leadership teams, and for our parent-company). In addition to a high degree of accounting expertise, the Controller has the ability to engage in emerging technology and innovation initiatives and to work collaboratively across the organization and to successfully lead a team. The Controller should be comfortable preparing and presenting executive level presentations to a broad variety of audiences. The Controller supports the strategic vision of the CFO and of the Company’s leadership teams.\nPrepare and analyze the Company’s financial statements. These include quarterly and annual statements prepared and presented on a GAAP and Statutory basis.\nManage the General ledger including posting GL entries, preparing the trial balance, reviewing and approving the journal entries of staff, and closing the books monthly and quarterly on a four-day schedule. Ensure timely and accurate monthly and quarterly financial statements.\nAggregate data from various source systems (including the company’s data warehouse) and develop meaningful analysis and useful reports.\nPresent financial analysis, findings, and results to a broad set of audiences.\nPrepare internal monthly management reports and analyze actual results to plan and vs year-over-year results.\nAssist in the preparation of the Company’s annual financial and operating plans.\nVerification of ledger data to source systems.\nManage daily functions of the finance department, oversee all accounts receivable and cash receipts processes.\nWork in coordination with departments to write and update SOX narratives. Ensure appropriate internal controls are in place and are adhered to so as to ensure the integrity of financial information and the safeguarding of the Company’s assets.\nDirect quarterly SOX testing and auditing and recommend process improvements.\nPresent process improvement recommendations and supporting analysis to senior staff.\nEstablish and communicate the Company’s accounting and reporting policies and procedures.\nDetermine the impact of new accounting developments on the Company, and develop and execute a plan to adopt new standards.\nMaintain the Company’s general ledger, assessing technology utilization in the financial processes and developing annual plans for developments on key application systems.\nManage the external financial audit process with our independent auditor and work with our internal auditors. Assess audit issues, communicating appropriately with senior management, and resolve key recommendations.\nDirect staff including training, career development, performance objectives and evaluation, recruitment and staff retention.\nLiaise with parent company finance staff. Assist in coordination of strategic projects and provide suggestions for improvements in finance operations.\nDevelopment of new products and initiatives including interfaces with Finance and the creation of financial models for use in evaluating potential new initiatives.\nProvide critical financial analyses to the CFO and management.\nOther duties as assigned.\nQualifications\nBachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university and eight to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. In depth knowledge of insurance industry accounting and direct General ledger experience. A CPA and/or a CPCU is a plus.\nMinimum of 10 years of finance/accounting experience\nMinimum of 5 years of experience leading and engaging financial reporting & operations teams in fast-paced results driven organizations\nPreferred Work Experiences: minimum 2 years public accounting experience; Property & Casualty insurance industry experience\nExperience with the following technologies preferred: Essbase, OBIEE, VENA Solutions, PeopleSoft and PowerBI.\nMust demonstrate attention to detail in a fast-paced work environment and the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously to drive results.\nCommunicates effectively with teammates and others, leading meetings and interacting with increasingly higher levels of management to gather information and effectively present results and recommendations.\nConsistently demonstrate positive innovation behaviors that support new ideas to keep the department and company moving forward.\nProactively demonstrate assessment of risks within internal controls, processes and financials, and demonstrates monitoring and risk assessment.\nThe Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.\nAdditional Company Details\nThe company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees which for this role include: • Base Salary Range: $130,000 - $150,000 We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiting agencies or firms.Sponsorship Details\nSponsorship not Offered for this Role","description_format":"text","description_chars":6541,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":5,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Continuous learning"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Events & Ticketing","Reinsurance"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-26T12:56:47Z"}],"liveness":{"score":89,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.888,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":9,"reasons":["conf:40","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":150000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/berkley-re-avp-controller","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/berkley-re-avp-controller.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-29T01:24:32Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1003,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3997,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-30T00:00:00Z"}}}