Senior Director of Financial Reporting

A major Canadian insurer is looking for a technically strong Financial Reporting leader to help steer its insurance finance function through a period of continued regulatory and reporting evolution — with IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 at the centre of the mandate.

The Opportunity

As Senior Director, Financial Reporting, you will lead the external and regulatory financial reporting function for a complex insurance business, working closely with the FP&A leadership team as part of a broader Finance leadership group. You will own the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial statements and regulatory filings, and act as the technical accounting authority on IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 matters across the organization.

This is a highly technical, highly visible mandate. You will partner with senior actuarial, finance, and audit stakeholders to ensure reporting frameworks reflect current standards, and you will play a key role in ongoing refinement of IFRS 17 processes post-implementation.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the financial reporting function for a complex insurance business, overseeing statutory, regulatory (OSFI), and external financial reporting
• Act as the senior technical resource on IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 application, interpretation, and ongoing process refinement
• Partner with actuarial, tax, and audit teams to ensure reporting outputs are accurate, well-controlled, and defensible
• Oversee the preparation and review of financial statements, disclosures, and regulatory filings
• Identify and lead process improvements as reporting requirements and standards continue to evolve
• Present findings, risks, and reporting implications to senior finance leadership and audit committees
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of financial reporting professionals

Must-Have Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive financial/accounting reporting experience, with significant exposure to life insurance or group benefits
• Hands‑on IFRS 17 experience — ideally including direct involvement in an implementation
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS 9 and its interaction with insurance reporting
• Proven ability to translate complex technical accounting requirements into practical reporting processes
• Experience partnering with actuarial and audit stakeholders in a regulated insurance environment
• Big 4 public accounting background

Nice to Have

• Experience with OSFI regulatory reporting requirements
• Exposure to actuarial concepts or valuation methodology
• Experience leading or supporting system/process changes tied to IFRS 17 implementation

Why This Role?

• Technical ownership — you'll be the go-to authority on two of the most consequential accounting standards in insurance finance today
• High visibility — direct exposure to senior Finance leadership and audit committee
• A team and mandate built around getting IFRS 17 reporting right long after go-live, not just through implementation