Accounting And Compliance Manager

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About the PositionThe Accounting & Compliance Manager leads a team of accounting professionals responsible for supporting insurance brokerage and enterprise accounting operations within the HUB Financial Center (HFC). This role provides leadership, oversight, and strategic direction to ensure the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of financial reporting processes, including period-end close activities, account reconciliations, journal entries, and compliance requirements.
The Manager partners closely with stakeholders to drive operational excellence, strengthen internal controls, support audit and regulatory requirements, and identify opportunities for process improvement and innovation. Through effective leadership and team development, this role fosters a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and service excellence.
A strong commitment to professional development is essential, with a focus on developing themselves and the team to support our collective success and that of the organization.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Lead, coach, develop, and evaluate team members and Supervisors, setting clear performance expectations and fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and professional growth.
Develop and coach current and future leaders within A&C to build leadership capability and bench strength across the team.
Establish, monitor, and report department performance metrics.
Build and maintain strong partnerships with Accounting, Finance, Treasury, and IT.
Collaborate with other HFC leaders to drive overall success of our shared services center.
Ensure the team’s accounting complies with US GAAP and HUB’s accounting policies and procedures, and resolve or elevate exceptions.
Manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual close for assigned entities and processes across the GL, broker management, and any acquired systems, as applicable, driving quality through account substantiation, balance sheet review, and variance analysis.
Manage the timely and accurate preparation, review, and approval of reconciliations and journal entries for assigned accounts, entities, and processes.
Support the accounting conversion of acquired entities from acquisition systems into HUB’s broker management and GL systems.
Compliance, Audit & Internal Controls
Serve as control owner of multiple SOX controls, including timely performance, documented review, and evidence retention. Partner with the Internal Controls & SOX Compliance team to support the control environment.
Work with Internal Audit and external auditors on control assessments, deficiency evaluation, and management responses, and lead coordination of audit requests across teams.
Maintain process documentation aligned with control requirements, and ensure team members understand their control responsibilities, including segregation of duties.
Ensure the team meets applicable regulatory requirements for assigned processes.
Process Improvement & Systems
Identify and lead opportunities to improve processes, automate manual work, and drive innovation within the team.
Partner with IT and functional system owners so that accounting and control requirements are considered in system implementations, upgrades, and configuration changes.
Qualifications
8+ years of progressive experience in the accounting field.
5+ years of team leadership experience, including setting a clear vision and developing teams in dynamic environments.
Strong knowledge of US GAAP, SOX compliance, and internal controls.
Strong planning and coordination skills, with the initiative to drive priorities forward and balance competing stakeholder needs in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adjust messaging for varied audiences and drive alignment across teams.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
Advanced Excel skills and expertise in utilizing Generative AI.
Flexibility of work hours during peak times;
travel may be required (Preferred Qualifications
Industry experience in insurance, financial services, or brokerage.
Experience with managing one or more of the following: shared-service accounting centers, offshore delivery models, cross-border teams, fixed and intangible assets, M&A accounting/finance, insurance accounting, audit coordination.
Experience with ERP and reconciliation tools (e.G., Oracle Fusion, BlackLine) and broker management systems (e.G., Applied Epic, BenefitPoint).
Education Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
Pay transparencyThe expected salary range for this position is $100,000 to $130,000 and will be impacted by factors such as the successful candidate’s skills, experience and working location, as well as the specific position’s business line, scope and level. HUB International is proud to offer comprehensive benefit and total compensation packages which include extended health benefits, disability insurance, RRSP matching, paid-time-off benefits, and eligible bonuses, and commissions for some positions.
The HUB differenceHUB International is one of North America’s largest insurance brokers, delivering risk management, insurance, employee benefits, retirement and wealth management solutions to businesses and individuals across the United States and Canada — through locally led teams backed by national expertise, giving you the agility of a local partner and the reach of a global organization.
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