CFO, Wholesale & Specialty Division

Overview

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it.

The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs. Join us and play your part in something special! Markel is seeking a CFO to support our Wholesale & Specialty division. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the U.S. E&S and Admitted insurance market, as well as a demonstrated track record of financial and operational business partnering. In addition, the candidate will need a strong understanding of both actuarial pricing and reserving techniques and results.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Leadership : Oversee the financial operations of the Specialty and Wholesale Insurance Division, ensuring alignment with the company’s strategic goals.
• Business Leadership : Be an active and engaged member of the Wholesale and Specialty executive leadership team – participating in strategic planning discussions, challenging the business to reach financial outcomes, and interpreting and communicating financial results back to business leadership.
• Operational oversight : Lead and develop integrated strategies for key operational teams within the Wholesale and Specialty division.
• Actuarial Engagement : Serve as primary business liaison with the actuarial function, partnering with the divisional chief actuary around reserving and pricing work priorities, deliverables, and communication.
• Strategic Planning : Develop and implement financial strategies that support long-term growth and profitability. Support business growth initiatives with appropriate financial and capital returns analysis.
• Budgeting and Forecasting : Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes to ensure accurate and timely reporting to executive leadership.
• Risk Management : Identify and manage financial risks to the division and divisional plans to protect the division’s assets and reputation.
• Business Partnering : Be the voice of the division within Markel’s global finance function and be the voice of global finance within the division around financial outcomes, metrics, incentives, and strategic planning.
• Team Leadership : Build and lead a high-performing team, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
• Stakeholder Engagement : Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including senior management, brokers & agents, reinsurers, key customers and auditors.
• Facilitate strong relationships with group CFO, accounting, capital, treasury, and FP&A finance support teams to best service the division’s success.
• Financial Analysis : Conduct detailed financial analyses to support decision-making and drive business performance.

Qualifications

Experience :

US Work Authorization

US Work Authorization required. Markel does not provide visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future.

Pay information :

The base salary offered for the successful candidate will be based on compensable factors such as job-relevant education, job-relevant experience, training, licensure, demonstrated competencies, geographic location, and other factors. The national average salary for the CFO, Wholesale & Specialty Division is $290,000 - $355,000 with 65% short-term incentive and 35% long-term incentive.

Who we are :

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better

We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you :

In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work.

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

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