Chief Financial Officer – APAC, Insurance Domain

Assurant

CFO leading financial strategy and performance management for APAC region at Assurant, providing senior leadership and decision support.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeBengaluru • 🇮🇳 IndiaLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.
Collaborate closely with the Tax function to ensure optimal and compliant tax treatment of the business as part of overall financial oversight.
Evaluate financial performance and provide forward‑looking insights and recommendations to support both short‑term objectives and long‑term growth strategies.
Lead and maintain positive, transparent, and effective engagement with key internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or relevant master’s preferred.
18+ 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.
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 in Financial strategy & planning, Controllership & reporting, Treasury & capital, Tax awareness, M&A/Business cases, Performance management, and Regulatory environments.
People leadership: Built and scaled high‑performing finance teams across multiple countries; succession planning and coaching top talent.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Professional certification strongly preferred: CPA/CA , CMA , and/or CFA .
Ongoing executive education in strategy, analytics, or digital transformation is a plus.

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial strategyfinancial planningforecastingperformance managementP&L managementFP&Acommercial financecapital efficiencyfinancial reportingregulatory compliance

Soft Skills

strategic partnershipleadershipstakeholder engagementinsightful communicationdecision supportcoachingteam buildingperformance optimizationrisk analysistrend identification

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in FinanceBachelor’s degree in AccountingBachelor’s degree in EconomicsMBA