The Market Risk function, within Enterprise Risk Management, is responsible for overseeing market, liquidity, portfolio, and asset-liability management (ALM) risks across the organization’s investment portfolios and balance sheet. The function provides independent risk oversight of interest rate, credit spread, equity, foreign exchange, liquidity, and concentration exposures, as well as asset-liability alignment.

The team is responsible for the development, enhancement, and governance of the economic capital framework related to the portfolio risks, ensuring appropriate measurement of risk exposures and alignment with capital adequacy and enterprise risk appetite objectives. The function also designs and executes stress testing, scenario analysis, and sensitivity testing frameworks to assess portfolio and balance sheet resilience under adverse market and liquidity conditions. This includes overseeing all aspects of the risk at Fortitude Life and Annuity Company (FLIAC).

Through robust analytics, forward-looking risk assessments, and capital impact analysis, the team supports proactive risk identification and mitigation. The function partners closely with Investments, Actuarial, Finance, Capital Management, Treasury, and Credit Risk to ensure risks are effectively measured, monitored, and managed within the approved enterprise risk appetite, capital framework, and regulatory requirements, supporting informed decision-making and long-term balance sheet resilience.

Position Summary

The AVP, Market Risk and ALM and Hedging role is part of our growing Market Risk team under the Enterprise Risk Management function. In this capacity, you will support the safeguarding our company's financial health and ensuring the successful implementation of our risk management strategies. Your range of responsibilities include overseeing the risk management of our hedging programs, evaluating and monitoring the performance of these programs. Building quantitative risk and valuation models to test and validate the various models sued by stakeholders across various asset classes including equity, fixed income and currency derivatives, and equity and rate stochastic volatility models. Ensuring adherence to ALM and hedging guidelines while working with internal stakeholders in ALM, Hedging, Treasury and Finance teams to support innovative solutions and strategies to optimize the balance sheet and augment the existing ALM framework. This position is responsible for supporting the Chief Risk Officer of FLIAC in day-to-day oversight of the risk management of hedging activities across the various hedging programs including the FLIAC legal entity (Fortitude Re’s Variable Annuity book of business). This position reports to the Senior Vice President, Head of Market Risk and Chief Risk Officer of FLIAC legal entity. This position initially is individual contributor and does not have any direct reports.

What You Will Do:

• Lead the advancement of methodology and implementation of Fortitude Re's market risk analytics and reporting, ensuring that proper information is captured within risk reports allowing for an insightful, transparent, and effective risk management and oversight across ALM and Hedging programs.
• Analyze and assess the impact of market risks on both the asset side and insurance liabilities, including interest rate risk, spread risk, equity risk, and liquidity risk. Communicate the observations and insights with our various internal stakeholders to help drive better decisions to manage the risk of our balance sheet.
• Collaborate closely with the Hedging and Trading team on day-to-day risk management efforts across the derivatives book and assets and liabilities in our balance sheet. Proactively identify and analyze potential market risk exposures across our balance sheet and, as well as collaborate and contribute to the development and implementation of robust hedging strategies.
• Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of existing and proposed hedging programs (e.g., Equity, Interest Rate, New Business Market Risk, FX, and Fund Basis risk) from both quantitative modeling and operational perspectives, recommending hedging strategies to optimize market risk mitigation and enhance portfolio performance and PnL.
• Identify issues, gaps, and research solutions as related to asset liability management practice, with a focus on optimizing risk management for firm’s balance sheet with specific insurance liabilities.
• Stay abreast of evolving regulatory requirements and industry best practices in Market Risk management, hedging strategies and ALM, leveraging knowledge to support enhancing Fortitude Re's existing risk management strategies and framework.
• Collaborate with Investments, Actuarial, Finance, Capital Management, and Treasury to strengthen asset-liability management, liquidity and hedging risk management frameworks for both in-force portfolios and new business initiatives.
• Maintain a deep understanding of insurance liability dynamics and their impact on the company's risk profile, including the liabilities of the new reinsurance deals.
• Monitor compliance with applicable regulatory frameworks (e.g., NAIC, BMA, RBC, or equivalent) and rating agency expectations related to ALM, Hedging and Liquidity risks.
• Support internal audits, regulatory examinations, and external reviews related to portfolio risk management.
• Promote a collaborative, accountable, and high-performance team culture aligned with organizational objectives.

What You Will Have:

• Graduate degree in Financial Engineering, Quantitative Finance, Actuarial Science, or related discipline with strong quantitative finance aptitude.
• Minimum of 7-12+ years of experience in market risk management, asset-liability management, and hedging and trading risk management, with a demonstrated understanding of the complexities in insurance liabilities.
• Demonstrated experience leading risk professionals or complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong quantitative and modeling expertise in derivatives, including experience with interest rate, equity, credit, volatility, correlation and portfolio models.
• Strong quantitative and modeling skills, including experience with industry-standard risk management software and both market risk and insurance liability models.
• Strong understanding of life and annuity insurance liability characteristics and asset-liability management principles.
• Familiarity with reinsurance industry, regulatory and capital regimes (e.g., NAIC, BMA, RBC, or equivalent).
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of various financial derivative models (interest rate, stochastic volatility, equity, etc.), and economic scenario generators is desired.
• Deep knowledge of fixed income asset classes regarding their risk profiles is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with data analytics tools such as SQL, Power BI, or similar platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to code in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Julia, C++).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and presentation skills, with experience communicating complex risk topics to senior leadership.
• Professional designation such as CFA, FRM, PRM, or Associate or Fellowship in the Society of Actuaries (ASA/FSA) is a plus.
• Proven ability to work independently and within a team environment.
• High attention to detail and highly organized with strong follow-through skills.
• Fast learner and adaptable to a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading projects and influencing stakeholders.
• Experience overseeing derivatives and hedging program risk management.
• Experience working within Bermuda regulatory frameworks.

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This AVP, Modeling role reports to the VP, FACET Modeling Actuary. The Fortitude Analytics and Computational Evaluation Tool (FACET) is an in-house build actuarial modeling platform supporting statutory, GAAP, capital, hedging, embedded value, and long-range projection use cases. The platform is in a rapid-moving phase to standup and expand. The AVP, Modeling Actuary will play a critical role to ensure the timely delivery of modeling capacities with operation integrity, and ensure FACET remains stable, auditable, scalable, and aligned with enterprise financial and risk objectives. 

This role will be based in our Jersey City, NJ office on a hybrid basis.

What You Will Do: 

• Support FACET actuarial modeling platform standup and expansion.
• Work closely with model developers and end users to ensure timely delivery of functionalities. 
• Ensure proper design and change management of data, actuarial code, interface and pipeline automation.
• Test and validate cross-module model changes.
• Ensure FACET supports enterprise ALM use cases including:  
  • Long-Range Projections (LRP) 
  • Embedded Value (EV)
  • Pricing (challenger and production applications) 
  • Capital / BSCR 
  • AIL / SBA / CFT 
• Assist for proper documentation of modeling and methodology changes to the Governance Committee where required.
• Ensure proper model development life cycle.

What You Will Have:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, mathematics, statistics, computer science or related field.
• 7+ years of progressively more responsible actuarial experience with Life Insurance, Annuity products or ALM equivalent environment.
• Proficient in Python, Julia, SQL, GitHub and standard modeling tools and technology.
• Demonstrated analytical ability to analyze large and complex data sets and deliver insights to drive business decisions.
• Ability to work in a dynamic professional environment and handle multiple projects and deadlines.
• Ability to build relationships and communicate effectively across multiple levels and functions.
• Experience transitioning from vendor modeling platforms to internally developed solutions, preferred. 
• Ability to use/review/validate AI-generated code, preferred.
• Familiarity with open-source development practices, version control, CI/CD, and testing frameworks, preferred.

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The AVP, Compensation is a key member of the Total Rewards team, responsible for leading the design, governance, and delivery of Fortitude’s compensation programs. In partnership with the SVP, Total Rewards, this role drives the execution of the company’s compensation strategy as a component of the overall Total Rewards’ strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities, talent objectives, and market competitiveness.

The AVP will oversee core compensation functions including annual compensation planning, incentive and equity programs, and pay equity analysis. This role serves as an advisor to partners cross-functionally to enable consistent, data-driven, and equitable pay decisions across the organization.

What You Will Do: 

Compensation Strategy & Program Governance

• Partner with the SVP, Total Rewards to operationalize and evolve the company’s compensation philosophy and strategy
• Play a leading role in the governance and continuous improvement of compensation programs, including base salary structures, incentive plans, and equity programs
• Establish and maintain frameworks, guidelines, and controls to support consistent and effective pay decisions
• Ensure integration with benefits, well-being, and overall employee value proposition

Stakeholder Advisory & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Act as consultant to People Partners, Talent Acquisition, and management on compensation matters, including the total rewards strategy, compensation philosophy, market benchmarking, internal equity, policies, procedures.
• Influence decision-making through data-driven insights and a strong understanding of business priorities

Annual Compensation Cycle Management

• Responsible for the end-to-end management of annual compensation cycle, including salary increase, bonus, and equity planning
• Oversee tools, modeling, and processes to enable efficient and effective decision-making
• Establish and lead compensation communication and education strategies that embed understanding of the company’s compensation philosophy and enable consistent application of compensation practices across the organization  
• Ensure clear communication and enablement for People Partners and business leaders

Equity Program Oversight

• Oversee the administration and governance of equity programs, ensuring effective execution and alignment with total rewards strategy
• Own the relationship with the company’s third-party equity administration vendor, including oversight of day-to-day operations, service delivery and process effectiveness
• Partner with Accounting to support equity related reporting, expense management and compliance requirements
• Contribute to the evolution of equity programs and practices in line with business needs
• Develop and deliver training and educational materials to enhance participant understanding of equity program and support informed decision-making

Market Intelligence & Analytics

• Lead the organization’s approach to market benchmarking and compensation analytics
• Translate external market data and internal insights into actionable recommendations
• Develop scalable reporting and tools to support ongoing decision-making

Pay Review & Compliance

• Lead pay review analyses and partner with the SVP, Total Rewards on remediation strategies
• Ensure compliance with compensation-related regulations, including pay transparency requirements
• Partner with People & Culture Partners and Legal to proactively manage risk and uphold equitable pay practices

What You Will Have:

• 7–10+ years of progressive experience in compensation, including program design and governance
• Strong expertise in broad-based compensation, including base, incentive, and equity programs
• Experience leading enterprise job architecture and leveling frameworks, including salary structure design, governance, and organizational enablement
• Familiarity with emerging technologies, including AI-driven tools and analytics, and the ability to leverage them to enhance compensation insights, decision-making, and process efficiency
• Demonstrated ability to lead enterprise compensation cycles and influence stakeholders
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate data into business insights and recommendations
• Working knowledge of compensation regulations, including pay equity and pay transparency
• Experience with HRIS and compensation tools (e.g., Workday)
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication, organizational, and project management skills with the ability to translate complex technical information for general audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience preferred; advanced degree or relevant certifications (such as CCP) a plus

This AVP, Modeling role reports to the VP, FACET Modeling Actuary. The Fortitude Analytics and Computational Evaluation Tool (FACET) is an in-house build actuarial modeling platform supporting statutory, GAAP, capital, hedging, embedded value, and long-range projection use cases. The platform is in a rapid-moving phase to standup and expand. The AVP, Modeling Actuary will play a critical role to ensure the timely delivery of modeling capacities with operation integrity, and ensure FACET remains stable, auditable, scalable, and aligned with enterprise financial and risk objectives. 

This role will be based in our Nashville, TN office on a hybrid basis.

What You Will Do: 

• Support FACET actuarial modeling platform standup and expansion.
• Work closely with model developers and end users to ensure timely delivery of functionalities. 
• Ensure proper design and change management of data, actuarial code, interface and pipeline automation.
• Test and validate cross-module model changes.
• Ensure FACET supports enterprise ALM use cases including:  
  • Long-Range Projections (LRP) 
  • Embedded Value (EV)
  • Pricing (challenger and production applications) 
  • Capital / BSCR 
  • AIL / SBA / CFT 
• Assist for proper documentation of modeling and methodology changes to the Governance Committee where required.
• Ensure proper model development life cycle.

What You Will Have:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, mathematics, statistics, computer science or related field.
• 7+ years of progressively more responsible actuarial experience with Life Insurance, Annuity products or ALM equivalent environment.
• Proficient in Python, Julia, SQL, GitHub and standard modeling tools and technology.
• Demonstrated analytical ability to analyze large and complex data sets and deliver insights to drive business decisions.
• Ability to work in a dynamic professional environment and handle multiple projects and deadlines.
• Ability to build relationships and communicate effectively across multiple levels and functions.
• Experience transitioning from vendor modeling platforms to internally developed solutions, preferred. 
• Ability to use/review/validate AI-generated code, preferred.
• Familiarity with open-source development practices, version control, CI/CD, and testing frameworks, preferred.

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The VP, Accounting Policy serves as the firm-wide subject matter expert on technical accounting policy for complex reinsurance transactions, with accountability across U.S. GAAP, U.S. Statutory, and Bermuda statutory reporting frameworks. This role partners closely with actuarial, tax, legal, investments, and financial reporting teams to evaluate, structure, and account for new transactions, ensuring accounting outcomes are technically sound, well-documented, and defensible.

The role requires deep expertise in insurance and reinsurance accounting (ASC 944), understanding of how investment portfolios support insurance liabilities, and the ability to exercise professional judgment on complex and evolving issues. The VP, Accounting Policy reports to the SVP, Head of Accounting Policy.

What You Will Do: 

• Serve as the technical specialist for complex reinsurance transactions and policy interpretations, with specific expertise in ASC 944, Financial Services – Insurance.
• Research, interpret, and establish accounting policies for complex reinsurance structures and emerging transactions, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and audit defensibility.
• In close collaboration with actuarial, tax, and financial reporting teams, research, analyze, and prepare accounting policies in relation to U.S. GAAP, SEC, U.S. Statutory and Bermuda statutory and Economic Balance Sheet (EBS) accounting and reporting guidance relevant to reinsurance, insurance and other emerging issues.
• Provides technical accounting guidance that informs transaction structuring and execution.
• Monitor, analyze, and document developments (including new standards) from the FASB, SEC, NAIC and BMA that could impact the Company’s accounting policies, practices, and disclosures.  
• Lead the design and documentation of financial processes and controls to promote compliance with the Company’s internal control program, with a specific focus on technical accounting matters.
• Act as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders, providing timely guidance on accounting policy implications to support corporate development and strategic initiatives, including but not limited to reinsurance transactions.
• Provide coaching, training, and technical guidance to accounting and finance team members as needed.  
• Support additional accounting policy initiatives and responsibilities as assigned.

What You Will Have: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, finance or related discipline.
• CPA, CA, or equivalent internationally recognized accounting designation.
• 8 + years of progressive experience working within audit, within re/insurance or financial services; Big 4 experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in US GAAP, SEC reporting - required
• Experience with US STAT (NAIC) or financial reporting overseen by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) - preferred
• Experience with long duration reinsurance accounting (ASC 944), along with general understanding of interaction between reinsurance liabilities and related portfolio assets
• Hands-on experience with complex reinsurance structures, including the related accounting implications of coinsurance, funds withheld and modified coinsurance structures.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound professional judgment on complex accounting matters and communicate conclusions clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with different teams, including actuarial (pricing, valuation), tax, and legal. Experience advising senior leaders and influencing cross-functional outcomes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear, actionable guidance.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high standards of quality and accuracy.
• Strong analytical judgement with the ability to synthesize complex issues into clear, defensible conclusions.
• Supports our core values by communicating and teaming effectively across different cultures and levels within the organization. 

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The AVP, Compensation is a key member of the Total Rewards team, responsible for leading the design, governance, and delivery of Fortitude’s compensation programs. In partnership with the SVP, Total Rewards, this role drives the execution of the company’s compensation strategy as a component of the overall Total Rewards’ strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities, talent objectives, and market competitiveness.

The AVP will oversee core compensation functions including annual compensation planning, incentive and equity programs, and pay equity analysis. This role serves as an advisor to partners cross-functionally to enable consistent, data-driven, and equitable pay decisions across the organization.

What You Will Do: 

Compensation Strategy & Program Governance

• Partner with the SVP, Total Rewards to operationalize and evolve the company’s compensation philosophy and strategy
• Play a leading role in the governance and continuous improvement of compensation programs, including base salary structures, incentive plans, and equity programs
• Establish and maintain frameworks, guidelines, and controls to support consistent and effective pay decisions
• Ensure integration with benefits, well-being, and overall employee value proposition

Stakeholder Advisory & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Act as consultant to People Partners, Talent Acquisition, and management on compensation matters, including the total rewards strategy, compensation philosophy, market benchmarking, internal equity, policies, procedures.
• Influence decision-making through data-driven insights and a strong understanding of business priorities

Annual Compensation Cycle Management

• Responsible for the end-to-end management of annual compensation cycle, including salary increase, bonus, and equity planning
• Oversee tools, modeling, and processes to enable efficient and effective decision-making
• Establish and lead compensation communication and education strategies that embed understanding of the company’s compensation philosophy and enable consistent application of compensation practices across the organization  
• Ensure clear communication and enablement for People Partners and business leaders

Equity Program Oversight

• Oversee the administration and governance of equity programs, ensuring effective execution and alignment with total rewards strategy
• Own the relationship with the company’s third-party equity administration vendor, including oversight of day-to-day operations, service delivery and process effectiveness
• Partner with Accounting to support equity related reporting, expense management and compliance requirements
• Contribute to the evolution of equity programs and practices in line with business needs
• Develop and deliver training and educational materials to enhance participant understanding of equity program and support informed decision-making

Market Intelligence & Analytics

• Lead the organization’s approach to market benchmarking and compensation analytics
• Translate external market data and internal insights into actionable recommendations
• Develop scalable reporting and tools to support ongoing decision-making

Pay Review & Compliance

• Lead pay review analyses and partner with the SVP, Total Rewards on remediation strategies
• Ensure compliance with compensation-related regulations, including pay transparency requirements
• Partner with People & Culture Partners and Legal to proactively manage risk and uphold equitable pay practices

What You Will Have:

• 7–10+ years of progressive experience in compensation, including program design and governance
• Strong expertise in broad-based compensation, including base, incentive, and equity programs
• Experience leading enterprise job architecture and leveling frameworks, including salary structure design, governance, and organizational enablement
• Familiarity with emerging technologies, including AI-driven tools and analytics, and the ability to leverage them to enhance compensation insights, decision-making, and process efficiency
• Demonstrated ability to lead enterprise compensation cycles and influence stakeholders
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate data into business insights and recommendations
• Working knowledge of compensation regulations, including pay equity and pay transparency
• Experience with HRIS and compensation tools (e.g., Workday)
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication, organizational, and project management skills with the ability to translate complex technical information for general audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience preferred; advanced degree or relevant certifications (such as CCP) a plus

The Vice President, Portfolio Risk is a senior leadership role within the Enterprise Risk Management function, specifically within the Market Risk team, responsible for overseeing and enhancing the frameworks for analysis, monitoring, and management of portfolio risk across the enterprise. Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Head of Market Risk, this role leads the execution and continuous enhancement of risk frameworks covering portfolio risk, economic capital, and related risk measures. 

The VP, Portfolio Risk plays a critical role in identifying, assessing, and mitigating portfolio, and broader balance sheet risks through advanced quantitative analysis, stress testing, scenario design, and independent risk oversight. This role works closely with the Credit Risk Officer to ensure comprehensive coverage of portfolio risk exposures and alignment across market and credit risk oversight activities. The position requires strong technical expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence senior business partners across Investments, Actuarial, Finance, Capital Management, and Treasury. The role ensures portfolio risk practices align with enterprise risk appetite, economic capital frameworks, and evolving regulatory expectations. 

What You Will Do: 

• Lead the development, enhancement, and governance of the economic capital framework, ensuring appropriate measurement of portfolio risks and alignment with capital adequacy and risk appetite objectives. 
• Partner with teams across ERM in the execution and continuous enhancement of market, liquidity, portfolio, and ALM risk management frameworks, policies, and procedures in alignment with enterprise risk appetite and financial risk governance. 
• Be an active partner in designing, implementation, and overseeing enterprise-level stress testing, scenario analysis, and sensitivity testing frameworks to evaluate portfolio and balance sheet resilience. 
• Support the team in identification, measurement, and monitoring of interest rate, credit spread, equity, foreign exchange, liquidity, and balance sheet risks. 
• Assess the impact of portfolio risks on economic capital, regulatory capital under base and stressed scenarios. 
• Provide independent review and effective challenge of investment strategies, asset allocations, new investment proposals, complex transactions, and hedging programs from an overall portfolio risk perspective. 
• Support the team in risk assessment of hedging and other risk mitigation strategies, ensuring effectiveness from both quantitative modeling and operational governance perspectives. 
• Partner closely with the Credit Risk Officer to ensure integrated oversight of market and credit exposures across portfolios. 
• Collaborate with Investments, Actuarial, Finance, Capital Management, and Treasury to strengthen asset-liability management frameworks for both in-force portfolios and new business initiatives. 
• Contribute to enterprise-wide stress testing exercises and capital impact assessments in collaboration with ERM leadership. 
• Monitor compliance with applicable regulatory frameworks (e.g., NAIC, BMA, RBC, or equivalent) and rating agency expectations related to portfolio risks. 
• Deliver regular portfolio risk reporting, including emerging risk assessments and actionable insights, to senior management and risk committees. 
• Drive enhancements in portfolio risk models, analytics infrastructure, data governance, and reporting capabilities to improve transparency and decision support. 
• Lead cross-functional initiatives involving complex financial analytics or risk transformation efforts. 
• Manage and develop a team of risk professionals, including performance management, coaching, talent development, and succession planning. 
• Support internal audits, regulatory examinations, and external reviews related to portfolio risk management. 
• Promote a collaborative, accountable, and high-performance team culture aligned with organizational objectives. 

What You Will Have: 

• Graduate degree in Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Finance, or related quantitative discipline. 
• 15+ years of progressive experience in insurance, reinsurance, investment management, portfolio risk management, market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, asset-liability management, economic capital modeling, or investment and insurance risk management. 
• Demonstrated experience leading risk professionals or complex cross-functional initiatives. 
• Strong quantitative and modeling expertise, including experience with interest rate, equity, credit, volatility, correlation and portfolio models. 
• Deep knowledge and experience with portfolio risks, economic capital methodologies and capital adequacy assessment processes. 
• Deep knowledge of fixed income asset classes, structured products, private and alternative assets, derivatives, and their associated risk profiles. 
• Strong understanding of life and annuity insurance liability characteristics and asset-liability management principles. 
• Familiarity with reinsurance industry, regulatory and capital regimes (e.g., NAIC, BMA, RBC, or equivalent). 
• Experience designing and executing stress testing frameworks and scenario analysis for capital and liquidity impact assessment. 
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with data analytics tools such as SQL, Power BI, or similar platforms. 
• Demonstrated ability to code in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Julia, C++). 
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities. 
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with experience communicating complex risk topics to senior leadership. 
• Professional designation such as CFA, FRM, PRM, or FSA preferred.  
• Experience presenting to Risk Committees or Board-level stakeholders preferred. 
• Experience overseeing derivatives and hedging program risk management preferred. 
• Experience working within Bermuda regulatory frameworks preferred. 

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The AVP, Capital Management Strategic Projects will be a member of Fortitude Re’s Capital Management team, which serves the company by reporting and monitoring capital in alignment of regulatory reporting, strategic planning, and potential market expansion needs. The primary responsibility of the position will be to focus on strategic initiatives across all capital management and reporting functions. The position is expected to work closely with departments across the organization including actuarial, finance, investments, and pricing teams. The position will report to the VP, Capital Management.

This role will be based in our Nashville, TN office on a hybrid basis.

What You Will Do:

• Support capital optimization efforts across entities and regulatory regimes, including economic framework and internal model initiatives.
• Support Bermuda regulatory initiatives including establishing production processes for group supervision, evaluating and implementing changes to the regulatory regime, and leading internal capital model development.
• Implement transformations within capital management across all functional areas to improve system and modeling capabilities and deliver reporting timeline efficiencies. 
• Support model validation and governance efforts to ensure robust control framework, transparency and documentation of critical models within capital management function.
• Support company growth initiatives by evaluating new business including reinsurance and acquisition to ensure capital is appropriately valued with respect to pricing standards and inforce reporting.
• Support efforts for new business across all capital management functions to ensure successful transition from pricing to inforce reporting.
• Collaborate with ALM team on asset deliverables. 

What You Will Have:

• Qualified Fellow of the Society of Actuaries or Institute of Actuaries or career ASA with 7+ years of experience post ASA.
• 8+ years of insurance experience, with focus on valuation, modeling or capital management preferred.
• Working knowledge of regulatory capital (e.g. US RBC, Bermuda EBS, Solvency II) and rating agency capital (e.g., Fitch Prism, AM Best BCAR).
• Undergraduate degree is required, preferably in actuarial science, mathematics, economics, or related fields.
• Significant working experience with AXIS or similar actuarial projection software.
• Experience with financial analysis of income statement, balance sheet and capital projections.
• Experience with actuarial projection or valuation software, database applications, business intelligence tools.
• Good analytical skills and ability to adopt a creative approach to solving complex process problems.
• Ability to manage multiple work assignments and meet time commitments. 
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

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The Assistant Vice President (AVP) M&A & Reinsurance Risk Analyst is responsible for supporting the identification, assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of reinsurance transaction risks within the organization. This role involves working closely with pricing actuaries, corporate development, investments, and other functions to evaluate proposed reinsurance transactions. Through effective, in-depth challenge, this role will assure all key risks are identified and disclosed, assumptions are reasonable, pricing models are accurate, and transaction governance requirements are followed. The AVP will advise the SVP Life & Annuity Risk Officer and the Fortitude CRO on transactions prior to submission of offers.

This position will report into the SVP, Life & Annuity Risk Officer and will be an experienced technical contributor playing a key role in the risk oversight of Fortitude Re’s life and annuity reinsurance transactions.

This role will be based in our Jersey City, NJ office on a hybrid basis.

What You Will Do:

• Review transaction documents including deal information memorandum, appraisals, product profiles, contracts, experience studies, and other materials associated with prospective transactions.
• Review pricing assumptions and internal underwriting diligence.
• Review the analysis of cedants’ experience to ensure sufficient diligence was performed, data is credible, and proper controls were employed in setting assumptions.
• Review investment strategies and their inherent risks in light of liabilities in a given transaction.
• Ensure pricing assumptions are reasonable in light of cedant’s experience, company experience, industry experience, and professional judgment.
• Validate pricing models and results.
• Review pricing model design, results, and the peer review (challenger) process.
• Recommend sensitivity and stress tests and evaluate their impacts.
• Perform independent validation of pricing models in their entirety or specific pricing results, including the development of replication models where necessary.
• Identify, assess, and communicate deal risks.
• Risks include, but are not limited to, actuarial assumption risk, investment risks (credit, ALM, liquidity), operational risk, regulatory and tax risk, and expense risk.
• Evaluate proposed risk mitigation strategies and their potential effectiveness.
• Document risks for management presentations and in ERM risk memorandums.
• Advise SVP L&A Risk Officer and CRO on deal economics and risks in advance of bid decision making.
• Ensure full compliance with the company’s transaction and pricing governance standards.

What You Will Have:

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, or comparable program of study.
• A minimum of 7 years of relevant insurance experience. Insurance product pricing experience is preferred, but not required, as diverse actuarial experience is invaluable. See key skill sets below for more information on experience needs.
• Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) or comparable accreditation is preferred. Career ASAs with very strong experience will be considered. 
• Quantitative risk management experience (such as investment management or quantitative finance) with sufficient applied insurance background will also be considered.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.  
• Candidates must be able to collaborate effectively with others and quickly disseminate information. 
• Candidates must have a strong foundation of technical knowledge pertaining to life insurance and/or annuity products and their inherent risks.
  • Understanding diverse insurance product designs, product pricing principles, and ALM is critical.
  • Experience with pricing or other applied insurance ALM modeling is important.
  • Applied experience with Bermuda and/or Solvency II accounting and capital frameworks is a plus but is not required.
  • The company will consider candidates with varied backgrounds such as risk management, valuation, modeling, or pricing.
• Candidates should be inquisitive and active learners that seek to grow their understanding in all they do.
  • The nature of this role involves evaluation of diverse, often complex or incomplete, financial information.
  • Having the ability to independently analyze and draw insightful conclusions from such situations is critical to the role. 
  • The nature of this role may also require analytical research of technical and sometimes theoretical matters, where information is lacking, and expert judgment is required.
• Candidates should have technical proficiency in actuarial calculations, analyses and models. 
  • Candidates for this role should have well-developed modeling skills with the ability to use / review work in current actuarial software platforms such as AXIS, MG ALFA, or comparable.
  • In addition, candidates should have the ability to develop solutions as needed in programming and/or database languages to perform analyses. 
  • Proficiency in one or more of the following is required: Python, VBA, SQL, C, or similar.  

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The AVP, Capital Management Strategic Projects will be a member of Fortitude Re’s Capital Management team, which serves the company by reporting and monitoring capital in alignment of regulatory reporting, strategic planning, and potential market expansion needs. The primary responsibility of the position will be to focus on strategic initiatives across all capital management and reporting functions. The position is expected to work closely with departments across the organization including actuarial, finance, investments, and pricing teams. The position will report to the VP, Capital Management.

This role will be based in our Jersey City, NJ office on a hybrid basis.

What You Will Do:

• Support capital optimization efforts across entities and regulatory regimes, including economic framework and internal model initiatives.
• Support Bermuda regulatory initiatives including establishing production processes for group supervision, evaluating and implementing changes to the regulatory regime, and leading internal capital model development.
• Implement transformations within capital management across all functional areas to improve system and modeling capabilities and deliver reporting timeline efficiencies. 
• Support model validation and governance efforts to ensure robust control framework, transparency and documentation of critical models within capital management function.
• Support company growth initiatives by evaluating new business including reinsurance and acquisition to ensure capital is appropriately valued with respect to pricing standards and inforce reporting.
• Support efforts for new business across all capital management functions to ensure successful transition from pricing to inforce reporting.
• Collaborate with ALM team on asset deliverables. 

What You Will Have:

• Qualified Fellow of the Society of Actuaries or Institute of Actuaries or career ASA with 7+ years of experience post ASA.
• 8+ years of insurance experience, with focus on valuation, modeling or capital management preferred.
• Working knowledge of regulatory capital (e.g. US RBC, Bermuda EBS, Solvency II) and rating agency capital (e.g., Fitch Prism, AM Best BCAR).
• Undergraduate degree is required, preferably in actuarial science, mathematics, economics, or related fields.
• Significant working experience with AXIS or similar actuarial projection software.
• Experience with financial analysis of income statement, balance sheet and capital projections.
• Experience with actuarial projection or valuation software, database applications, business intelligence tools.
• Good analytical skills and ability to adopt a creative approach to solving complex process problems.
• Ability to manage multiple work assignments and meet time commitments. 
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

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The Assistant Vice President (AVP), Finance Operations will play a key role in directing and coordinating enterprise-wide financial processes to promote consistency, efficiency, and operational excellence across all regions. This includes execution of the financial audit plan, including managing coordination with external auditors, and aligning agendas for the audit committee and internal management. The AVP will ensure a comprehensive view of our enterprise financial processes. The AVP will also serve as content developer and be responsible for planning and executing on key finance-wide engagements, including leadership team staff meetings, quarterly Town Hall meetings, and periodic team off sites. The role will also require strong collaboration with the Data & Analytics team and other Finance functions to ensure well-integrated, effective, and data-driven financial operations. This position reports to the Head of Finance Operations.

What You Will Do:

• Finance Process Strategic Ownership:

  • Work closely with the Head of Finance Operations to develop and execute strategic initiatives to accelerate financial deliverables, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.

  • Manage the finance strategic management system to ensure alignment with organizational goals and objectives.

• Program Management of Finance Activities:

  • Assist in managing the end-to-end program oversight of all finance activities, including maintaining a comprehensive finance calendar and regularly communicating progress against key milestones.

  • Communicate upcoming deliverables proactively, address and resolve issues, and ensure all finance processes are well-documented.

  • Manage projects across Finance, developing execution plans and driving to completion.

  • Support planning of quarterly offsite meetings with the leadership team to recalibrate the strategic plan as needed.

  • Collaborate with business leaders to develop weekly staff meeting agenda based on organizational priorities, document follow up items, track and drive items to closure.

• Communication and Collaboration:

  • Work closely with the Data & Analytics and other Finance teams to identify opportunities for process improvements and automation opportunities.

  • Develop high-quality executive communications & presentations, helping to communicate the value and vision of the Finance enterprise, for internal and external purposes (i.e., company/executive level, investor, board, and audit committee presentations, etc.).

  • Support the preparation of monthly reports for audit and board meetings.

  • Maintain and regularly update content across internal and intranet platforms for the Finance team to ensure accuracy and relevance.

  • Engage and coordinate with key finance and business stakeholders to raise issues and ensure consistent messaging across the organization.

• Audit Coordination:

  • Support development and coordination of a comprehensive audit plan and coordinate materials for the audit committee and internal management.

  • Work closely with the Head of Finance Operations to act as primary liaisons with PwC, ensuring effective collaboration and alignment on audit activities.

What You Will Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, or Accounting preferred; Operations or Project Management a plus.

• Six (6)+ years of professional experience in insurance or financial services industry.

• Strong knowledge of (re)insurance or other financial markets.

• Knowledge of audit processes and regulatory compliance.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills as someone who interacts with team members across all levels of the organization.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including an ability to find and implement solutions to improve the organization.

• Highly organized, detailed oriented with outstanding organizational and planning abilities.

• Strong project management skills with an ability to juggle multiple priorities with competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth organization preferred.

• Strong collaborator with a proven ability to build relationships and trust amongst team members.

• Skilled in PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and other office applications.

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The Assistant Vice President (AVP), Finance Operations will play a key role in directing and coordinating enterprise-wide financial processes to promote consistency, efficiency, and operational excellence across all regions. This includes execution of the financial audit plan, including managing coordination with external auditors, and aligning agendas for the audit committee and internal management. The AVP will ensure a comprehensive view of our enterprise financial processes. The AVP will also serve as content developer and be responsible for planning and executing on key finance-wide engagements, including leadership team staff meetings, quarterly Town Hall meetings, and periodic team off sites. The role will also require strong collaboration with the Data & Analytics team and other Finance functions to ensure well-integrated, effective, and data-driven financial operations. This position reports to the Head of Finance Operations and will be based in our Jersey City, NJ office on a hybrid basis.

What You Will Do:

• Finance Process Strategic Ownership:

  • Work closely with the Head of Finance Operations to develop and execute strategic initiatives to accelerate financial deliverables, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.

  • Manage the finance strategic management system to ensure alignment with organizational goals and objectives.

• Program Management of Finance Activities:

  • Assist in managing the end-to-end program oversight of all finance activities, including maintaining a comprehensive finance calendar and regularly communicating progress against key milestones.

  • Communicate upcoming deliverables proactively, address and resolve issues, and ensure all finance processes are well-documented.

  • Manage projects across Finance, developing execution plans and driving to completion.

  • Support planning of quarterly offsite meetings with the leadership team to recalibrate the strategic plan as needed.

  • Collaborate with business leaders to develop weekly staff meeting agenda based on organizational priorities, document follow up items, track and drive items to closure.

• Communication and Collaboration:

  • Work closely with the Data & Analytics and other Finance teams to identify opportunities for process improvements and automation opportunities.

  • Develop high-quality executive communications & presentations, helping to communicate the value and vision of the Finance enterprise, for internal and external purposes (i.e., company/executive level, investor, board, and audit committee presentations, etc.).

  • Support the preparation of monthly reports for audit and board meetings.

  • Maintain and regularly update content across internal and intranet platforms for the Finance team to ensure accuracy and relevance.

  • Engage and coordinate with key finance and business stakeholders to raise issues and ensure consistent messaging across the organization.

• Audit Coordination:

  • Support development and coordination of a comprehensive audit plan and coordinate materials for the audit committee and internal management.

  • Work closely with the Head of Finance Operations to act as primary liaisons with PwC, ensuring effective collaboration and alignment on audit activities.

What You Will Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, or Accounting preferred; Operations or Project Management a plus.

• Six (6)+ years of professional experience in insurance or financial services industry.

• Strong knowledge of (re)insurance or other financial markets.

• Knowledge of audit processes and regulatory compliance.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills as someone who interacts with team members across all levels of the organization.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including an ability to find and implement solutions to improve the organization.

• Highly organized, detailed oriented with outstanding organizational and planning abilities.

• Strong project management skills with an ability to juggle multiple priorities with competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth organization preferred.

• Strong collaborator with a proven ability to build relationships and trust amongst team members.

• Skilled in PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and other office applications.

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The AVP, Capital Management Strategic Projects will be a member of Fortitude Re’s Capital Management team, which serves the company by reporting and monitoring capital in alignment of regulatory reporting, strategic planning, and potential market expansion needs. The primary responsibility of the position will be to focus on strategic initiatives across all capital management and reporting functions. The position is expected to work closely with departments across the organization including actuarial, finance, investments, and pricing teams. The position will report to the VP, Capital Management.

This role will be based remotely.

What You Will Do:

• Support capital optimization efforts across entities and regulatory regimes, including economic framework and internal model initiatives.
• Support Bermuda regulatory initiatives including establishing production processes for group supervision, evaluating and implementing changes to the regulatory regime, and leading internal capital model development.
• Implement transformations within capital management across all functional areas to improve system and modeling capabilities and deliver reporting timeline efficiencies. 
• Support model validation and governance efforts to ensure robust control framework, transparency and documentation of critical models within capital management function.
• Support company growth initiatives by evaluating new business including reinsurance and acquisition to ensure capital is appropriately valued with respect to pricing standards and inforce reporting.
• Support efforts for new business across all capital management functions to ensure successful transition from pricing to inforce reporting.
• Collaborate with ALM team on asset deliverables. 

What You Will Have:

• Qualified Fellow of the Society of Actuaries or Institute of Actuaries or career ASA with 7+ years of experience post ASA.
• 8+ years of insurance experience, with focus on valuation, modeling or capital management preferred.
• Working knowledge of regulatory capital (e.g. US RBC, Bermuda EBS, Solvency II) and rating agency capital (e.g., Fitch Prism, AM Best BCAR).
• Undergraduate degree is required, preferably in actuarial science, mathematics, economics, or related fields.
• Significant working experience with AXIS or similar actuarial projection software.
• Experience with financial analysis of income statement, balance sheet and capital projections.
• Experience with actuarial projection or valuation software, database applications, business intelligence tools.
• Good analytical skills and ability to adopt a creative approach to solving complex process problems.
• Ability to manage multiple work assignments and meet time commitments. 
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

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The Assistant Vice President (AVP) M&A & Reinsurance Risk Analyst is responsible for supporting the identification, assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of reinsurance transaction risks within the organization. This role involves working closely with pricing actuaries, corporate development, investments, and other functions to evaluate proposed reinsurance transactions. Through effective, in-depth challenge, this role will assure all key risks are identified and disclosed, assumptions are reasonable, pricing models are accurate, and transaction governance requirements are followed. The AVP will advise the SVP Life & Annuity Risk Officer and the Fortitude CRO on transactions prior to submission of offers.

This position will report into the SVP, Life & Annuity Risk Officer and will be an experienced technical contributor playing a key role in the risk oversight of Fortitude Re’s life and annuity reinsurance transactions.

This role will be based remotely.

What You Will Do:

• Review transaction documents including deal information memorandum, appraisals, product profiles, contracts, experience studies, and other materials associated with prospective transactions.
• Review pricing assumptions and internal underwriting diligence.
• Review the analysis of cedants’ experience to ensure sufficient diligence was performed, data is credible, and proper controls were employed in setting assumptions.
• Review investment strategies and their inherent risks in light of liabilities in a given transaction.
• Ensure pricing assumptions are reasonable in light of cedant’s experience, company experience, industry experience, and professional judgment.
• Validate pricing models and results.
• Review pricing model design, results, and the peer review (challenger) process.
• Recommend sensitivity and stress tests and evaluate their impacts.
• Perform independent validation of pricing models in their entirety or specific pricing results, including the development of replication models where necessary.
• Identify, assess, and communicate deal risks.
• Risks include, but are not limited to, actuarial assumption risk, investment risks (credit, ALM, liquidity), operational risk, regulatory and tax risk, and expense risk.
• Evaluate proposed risk mitigation strategies and their potential effectiveness.
• Document risks for management presentations and in ERM risk memorandums.
• Advise SVP L&A Risk Officer and CRO on deal economics and risks in advance of bid decision making.
• Ensure full compliance with the company’s transaction and pricing governance standards.

What You Will Have:

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, or comparable program of study.
• A minimum of 7 years of relevant insurance experience. Insurance product pricing experience is preferred, but not required, as diverse actuarial experience is invaluable. See key skill sets below for more information on experience needs.
• Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) or comparable accreditation is preferred. Career ASAs with very strong experience will be considered. 
• Quantitative risk management experience (such as investment management or quantitative finance) with sufficient applied insurance background will also be considered.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.  
• Candidates must be able to collaborate effectively with others and quickly disseminate information. 
• Candidates must have a strong foundation of technical knowledge pertaining to life insurance and/or annuity products and their inherent risks.
  • Understanding diverse insurance product designs, product pricing principles, and ALM is critical.
  • Experience with pricing or other applied insurance ALM modeling is important.
  • Applied experience with Bermuda and/or Solvency II accounting and capital frameworks is a plus but is not required.
  • The company will consider candidates with varied backgrounds such as risk management, valuation, modeling, or pricing.
• Candidates should be inquisitive and active learners that seek to grow their understanding in all they do.
  • The nature of this role involves evaluation of diverse, often complex or incomplete, financial information.
  • Having the ability to independently analyze and draw insightful conclusions from such situations is critical to the role. 
  • The nature of this role may also require analytical research of technical and sometimes theoretical matters, where information is lacking, and expert judgment is required.
• Candidates should have technical proficiency in actuarial calculations, analyses and models. 
  • Candidates for this role should have well-developed modeling skills with the ability to use / review work in current actuarial software platforms such as AXIS, MG ALFA, or comparable.
  • In addition, candidates should have the ability to develop solutions as needed in programming and/or database languages to perform analyses. 
  • Proficiency in one or more of the following is required: Python, VBA, SQL, C, or similar.  

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This AVP, Modeling role reports to the VP, FACET Modeling Actuary. The Fortitude Analytics and Computational Evaluation Tool (FACET) is an in-house build actuarial modeling platform supporting statutory, GAAP, capital, hedging, embedded value, and long-range projection use cases. The platform is in a rapid-moving phase to standup and expand. The AVP, Modeling Actuary will play a critical role to ensure the timely delivery of modeling capacities with operation integrity, and ensure FACET remains stable, auditable, scalable, and aligned with enterprise financial and risk objectives. 

This role will be based remotely.

What You Will Do: 

• Support FACET actuarial modeling platform standup and expansion.
• Work closely with model developers and end users to ensure timely delivery of functionalities. 
• Ensure proper design and change management of data, actuarial code, interface and pipeline automation.
• Test and validate cross-module model changes.
• Ensure FACET supports enterprise ALM use cases including:  
  • Long-Range Projections (LRP) 
  • Embedded Value (EV)
  • Pricing (challenger and production applications) 
  • Capital / BSCR 
  • AIL / SBA / CFT 
• Assist for proper documentation of modeling and methodology changes to the Governance Committee where required.
• Ensure proper model development life cycle.

What You Will Have:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, mathematics, statistics, computer science or related field.
• 7+ years of progressively more responsible actuarial experience with Life Insurance, Annuity products or ALM equivalent environment.
• Proficient in Python, Julia, SQL, GitHub and standard modeling tools and technology.
• Demonstrated analytical ability to analyze large and complex data sets and deliver insights to drive business decisions.
• Ability to work in a dynamic professional environment and handle multiple projects and deadlines.
• Ability to build relationships and communicate effectively across multiple levels and functions.
• Experience transitioning from vendor modeling platforms to internally developed solutions, preferred. 
• Ability to use/review/validate AI-generated code, preferred.
• Familiarity with open-source development practices, version control, CI/CD, and testing frameworks, preferred.

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The VP, Accounting Policy serves as the firm-wide subject matter expert on technical accounting policy for complex reinsurance transactions, with accountability across U.S. GAAP, U.S. Statutory, and Bermuda statutory reporting frameworks. This role partners closely with actuarial, tax, legal, investments, and financial reporting teams to evaluate, structure, and account for new transactions, ensuring accounting outcomes are technically sound, well-documented, and defensible.

The role requires deep expertise in insurance and reinsurance accounting (ASC 944), understanding of how investment portfolios support insurance liabilities, and the ability to exercise professional judgment on complex and evolving issues. The VP, Accounting Policy reports to the SVP, Head of Accounting Policy.

What You Will Do: 

• Serve as the technical specialist for complex reinsurance transactions and policy interpretations, with specific expertise in ASC 944, Financial Services – Insurance.
• Research, interpret, and establish accounting policies for complex reinsurance structures and emerging transactions, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and audit defensibility.
• In close collaboration with actuarial, tax, and financial reporting teams, research, analyze, and prepare accounting policies in relation to U.S. GAAP, SEC, U.S. Statutory and Bermuda statutory and Economic Balance Sheet (EBS) accounting and reporting guidance relevant to reinsurance, insurance and other emerging issues.
• Provides technical accounting guidance that informs transaction structuring and execution.
• Monitor, analyze, and document developments (including new standards) from the FASB, SEC, NAIC and BMA that could impact the Company’s accounting policies, practices, and disclosures.  
• Lead the design and documentation of financial processes and controls to promote compliance with the Company’s internal control program, with a specific focus on technical accounting matters.
• Act as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders, providing timely guidance on accounting policy implications to support corporate development and strategic initiatives, including but not limited to reinsurance transactions.
• Provide coaching, training, and technical guidance to accounting and finance team members as needed.  
• Support additional accounting policy initiatives and responsibilities as assigned.

What You Will Have: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, finance or related discipline.
• CPA, CA, or equivalent internationally recognized accounting designation.
• 8 + years of progressive experience working within audit, within re/insurance or financial services; Big 4 experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in US GAAP, SEC reporting - required
• Experience with US STAT (NAIC) or financial reporting overseen by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) - preferred
• Experience with long duration reinsurance accounting (ASC 944), along with general understanding of interaction between reinsurance liabilities and related portfolio assets
• Hands-on experience with complex reinsurance structures, including the related accounting implications of coinsurance, funds withheld and modified coinsurance structures.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound professional judgment on complex accounting matters and communicate conclusions clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with different teams, including actuarial (pricing, valuation), tax, and legal. Experience advising senior leaders and influencing cross-functional outcomes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear, actionable guidance.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high standards of quality and accuracy.
• Strong analytical judgement with the ability to synthesize complex issues into clear, defensible conclusions.
• Supports our core values by communicating and teaming effectively across different cultures and levels within the organization. 

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The AVP, Compensation is a key member of the Total Rewards team, responsible for leading the design, governance, and delivery of Fortitude’s compensation programs. In partnership with the SVP, Total Rewards, this role drives the execution of the company’s compensation strategy as a component of the overall Total Rewards’ strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities, talent objectives, and market competitiveness.

The AVP will oversee core compensation functions including annual compensation planning, incentive and equity programs, and pay equity analysis. This role serves as an advisor to partners cross-functionally to enable consistent, data-driven, and equitable pay decisions across the organization.

What You Will Do: 

Compensation Strategy & Program Governance

• Partner with the SVP, Total Rewards to operationalize and evolve the company’s compensation philosophy and strategy
• Play a leading role in the governance and continuous improvement of compensation programs, including base salary structures, incentive plans, and equity programs
• Establish and maintain frameworks, guidelines, and controls to support consistent and effective pay decisions
• Ensure integration with benefits, well-being, and overall employee value proposition

Stakeholder Advisory & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Act as consultant to People Partners, Talent Acquisition, and management on compensation matters, including the total rewards strategy, compensation philosophy, market benchmarking, internal equity, policies, procedures.
• Influence decision-making through data-driven insights and a strong understanding of business priorities

Annual Compensation Cycle Management

• Responsible for the end-to-end management of annual compensation cycle, including salary increase, bonus, and equity planning
• Oversee tools, modeling, and processes to enable efficient and effective decision-making
• Establish and lead compensation communication and education strategies that embed understanding of the company’s compensation philosophy and enable consistent application of compensation practices across the organization  
• Ensure clear communication and enablement for People Partners and business leaders

Equity Program Oversight

• Oversee the administration and governance of equity programs, ensuring effective execution and alignment with total rewards strategy
• Own the relationship with the company’s third-party equity administration vendor, including oversight of day-to-day operations, service delivery and process effectiveness
• Partner with Accounting to support equity related reporting, expense management and compliance requirements
• Contribute to the evolution of equity programs and practices in line with business needs
• Develop and deliver training and educational materials to enhance participant understanding of equity program and support informed decision-making

Market Intelligence & Analytics

• Lead the organization’s approach to market benchmarking and compensation analytics
• Translate external market data and internal insights into actionable recommendations
• Develop scalable reporting and tools to support ongoing decision-making

Pay Review & Compliance

• Lead pay review analyses and partner with the SVP, Total Rewards on remediation strategies
• Ensure compliance with compensation-related regulations, including pay transparency requirements
• Partner with People & Culture Partners and Legal to proactively manage risk and uphold equitable pay practices

What You Will Have:

• 7–10+ years of progressive experience in compensation, including program design and governance
• Strong expertise in broad-based compensation, including base, incentive, and equity programs
• Experience leading enterprise job architecture and leveling frameworks, including salary structure design, governance, and organizational enablement
• Familiarity with emerging technologies, including AI-driven tools and analytics, and the ability to leverage them to enhance compensation insights, decision-making, and process efficiency
• Demonstrated ability to lead enterprise compensation cycles and influence stakeholders
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate data into business insights and recommendations
• Working knowledge of compensation regulations, including pay equity and pay transparency
• Experience with HRIS and compensation tools (e.g., Workday)
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication, organizational, and project management skills with the ability to translate complex technical information for general audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience preferred; advanced degree or relevant certifications (such as CCP) a plus

The VP, Accounting Policy serves as the firm-wide subject matter expert on technical accounting policy for complex reinsurance transactions, with accountability across U.S. GAAP, U.S. Statutory, and Bermuda statutory reporting frameworks. This role partners closely with actuarial, tax, legal, investments, and financial reporting teams to evaluate, structure, and account for new transactions, ensuring accounting outcomes are technically sound, well-documented, and defensible.

The role requires deep expertise in insurance and reinsurance accounting (ASC 944), understanding of how investment portfolios support insurance liabilities, and the ability to exercise professional judgment on complex and evolving issues. The VP, Accounting Policy reports to the SVP, Head of Accounting Policy.

What You Will Do: 

• Serve as the technical specialist for complex reinsurance transactions and policy interpretations, with specific expertise in ASC 944, Financial Services – Insurance.
• Research, interpret, and establish accounting policies for complex reinsurance structures and emerging transactions, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and audit defensibility.
• In close collaboration with actuarial, tax, and financial reporting teams, research, analyze, and prepare accounting policies in relation to U.S. GAAP, SEC, U.S. Statutory and Bermuda statutory and Economic Balance Sheet (EBS) accounting and reporting guidance relevant to reinsurance, insurance and other emerging issues.
• Provides technical accounting guidance that informs transaction structuring and execution.
• Monitor, analyze, and document developments (including new standards) from the FASB, SEC, NAIC and BMA that could impact the Company’s accounting policies, practices, and disclosures.  
• Lead the design and documentation of financial processes and controls to promote compliance with the Company’s internal control program, with a specific focus on technical accounting matters.
• Act as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders, providing timely guidance on accounting policy implications to support corporate development and strategic initiatives, including but not limited to reinsurance transactions.
• Provide coaching, training, and technical guidance to accounting and finance team members as needed.  
• Support additional accounting policy initiatives and responsibilities as assigned.

What You Will Have: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, finance or related discipline.
• CPA, CA, or equivalent internationally recognized accounting designation.
• 8 + years of progressive experience working within audit, within re/insurance or financial services; Big 4 experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in US GAAP, SEC reporting - required
• Experience with US STAT (NAIC) or financial reporting overseen by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) - preferred
• Experience with long duration reinsurance accounting (ASC 944), along with general understanding of interaction between reinsurance liabilities and related portfolio assets
• Hands-on experience with complex reinsurance structures, including the related accounting implications of coinsurance, funds withheld and modified coinsurance structures.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound professional judgment on complex accounting matters and communicate conclusions clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with different teams, including actuarial (pricing, valuation), tax, and legal. Experience advising senior leaders and influencing cross-functional outcomes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear, actionable guidance.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high standards of quality and accuracy.
• Strong analytical judgement with the ability to synthesize complex issues into clear, defensible conclusions.
• Supports our core values by communicating and teaming effectively across different cultures and levels within the organization. 

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The Assistant Vice President (AVP), Finance Operations will play a key role in directing and coordinating enterprise-wide financial processes to promote consistency, efficiency, and operational excellence across all regions. This includes execution of the financial audit plan, including managing coordination with external auditors, and aligning agendas for the audit committee and internal management. The AVP will ensure a comprehensive view of our enterprise financial processes. The AVP will also serve as content developer and be responsible for planning and executing on key finance-wide engagements, including leadership team staff meetings, quarterly Town Hall meetings, and periodic team off sites. The role will also require strong collaboration with the Data & Analytics team and other Finance functions to ensure well-integrated, effective, and data-driven financial operations. This position reports to the Head of Finance Operations and will be based in our Nashville, TN office on a hybrid basis.

What You Will Do:

• Finance Process Strategic Ownership:

  • Work closely with the Head of Finance Operations to develop and execute strategic initiatives to accelerate financial deliverables, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.

  • Manage the finance strategic management system to ensure alignment with organizational goals and objectives.

• Program Management of Finance Activities:

  • Assist in managing the end-to-end program oversight of all finance activities, including maintaining a comprehensive finance calendar and regularly communicating progress against key milestones.

  • Communicate upcoming deliverables proactively, address and resolve issues, and ensure all finance processes are well-documented.

  • Manage projects across Finance, developing execution plans and driving to completion.

  • Support planning of quarterly offsite meetings with the leadership team to recalibrate the strategic plan as needed.

  • Collaborate with business leaders to develop weekly staff meeting agenda based on organizational priorities, document follow up items, track and drive items to closure.

• Communication and Collaboration:

  • Work closely with the Data & Analytics and other Finance teams to identify opportunities for process improvements and automation opportunities.

  • Develop high-quality executive communications & presentations, helping to communicate the value and vision of the Finance enterprise, for internal and external purposes (i.e., company/executive level, investor, board, and audit committee presentations, etc.).

  • Support the preparation of monthly reports for audit and board meetings.

  • Maintain and regularly update content across internal and intranet platforms for the Finance team to ensure accuracy and relevance.

  • Engage and coordinate with key finance and business stakeholders to raise issues and ensure consistent messaging across the organization.

• Audit Coordination:

  • Support development and coordination of a comprehensive audit plan and coordinate materials for the audit committee and internal management.

  • Work closely with the Head of Finance Operations to act as primary liaisons with PwC, ensuring effective collaboration and alignment on audit activities.

What You Will Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, or Accounting preferred; Operations or Project Management a plus.

• Six (6)+ years of professional experience in insurance or financial services industry.

• Strong knowledge of (re)insurance or other financial markets.

• Knowledge of audit processes and regulatory compliance.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills as someone who interacts with team members across all levels of the organization.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including an ability to find and implement solutions to improve the organization.

• Highly organized, detailed oriented with outstanding organizational and planning abilities.

• Strong project management skills with an ability to juggle multiple priorities with competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth organization preferred.

• Strong collaborator with a proven ability to build relationships and trust amongst team members.

• Skilled in PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and other office applications.

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