SafeLease
Insurance
Controller
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“Controller at SafeLease. Skills: Statutory accounting, U.S. GAAP, Financial reporting, Internal controls. Oversee all accounting operations. Prepare and deliver financial statements”
Industry & Context.
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What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Insurance carrier experience required, MGA and a surplus lines (Excess & Surplus / E&S) or admitted carrier experience, Statutory accounting (SAP) and NAIC reporting experience required, NAIC Annual Statement and quarterly statements preparation or oversight, Big Four background required, CPA designation, Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field, Minimum 7 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, Deep expertise in both U. S. GAAP and SAP, Demonstrated experience managing accounting functions across multiple legal entities and lines of business, technical accounting skills including consolidations, intercompany eliminations, premium accounting (written / earned / unearned), loss reserve accounting, and reinsurance accounting (ceded and assumed), Hands-on familiarity with NAIC Schedules F, P, and D, and Risk-Based Capital reporting
Nice to Have
Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, MBA, or a related advanced degree, Experience inside a high-growth insurtech, specialty insurer, or scale-up environment, Prior responsibility for state-by-state premium tax filings and surplus lines tax compliance, Experience operating inside an insurance holding structure (HoldCo + carrier + MGA), Familiarity with investment accounting under SSAP No. 26R, SSAP No. 30R, and SSAP No. 43R (bonds, equities, structured securities), Proficiency with insurance-specific statutory reporting and ERP platforms (Workiva, EagleEye, SunGard EAS, SAP Insurance, or similar), Proficiency with modern financial planning tools, SOX or SOX-style internal controls implementation experience
What You'll Do.
Oversee all accounting operations
Prepare and deliver financial statements
Manage statutory reporting and regulatory filings
Oversee MGA accounting
and maintain internal controls
Lead annual statutory and GAAP audits
and develop accounting team
Manage consolidated financial reporting
Partner with leadership for financial insights
Own premium and claims accounting cycles
Oversee cash management and treasury functions
Ensure compliance with tax requirements
Evaluate and enhance financial systems
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with the CEO and senior leadership; Serve as primary liaison with external auditors, tax advisors, state insurance examiners, and the engaged actuary
Communication Scope
Provide financial insights; Variance analysis; Strategic recommendations
Full Job Description
About SafeLease At SafeLease, we're rethinking how P&C insurance is sold in an age of technological change. We believe the industry's biggest inefficiencies aren't technical problems — they're structural ones. And we're building the team to tackle them. SafeLease is a profitable insurance business that designs, underwrites, and distributes specialty coverage for commercial property owners and their tenants. Most insurance companies either distribute products or bear the risk — we do both. We back our policies with our own capital, which means we control the full stack: product design, tech, and the speed at which we move. That end-to-end ownership lets us offer customers real flexibility, saving time and money for more than 4,000 properties insured for billions in value nationwide. We're a team of 70, growing over 100% annually, and we've done it without sacrificing profitability or culture. Here, you'll get high discretion and a wide aperture of problems to solve. We embrace the newest technologies, move fast together, and operate with the intensity of a small company where every person's work is visible. If you're looking for a place to sharpen your craft alongside people who take their work seriously, you'll fit right in. ABOUT THE ROLE SafeLease is hiring a Controller to lead all accounting, financial reporting, and internal controls across the organization — with full ownership spanning our Managing General Agent (MGA) operations and our surplus lines insurance carrier. The role owns dual-track reporting: U.S. GAAP financial statements for SafeLease and its consolidated entities, and statutory financial statements filed with state insurance regulators under NAIC Statutory Accounting Principles. The ideal candidate combines a Big Four audit foundation with hands-on accounting experience inside an insurance carrier, and a track record of building and scaling finance functions in a high-growth environment. This is a high-visibility leadership role reporting to the
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