RGA Reinsurance Company

Life and health reinsurance solutions

Chief Financial Officer

Corporate Finance & FP&AConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeHong KongNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Actuarial Science is required.
A Chartered Accountant or Certified Public Accountant credential, actuarial qualification, Chartered Financial Analyst credential, or equivalent is required.
At least 15 years of progressive finance experience, including leadership roles accountable for financial planning and analysis, reporting or controllership, and business partnering, is required.
At least 10 years of proven people-leadership experience is required.
Experience working in a matrix reporting environment with local and global stakeholders is required.
Experience taking a strategic view of the business and contributing to its future development is required.
Knowledge and experience with local accounting requirements, United States generally accepted accounting principles, and International Financial Reporting Standard 17 are advantageous.
Strong technical expertise across accounting, valuation, capital, and investment interactions, and the ability to connect these disciplines into a coherent business narrative to drive alignment and integrated decision-making, is required.
The ability to translate technical financial and actuarial outputs into clear business insights is required.
A solid understanding of the life insurance market and products is required.
A good understanding of investment strategies and asset-liability management concepts is required.
Demonstrated experience in change management and the ability to lead Finance transformation initiatives are required.
The ability to work as part of a team and manage multiple business stakeholders is required.
A high level of personal accountability and integrity, including transparency and honesty, is required.
An analytical and conceptual mindset with attention to detail, and the ability to understand and define data and reporting requirements, analyze them, and define solutions using appropriate tools, is required.
The ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects or sub-teams simultaneously is required.
The ability to make sound judgments, reason objectively and critically, and reach effective conclusions is required.
Strong interpersonal, negotiation, influence, and collaboration skills are required.
Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills are required.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage local market accounting, financial reporting, and financial control activities.
Lead financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting for the business unit, align them with valuation, capital, and investment assumptions, and provide forward-looking, driver-based insights for business planning.
Oversee timely, accurate, and complete financial close activities and deliverables, partnering with stakeholders to maintain data integrity and reporting standards.
Review and analyze business-unit expenses, identify key cost drivers by function, and compare actual expenses with budget and pricing allowable.
Act as a primary financial advisor to the business-unit leadership team, maintaining alignment of financial, capital, and insight priorities with business-unit strategy, objectives, and risk appetite.
Serve on the APAC Finance leadership team and support the strategic and tactical direction of the regional function.
Lead Finance transformation initiatives to improve efficiency, reduce manual processes, and enhance analytical capabilities.
Drive standardization, automation, data integration, and modernization of workflows, including Hong Kong Risk-Based Capital processes, to shift Finance from production toward insight generation.
Ensure effective internal controls, compliance, and financial governance across the market, including policy adherence, approval authorities, and segregation of duties.
Oversee and review Sarbanes-Oxley scope, compliance, risks, and controls, and collaborate with internal and external auditors.
Coordinate statutory reporting and interact with local market insurance regulators to maintain high standards of financial reporting and controls.
Work with valuation teams, auditors, administration, and senior management to explain accounting and its effects on financial statements and capital requirements.
Collaborate with regional functions, including APAC Financial Solutions, Finance, Valuation, Structured Finance, and Pricing, to support strategic business and growth initiatives with a cohesive approach.
Partner with Investments and Structured Finance teams to ensure consistent interpretation of investment performance and integration into financial outcomes.
Own asset-liability management governance, aligning assets, liabilities, capital usage, and profitability, and promote a unified view of profitability and capital across functions.
Provide guidance on accounting, valuation, and reporting requirements for new reinsurance transactions and legal entities as needed.
Develop a high-performing team, set clear expectations, coach associates and people leaders, and foster accountability, collaboration, ethical conduct, and an engaged work environment.

Desired Qualifications

Experience leading change management and Finance transformation initiatives, including process improvement, automation, or operating model redesign, is preferred.
Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent process-improvement methodologies is advantageous.

You desire impactful work.

You’re RGA ready

RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

Job Summary

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Hong Kong and Singapore Business Unit is responsible for the overall financial leadership, performance, governance, reporting, planning, and forecasting, with full accountability for financial results and insight generation across Finance and Valuation activities.

As a key member of the business unit leadership team, the CFO is a strategic advisor to the CEO and senior management, and provides forward-looking financial, capital, and investment insights to support decision-making, drive profitable growth, and ensure effective financial management, regulatory compliance, and risk oversight across the business unit.

This role requires strong functional leadership to ensure Finance and Valuation operate cohesively as a single ecosystem, delivering a unified and consistent view of profitability, capital, and performance.

Essential Functions

Performance management and insights: Leads and manages all local market accounting, financial reporting, and financial control activities. Leads financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes for the business unit, ensuring alignment with valuation, capital, and investment assumptions and delivering forward-looking, driver-based insights to support business planning.

Financial close and reporting quality: Oversees timely, accurate, and complete financial close activities and deliverables, partnering with relevant stakeholders to maintain high data integrity and reporting standards.Oversees the review and analysis of expenses for the business unit. Identifies key drivers of unit costs by function and compares actual expenses to budget and pricing allowable.

Strategic finance partnership and stakeholder management: Maintains a dotted line reporting relationship to the Business Unit CEO and acts as a primary financial advisor to the business unit leadership team, ensuring alignment of financial, capital, and insights with the BU strategy, objectives, and risk appetite. Serves as a member of the APAC Finance leadership team and supports thestrategic and tactical direction of the function in the region.
Transformation and automation: Leads Finance transformation initiatives to improve efficiency, reduce manual processes, and enhance analytical capabilities. Drives standardization, automation, data integration, and modernisation of workflows (including HK RBC processes), enabling the Finance function to shift focus from production to insight generation.
Financial governance and controls: Ensures effective internal controls, compliance, and financial governance across the market, including policy adherence, approval authorities, and segregation of duties. Oversees and reviews Sarbanes Oxley scope, compliance, risks and controls. Collaborates with external and internal auditors.
Regulatory and statutory coordination:Coordinates statutory reporting and interacts with local market insurance regulators to maintain a strong profile of the RGA business with respect to the high standard of financial reporting and controls.Works with valuation, auditors, administration and senior management to ensure everyone understands the accounting and how it impacts RGA's financial statements, capital requirements, etc.
Capital, liquidity, and balance sheet stewardship: Collaborates with regional functions such as APAC Financial Solution (APFS), Finance, Valuation, Structured Finance and Pricing in developing and maintaining a strategic understanding and cohesive approach in supporting the strategic business and growth initiatives.Partners closely with Investments and Structured Finance teams to ensure consistent interpretation of investment performance and integration into financial outcomes. Owns Asset-Liability Management (ALM) governance, ensuring alignment between assets, liabilities, capital usage, and profitability. Promotes a unified and consistent view of profitability and capital across functions.
Portfolio decision support: Provides guidance and direction on accounting, valuation and reporting requirements for new reinsurance transactions and new legal entities as needed.
Leadership and talent development:Develops a high-performingteam; sets clear expectations, coaches associates and people leaders, and fosters a culture of accountability, collaboration, and ethical conduct. Promotes a positive and engaged work environment.

Qualification and Skills

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or Actuarial Science. Required. Higher qualification will be an advantage.
Chartered Accountant or CPA, Actuarial, CFA and other equivalent. Required.
15+ years of progressive finance experience, including leadership roles with accountability across FP&A, reporting/controllership, and business partnering. Required.
10+ years proven people leadership credentials with the ability to motivate, mentor and create a high-performance team. Required.
Experience working in a matrix reporting environment with local and global stakeholders. Required.
Experience in looking at the business in a strategic way with the ability to have input to the future development of the business. Required.
Knowledge and experience in local accounting requirements, US GAAP and IFRS 17 (will be an advantage). Required.
Proven experience in leading Change Management and Finance Transformation initiatives, including process improvement, automation, or operating model redesign. Preferred.
Experience with Lean / Six Sigma or equivalent process improvement methodologies is advantageous. Preferred.
Strong technical expertise across accounting, valuation, capital, and investment interactions, with the ability to connect these disciplines into a coherent business narrative, driving alignment and integrated decision-making. Required.
Strong capability in translating technical financial and actuarial outputs into clear business insights. Required.
Solid understanding of life insurance market and products. Required.
Goodunderstanding of investment strategies and Asset-Liability Management (ALM) concepts. Required.
Demonstrated experience in Change Management and ability to lead Finance Transformation initiatives. Required.
An ability to work as part of a team and deal with multiple stakeholders within the business. Required.
Highly motivated, results oriented and solutions focused. A high level of personal accountability and integrity (acting with transparency and honesty). Required.
Analytical and conceptual mind with attention to detail. Ability to understand and define data/reporting requirements with stakeholders, analyze and define solutions using the most appropriate tool. Required.
Highly organized with ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple projects and/or sub-teams simultaneously. Required.
Ability to make sound judgments, reasoning objectively and critically to reach effective conclusions. Required.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to negotiate and influence others; strong collaboration skills. Required.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with highly effective presentation skills. Required.

What you can expect from RGA:

Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.
Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.
Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.

We’re excited to get to know you and connect your unique skills with our global opportunities. To create a modern and seamless experience, we use artificial intelligence (AI) in parts of our preliminary screening process. This technology helps us personalize job recommendations, automate interview scheduling, evaluate candidates based solely on experience—without considering name, gender, or other personal details—and provide real-time answers through our chatbot. AI is used only during early screening and never makes hiring decisions. Your RGA recruiter will work closely with you every step of the way to ensure the process feels personal, thoughtful, and focused on you.

About the Company

RGA Reinsurance Company

Life and health reinsurance solutions

RGA Reinsurance Company helps insurers manage mortality, morbidity, longevity and financial risk. It provides life and health reinsurance, product development, underwriting, data, capital solutions and related expertise to insurance partners around the world. Teams analyze risk and structure agreements that support protection products without selling most policies directly to individual consumers. RGA operates as a specialist business-to-business reinsurer, working behind primary insurers to expand capacity, manage volatility and develop financially sustainable coverage.

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