Finance Operations Process Transformation Leader

Who we are

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a leading global insurance organization. Building on 100 years of experience, today AIG member companies provide a wide range of property casualty insurance, life insurance, retirement solutions, and other financial services to customers in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions. These diverse offerings include products and services that help businesses and individuals protect their assets, manage risks and provide for retirement security.

Get to know the business

Our finance professionals play an essential role in maintaining a healthy balance sheet at AIG. They deliver significant finance support for the overall enterprise, optimizing operations, funding and capital structure to honor our commitments to our stakeholders. They inform the decisions of AIG executives and comply with regulatory requirements, maintaining financial discipline, transparency and controls, while providing timely and meaningful information. Within the Finance team, the Treasury and Capital Markets group handles Treasury Department activities and funding the overall capital structure of AIG and investor relations. The Actuarial and Value Management team manages rating agency relations. The Finance Operations team handles controllership activities, including Security & Exchange Commission reporting and tax.

About the role

Reporting to the Finance Lead, this position will work with the global teams involved in building, operationalizing, optimizing and governing process transformation with (AIG Operations) regional leaders, third party leaders and global process leaders.

What you need to know:

Finance Transformation Project Leader for Finance Operations

Strategic Thought Leader:

• Strategic Planning: Align project initiatives with company goals, providing insights to senior stakeholders (e.g., CFO, Program Directors).

• Drive process insights and improvements, leveraging established frameworks and tools

• Commercial mindset, focusing on costs, benefits, returns

• Ability to prioritise, risk assess, focus on key impact and outcomes

• Flexible and agile in response to dynamic business environments

• Improve stakeholder-operating teams’ understanding of financial impacts by providing thoughtful and transparent analysis

• Vendor/Supplier Management: Oversee SOWs (Statements of Work), procurement, and align third-party deliverables with finance teams

• Senior management approval for implementation, contract signing, managing relationship with external vendor, liaising with multi-functional stakeholders for support and input, providing guidance on project approach, and addressing any potential roadblocks

• Comfortable transiting out of Excel and PowerPoint, into an integrated planning model execution and governance

Execution Focused Delivery Leader:

• Financial Control & Reporting: Lead project financial tracking, including budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and variance analysis (Actuals vs. Budget).

• Governance & Standardization: Establish and enforce PMO processes, frameworks, templates, and best practices across the portfolio.

• Project Governance: Oversee project delivery milestones, RAID logs (Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions), and change management.

• Resource & Capability Planning: Manage capacity planning, team allocation, and cost tracking for project teams.

• Develop analytics and presentation materials to provide senior management transparency into the functional and process financial trends and impacts

• Establish and drive financial governance while function or process integration

• Lead initiatives from concept through execution as a thought leader and a project manager to ensure successful and timely delivery.

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or a related discipline

• Significant experience in progressive accounting and / or finance

• Experience in the areas of strategic planning, budgeting, reporting and profitability analysis.

• Extensive experience in driving initiatives through to completion

• Effective written & oral communication skills, influencing skills, and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and management to deliver objectives

• Strong knowledge of financial analytics and KPI metrics

• Strong quantitative and modeling skills

#LI-AIG

At AIG, we value in-person collaboration as a vital part of our culture, which is why we ask our team members to be primarily in the office. This approach helps us work together effectively and create a supportive, connected environment for our team and clients alike.

Enjoy benefits that take care of what matters

At AIG, our people are our greatest asset. We know how important it is to protect and invest in what’s most important to you. That is why we created our Total Rewards Program, a comprehensive benefits package that extends beyond time spent at work to offer benefits focused on your health, wellbeing and financial security—as well as your professional development—to bring peace of mind to you and your family.

Reimagining insurance to make a bigger difference to the world

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a global leader in commercial and personal insurance solutions; we are one of the world’s most far-reaching property casualty networks. It is an exciting time to join us — across our operations, we are thinking in new and innovative ways to deliver ever-better solutions to our customers. At AIG, you can go further to support individuals, businesses, and communities, helping them to manage risk, respond to times of uncertainty and discover new potential. We invest in our largest asset, our people, through continuous learning and development, in a culture that celebrates everyone for who they are and what they want to become.

Welcome to a culture of inclusion

We’re committed to creating a culture that truly respects and celebrates each other’s talents, backgrounds, cultures, opinions and goals. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging through learning, cultural awareness activities and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). With global chapters, ERGs are a cornerstone for our culture of inclusion. The talent of our people is one of AIG’s greatest assets, and we are honored that our drive for positive change has been recognized by numerous recent awards and accreditations.

AIG provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected categories.

AIG is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees with disabilities.  If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation, please send an email to [email protected].  

Functional Area:

FA - FinanceAIG Global Operations (Ireland) Limited