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About the Role
MGT Insurance is seeking an Assistant Controller to lead accounting operations, overseeing the monthly close, accounting controls, financial controls, and external audit for five consolidated entities under both GAAP and statutory accounting requirements. This role involves leading and developing the accounting team, strengthening the control environment, and managing the relationship with external auditors on a modern technology platform.
Responsibilities
- Own the close, leading monthly, quarterly, and annual closes across all five entities.
- Serve as the primary reviewer, approving journal entries, reconciliations, roll-forwards, and flux analyses.
- Set the close calendar and ensure organizational adherence.
- Manage GAAP and statutory reporting, delivering consolidated GAAP and statutory financial statements.
- Own annual and quarterly NAIC statements, state insurance department filings, and premium tax filings.
- Maintain a clear, well-documented statutory-to-GAAP bridge.
- Manage the audit, serving as the primary liaison to external auditors.
- Coordinate the PBC list, manage timelines, and resolve technical matters.
- Support responses to financial examinations and regulatory inquiries.
- Author accounting policy, preparing technical accounting memoranda for non-standard transactions.
- Establish and maintain accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
- Lead and develop the accounting team, setting priorities, reviewing work, and fostering professional growth.
- Build and automate accounting systems in NetSuite, partnering with Engineering, Data Science, and FP&A on data pipelines.
- Identify recurring manual work and prioritize automation.
- Partner beyond Finance with Operations, Product, Engineering, Data, Actuarial, and FP&A.
Requirements
- 8+ years of accounting experience in insurance, financial services, or public accounting serving those clients.
- 3+ years directly managing accounting professionals, with a demonstrated record of developing staff and elevating the quality of their work.
- Demonstrated ownership of a multi-entity month-end close and consolidation, including review of work prepared by others.
- Experience serving as a primary counterparty to external auditors.
- Strong command of US GAAP and statutory accounting; working knowledge of P&C insurance accounting.
- Hands-on experience with a modern ERP; NetSuite strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to apply AI tools and emerging technologies to automate workflows, improve productivity, and strengthen internal controls, with specific examples of recurring work eliminated.
- Advanced Excel and strong analytical capability.
- Comfort with SQL, or the willingness to develop it.
- Sound judgment and clear communication, with the ability to build process in a developing control environment and to escalate issues appropriately.
- CPA license, or active progress toward one.
- P&C carrier, MGA/MGU, reinsurance, or program business experience, including statutory/NAIC reporting, premium taxes, bordereaux, ceding commissions, trust accounting, producer commissions, or TPA claims flows.
- Experience implementing a close-management, reconciliation, or reporting platform such as FloQast, BlackLine, Numeric, or Workiva.
- Experience at a venture-backed company scaling toward a Series C or beyond.
- Big 4 or national firm foundation.
Skills
- AI tools
- NetSuite
- Excel
- SQL
- US GAAP
- Statutory accounting
- P&C insurance accounting
- Close management software implementation
- Technical accounting
- Process automation
Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Denver, CO
- Madison, WI
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 8+ years of accounting experience
- 3+ years directly managing accounting professionals
Education Level
- CPA license, or active progress toward one
Salary/Compensations
- $150,000 – $190,000
Benefits
- Target performance bonus
- Equity
About the Company
- MGT is the first AI-driven, neo-insurer focused on evolving commercial P&C insurance for brokers and small business owners.
- Combines industry veteran expertise with state-of-the-art technology.
- Ushering in the next evolution of commercial insurance.
- Moving the industry forward through modern technology, better processes, and a rock-star team.
- Seeks visionary leaders who thrive in dynamic, entrepreneurial settings and excel in autonomous roles.
- AI-first company where this commitment extends to the accounting function.
Equal Opportunity
- MGT is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- We do not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.
- All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.
- We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application and employment process.