EXL | Senior Manager

Responsibilities

• The role involves leading end-to-end financial reporting, insurance accounting, and operational governance within a controlled US insurance reporting environment.
• The Senior Manager is responsible for strategic oversight, stakeholder management, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving high-impact business decisions while leading large teams and complex reporting functions.
• Lead and oversee insurance accounting and reporting deliverables, ensuring accurate coordination with multiple counterparties.
• Drive quarterly financial analysis, including trend and variance analysis across income statement and balance sheet accounts.
• Ensure accurate, timely, and well-controlled financial statements, including US GAAP, STAT, and consolidated reporting.
• Collaborate closely with onshore stakeholders to ensure accurate journal entries and accounting treatment for reinsurance activities.
• Provide leadership oversight for end-to-end financial reporting operations, including disclosures, surveys, and regulatory submissions.
• Support and evaluate strategic reinsurance transactions and business initiatives in partnership with onshore teams.
• Own and govern critical processes, reports, and procedures, acting as a Subject Matter Expert with cross-functional understanding.
• Ensure strong compliance with SOX requirements and internal control frameworks over financial reporting.
• Partner in setting the strategic direction of the team, driving operational efficiency and performance improvements.
• Lead and manage internal and external audits, ensuring timely closure of audit queries and high-quality deliverables.
• Drive and lead special projects, transformation initiatives, and ad-hoc financial analysis requests.
• Identify and implement process improvements, automation opportunities, and control enhancements.
• Mentor and lead teams, ensuring talent development, succession planning, and high performance culture.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in reinsurance accounting and financial reporting environments.
• Proven track record of managing end-to-end reporting operations and strategic initiatives.
• Experience with ERP systems (Oracle preferred) and financial reporting tools.
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables under tight deadlines while maintaining quality and accuracy.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong stakeholder engagement experience.
• Demonstrated ability to drive process improvements, efficiencies, and transformation initiatives.
• CA / CPA / MBA / Post-Graduate in Finance
• 10+ years of experience in Financial Accounting, Reporting, and Insurance Finance (GAAP & STAT)

EXL

EXL (ExlService Holdings, Inc.) is a data analytics and digital operations company founded in 1999 and listed on NASDAQ as EXLS. It works with large insurers, banks, healthcare payers and retailers worldwide, combining data, AI and deep industry knowledge to run and transform business operations. Its Indian arm, EXL Service.com (India) Private Limited, was incorporated in 1999, and India is where the bulk of its global delivery work happens.

For finance professionals, EXL hires across finance and accounting operations (record to report, procure to pay, order to cash), financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, audit support, and risk and compliance, alongside its large analytics practice. CA, CMA, ACCA and MBA (Finance) profiles suit these roles across its Noida, Gurugram, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kochi centres.

• Industry: Data analytics, AI and digital operations (BPM)
• Headquarters: New York, USA (Indian operations headquartered in Noida)
• In India: Delivery centres in Noida, Gurugram, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi