Associate Director of Audit and Compliance

About The Company

Cover Genius is a Series E insurtech that protects the global customers of the world’s largest digital companies including Booking Holdings, owner of Priceline, Kayak and Booking.com, Intuit, Uber, Hopper, Ryanair, Turkish Airlines, Descartes ShipRush, Zip and SeatGeek. We’re also available at Amazon, Flipkart, eBay, Wayfair and SE Asia’s largest company, Shopee. Our partners integrate with XCover, our award-winning insurance distribution platform, to embed protection for millions of customers worldwide each year.

Our team and products have been recognized with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times which ranked Cover Genius as the #1 fastest-growing company in APAC in 2020. Our diverse team across 20 countries and many language groups commit itself to diverse cultural programs, in particular “CG Gives” which makes social entrepreneurs out of us all and funds development initiatives in global communities.

Our People are

Bold, Authentic, Purposeful and Inspired

Our People are not

Perfect, Traditional, Complacent or Cautious

As an Associate Director of Audit and Compliance at Cover Genius, you will lead the planning, execution, and delivery of all external audits across our global subsidiaries and at the consolidated group level. This is a high-impact role in a rapidly growing, pre-IPO insurtech, requiring strong technical expertise, excellent stakeholder management, and the ability to design scalable processes across multiple jurisdictions.

Key Responsibilities

Audit Leadership:

• Lead the end-to-end external audit process for all subsidiaries and consolidated financials.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for EY, ensuring audit requests are managed effectively and deadlines are met.
• Coordinate with local finance, corporate accounting, and FP&A teams to prepare accurate, complete audit deliverables.
• Prepare, or oversee the preparation of, statutory financial statements for international subsidiaries.
  
  

Stakeholder Management

• Partner closely with the CFO, Controller, and Board Audit Committee to provide updates on audit status, risks, and findings.
• Build strong working relationships with EY audit teams globally to ensure a smooth and efficient audit process.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, Tax, and Operations to address complex accounting or compliance issues.
  
  

Technical & Regulatory Oversight

• Maintain deep knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS, and local GAAP across key jurisdictions.
• Monitor emerging accounting and audit standards, advising management on their implications.
• Ensure compliance with global regulatory reporting requirements and support SEC/IPO readiness.
  
  

Internal Controls & Governance

• Support SOX readiness by designing and strengthening internal control processes.
• Drive consistency in audit practices, documentation, and governance across subsidiaries.
  
  

What You Will Bring

• 10 years of progressive audit/accounting experience, with a strong preference for a background directly from a Big Four public accounting firm.
• CPA, ACA, or an equivalent professional accounting qualification is required.
• Strong technical expertise in US GAAP and IFRS; knowledge of local GAAP in multiple jurisdictions is preferred.
• Proven success in managing external audits for complex, high-growth companies; pre-IPO experience is a plus.
• Experience leading group consolidations and multi-entity, multi-currency audits.
• Familiarity with SOX/internal controls in a public company environment.
• NetSuite experience is preferred, and proficiency in Excel and other financial systems is required.
  
  

What You Will Have

• Exceptional project management skills with the ability to manage multiple audits simultaneously.
• Strong communication and presentation skills for engaging with executive leadership and the Audit Committee.
• A collaborative leader who can influence across functions and geographies.
• Detail-oriented and analytical, with a problem-solving mindset.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth, global environment
  
  

Why Cover Genius?

Cover Genius not only cares about being the best in our industry, we care about our team. We’re a business that understands life can be fluid and so we flex to ensure we provide the environment to suit that. What does that mean?

• Flexible PTO. Taking time out is important for our teams to enjoy life and stay fresh.
• Employee Stock Options - we want our people to share in our success, we reward them with ownership for their contribution in creating a world-class company.
• Work with like-minded people who are passionate about both the work we're doing and giving back.
  
  

Our CG Gives programs enables us to all become philanthropists through our peer recognition and rewards system.

• Social Initiatives - pictures speak a thousand words!
  
  

Sound interesting? If you think you have the best composition of the above, send us your resume and let's chat!

• Cover Genius promotes diversity and inclusivity. We don't tolerate discrimination, demeaning treatment of anyone, or harassment due to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.
  
  

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