What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate, Financial Reporting & Audits position at Cover Genius?
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, Hopper, Skyscanner, 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 sed with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times who ranked Cover Genius as the #1 fastest growing company in APAC in 2020. Our diverse team across 20 countries and many language groups commits 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
About The Role
We are seeking an Associate, Financial Reporting & Audits to join our Finance team. In this role, you will work closely with Managers and Directors to lead local statutory audits and control assessments, focusing on both core business processes and technology-driven initiatives.
This position sits at the unique intersection of business operations and technology. You will be responsible for triaging and assessing the reasonableness of external audit requests, ensuring high-quality delivery through seamless collaboration with internal teams. While traditional SOX responsibilities—such as leading walkthroughs, identifying control gaps, and performing testing—are central to the role, an interest or background in IT-focused initiatives is a significant plus.
You will have the opportunity to develop an end-to-end understanding of our critical processes, enhance our risk posture, and create succinct documentation that enables leadership to make informed decisions. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking and hands-on execution to simplify and operationalize complex audit requirements.
Key Responsibilities
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?
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.
By submitting your application, you acknowledge that we may collect, store and process your personal data for recruitment purposes. To ensure a fair evaluation, we may use AI to assist in sorting applications, but all final decisions are made by our hiring team and no candidate dispositions are automated. We will keep your information on file for three years from the date of your application. For detailed information about how we handle your data and our use of AI, please review our full Privacy Policy.
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, Hopper, Skyscanner, 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 sed with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times who ranked Cover Genius as the #1 fastest growing company in APAC in 2020. Our diverse team across 20 countries and many language groups commits 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
About The Role
We are seeking an Associate, Financial Reporting & Audits to join our Finance team. In this role, you will work closely with Managers and Directors to lead local statutory audits and control assessments, focusing on both core business processes and technology-driven initiatives.
This position sits at the unique intersection of business operations and technology. You will be responsible for triaging and assessing the reasonableness of external audit requests, ensuring high-quality delivery through seamless collaboration with internal teams. While traditional SOX responsibilities—such as leading walkthroughs, identifying control gaps, and performing testing—are central to the role, an interest or background in IT-focused initiatives is a significant plus.
You will have the opportunity to develop an end-to-end understanding of our critical processes, enhance our risk posture, and create succinct documentation that enables leadership to make informed decisions. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking and hands-on execution to simplify and operationalize complex audit requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Audit Coordination: Act as a primary point of contact for external auditors during financial audits and reviews; prepare and manage technical memos, schedules, and supporting documentation.
- Request Management: Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of audit responses, verifying that all necessary materials and disclosures meet compliance standards.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with the FP&A team to coordinate responses regarding forecasts for impairment analysis, going-concern assessments, and other complex financial areas.
- Financial Storytelling: Prepare and deliver clear, comprehensive explanations of financial statements and disclosures to auditors and key external stakeholders.
- Process Optimization: Proactively identify and recommend process improvements to enhance financial operating efficiency and streamline global operations.
- Communication Excellence: Exceptional verbal and written skills, with the ability to convey complex financial and technical information clearly to diverse stakeholders.
- Interpersonal Savvy: Strong relationship-management skills to effectively gather information and resolve audit hurdles with internal "clients."
- Organizational Rigor: Proven project management skills with the ability to coordinate multiple high-priority assignments under tight deadlines.
- Uncompromising Accuracy: Extreme attention to detail to ensure the integrity and completeness of all information provided to auditors.
- Educational Foundation: A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Accountability: A proactive professional who takes full ownership of their work with a positive, solutions-oriented attitude.
- Collaboration-First: Thrives in a team environment and operates with a "stakeholder-service" mentality.
- Agility: An expert multitasker who can self-prioritize in a fast-paced, global environment.
- Risk Intelligence: The ability to quickly identify risks and opportunities while maintaining a focus on process improvement and results.
- Global Mindset: Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with teams working across multiple time zones.
- Technical Preferences: Big Four audit experience and proficiency in NetSuite are highly preferred.
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 Work Environment - Our teams are remote and hybrid. We work from home on Wednesdays and Thursday and attend the office on Monday, Tuesday and Friday with flexibility around start/finish times.
- Work with like-minded people who are passionate about both the work we're doing and giving back. Our CG Gives programs enable us to all become philanthropists through our peer recognition and rewards system.
- Social Initiatives - pictures speak a thousand words!
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.
By submitting your application, you acknowledge that we may collect, store and process your personal data for recruitment purposes. To ensure a fair evaluation, we may use AI to assist in sorting applications, but all final decisions are made by our hiring team and no candidate dispositions are automated. We will keep your information on file for three years from the date of your application. For detailed information about how we handle your data and our use of AI, please review our full Privacy Policy.