Chief Financial Officer - Home Warranty Division

What You'll Do:

• Advise executive leadership on key financial, operational, claims, pricing, customer, product, and market trends, and recommend actions to improve profitability, growth, and capital efficiency
• Lead and manage the annual budget, quarterly forecast, and long-range planning processes
• Present financial results, forecasts, risks, opportunities, and strategic recommendations to executive leadership and other internal or external stakeholders
• Lead the accounting, financial planning and analysis, and financial reporting functions
• Analyze and model business unit, customer segment, claims trends, geography, and product level financial performance to identify margin opportunities and business risks
• Partner with product, pricing, claims, sales, operations, and marketing leaders to evaluate pricing adequacy, contract profitability, claims trends, service costs, customer retention, and growth initiatives
• Develop and maintain appropriate analytical tools and reporting processes to ensure effective and efficient management of resources
• Manage the division's finance and accounting teams with a focus on staff development, accountability, and high performance
• Support strategic initiatives, including new product development, distribution partnerships, technology investments, service network strategy, acquisitions, divestitures, or business transformation efforts
• Serve as an influential finance leader who partners across business lines and functional areas to drive alignment, accountability, and execution on strategic priorities
• Ensure accurate and timely preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, management reporting, and business performance packages
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, statutory financial reporting, tax, and contractual requirements
• Set divisional allocation policy and methodology

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; advanced degree and/or CPA is preferred
• 12 years of successfully managing complex cross-functional units or groups
• Extensive management and leadership experience in senior financial roles
• Previous experience effectively working in a matrixed management environment
• Knowledge of SEC and IRS reporting requirements
• Excellent planning and organizational skills with the ability to effectively direct the company's overall financial operations to maximize revenues and profits
• Demonstrated competency in creating and executing on strategic plans
• Proven record of leading large, complex projects with multiple stakeholders and driving organizational change

While this role is based out of our West Hills office, we are open to fully remote candidates within the U.S.

First American will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (e.g., the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act).

First American intends to conduct a review of an applicant's criminal history in connection with a conditional offer. First American reasonably believes that a criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following material job duties for this position potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: handling of confidential, proprietary or trade secret information belonging to First American or its customers, administrating or facilitating financial transactions, and the ability to meet customer-imposed criminal history requirements.