What are the responsibilities and job description for the VP of Corporate Finance position at Slide?
Slide Insurance - Fun. Innovation Driven. Fueled by Passion, Purpose and Technology.
At Slide, you will not only be part of a successful team, but you will also be a part of our Slide Vibe/award winning culture where collaboration and innovation are expected, recognized and awarded!
What You Will Be Doing
Strategic Financial Leadership
Education, Experience, and Licensing:
The Slide Vibe - An opportunity to be a part of a fun and innovation-driven culture fueled by Passion, Purpose and Technology! Slide offers many opportunities to collaborate and innovate across the company and departments, as well as get to know other Sliders. From coffee chats, to clubs, to social events - we plan it, so all Sliders feel included and Enjoy their Journey.
Benefits - Created using Slider feedback, Slide offers a comprehensive and affordable benefits package to cover all aspects of health...Physical, Emotional, Financial, Social and Professional. A Lifestyle Spending Account is set up for each Slider and Slide contributes to it monthly for use on any benefit that individually suits you - Health Your Way!
2023, 2024 & 2025 BEST PLACE TO WORK - Tampa Bay Business Journal
2024 & 2025 TOP WORKPLACE - Tampa Bay Times (Local) &
2024 TOP WORKPLACE - USA Today (National)
At Slide, you will not only be part of a successful team, but you will also be a part of our Slide Vibe/award winning culture where collaboration and innovation are expected, recognized and awarded!
What You Will Be Doing
Strategic Financial Leadership
- Develop and execute the company’s financial strategy in alignment with its risk appetite, underwriting philosophy, and growth objectives.
- Lead long-term financial modeling, including profitability forecasting, capital needs, reinsurance impacts, loss trend assumptions, and catastrophe exposure.
- Provide strategic guidance on market conditions, capital market dynamics, state regulatory shifts, and competitive trends affecting homeowner’s insurance.
- Partner with the CFO to support strategic initiatives, including rate adequacy strategy, reserve planning, and corporate investment decisions.
- Own the annual budget, quarterly reforecast, and multi-year financial planning processes.
- Produce executive-level reporting packages, including financial statements, variance analyses, KPIs, combined ratio metrics, loss ratio and expense ratio insights, and earnings drivers.
- Build integrated financial models reflecting underwriting performance, catastrophe scenarios, reinsurance structures, investment income, and operating efficiency.
- Assess financial implications of underwriting changes, pricing initiatives, reinsurance renewals, litigation trends, and state-by-state regulatory requirements.
- Lead capital adequacy assessments including RBC (Risk-Based Capital), statutory surplus levels, and modeled catastrophe risk.
- Monitor liquidity, support Treasury in cash forecasting, and identify opportunities to optimize capital deployment.
- Prepare analyses and recommendations for capital actions (share repurchases, dividends, debt issuance).
- Partner with Risk Management & Actuarial on Reinsurance and Cat Modeling to evaluate treaty structures, attachment points, reinstatements, and retention strategies.
- Model financial impacts of catastrophe events, aggregate exposure, and ceded premium structures.
- Provide financial support for reinsurance purchasing decisions and Board-level reinsurance presentations.
- Support earnings preparation, investor call materials, and SEC-related financial disclosures.
- Provide analytics for 10-K, 10-Q, MD&A sections, and investor decks to ensure accurate representation of financial performance and risk drivers.
- Evaluate M&A opportunities, strategic partnerships, and new product financial feasibility.
- Ensure financial processes meet GAAP, SAP, and SEC reporting standards.
- Strengthen internal controls around forecasting methodologies, model validation, and financial documentation.
- Oversee the accuracy and consistency of metrics used across Finance, Actuarial, Underwriting, and Operations.
- Lead and develop a high-performing Corporate Finance team.
- Provide leadership to employees and regularly conduct effective and timely structured Progress & Growth Structured Dialogue sessions.
- Promote a culture of accountability, analytical rigor, and proactive financial management.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Education, Experience, and Licensing:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required.
- MBA, CFA, CPA, or relevant actuarial knowledge strongly preferred.
- 10 years in corporate finance, FP&A, or financial strategy roles, preferably in P&C or homeowner’s insurance.
- Experience in a publicly traded environment, with understanding of SEC reporting, SOX compliance, and investor expectations
- Strong understanding of insurance financial mechanics: loss development, reserving, rate adequacy, catastrophe risk, reinsurance structures, RBC, and statutory reporting.
- Proven track record influencing senior leaders and Boards.
- Advanced financial modeling and forecasting expertise.
- Strong knowledge of GAAP, SAP, SEC reporting requirements.
- Familiarity with catastrophe modeling and reinsurance economics.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex financial drivers into clear business insights.
- Ability to lead through influence in a dynamic regulatory and market environment.
- Expert user of MSO/365 applications such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Desire to live Slide’s Core Values.
The Slide Vibe - An opportunity to be a part of a fun and innovation-driven culture fueled by Passion, Purpose and Technology! Slide offers many opportunities to collaborate and innovate across the company and departments, as well as get to know other Sliders. From coffee chats, to clubs, to social events - we plan it, so all Sliders feel included and Enjoy their Journey.
Benefits - Created using Slider feedback, Slide offers a comprehensive and affordable benefits package to cover all aspects of health...Physical, Emotional, Financial, Social and Professional. A Lifestyle Spending Account is set up for each Slider and Slide contributes to it monthly for use on any benefit that individually suits you - Health Your Way!
2023, 2024 & 2025 BEST PLACE TO WORK - Tampa Bay Business Journal
2024 & 2025 TOP WORKPLACE - Tampa Bay Times (Local) &
2024 TOP WORKPLACE - USA Today (National)