Are you ready to shape the financial future of a global reinsurance leader? Do you thrive at the intersection of strategy, capital, and performance?
Join us in a role where your insights will drive impact across one of Aon’s most strategically important businesses!
This role is based in New York.
Aon is in the business of better decisions
At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.
As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.
What The Day Will Look Like
In this senior leadership position, you will serve as the primary finance partner to Aon’s Global Reinsurance leadership team, accountable for driving financial strategy, performance, and governance across a sophisticated, global business. Your days will be a blend of strategic influence, analytical leadership, and cross‑enterprise collaboration, including:
- Acting as the senior finance advisor to the Global Reinsurance leadership team, providing sharp, decision‑focused insights on growth, profitability, and capital deployment
- Leading financial input into the operating plan and long‑range strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise goals and return thresholds
- Evaluating major strategic initiatives — including investments, talent deployment, pricing, portfolio mix, and M\&A — with a focus on return on investment, ROIC, and value creation
- Delivering forward‑looking analysis on market cycles, pricing trends, capacity dynamics, and client segment profitability
- Owning financial performance management across the Reinsurance business, including monthly results, forecasts, and variance analysis
- Establishing and refining critical metrics that predict performance and support proactive course correction
- Driving deeper portfolio‑level analytics across geographies, products, client segments, and capital solutions
- Translating complex financial data into concise, executive‑ready insights for senior leadership and the Board
- Partnering with Corporate Planning, Treasury, and Controllership on capital allocation, balance‑sheet decisions, and governance
- Ensuring strong financial controls, compliance, and disciplined execution against business cases
- Leading and developing a high‑performing global finance team, fostering engagement, accountability, and talent growth
- Partnering across Regional CFOs, solution line finance leaders and enterprise teams to ensure consistent insight and execution
How This Opportunity Is Different
This is a high‑visibility, high‑influence leadership role that sits at the very centre of Aon’s Reinsurance strategy. You will work directly with senior executives across finance, strategy, underwriting, capital advisory, and analytics — and play a pivotal role in shaping decisions that drive margin expansion, disciplined growth, and sustainable performance.
What makes this opportunity stand out?
- You will guide financial strategy for a business operating at the heart of global market cycles
- You’ll influence decisions at Board level, shaping Aon’s long‑term reinsurance agenda
- You will lead a world‑class finance team and collaborate with talent across multiple geographies and business units
- You will shape insights that support some of the most strategically important decisions made at Aon
Skills And Experience That Will Lead To Success
- 15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience within complex, global organizations
- Deep expertise in strategic finance, FP\&A, performance management, and capital allocation
- Experience supporting senior leaders in cyclical, market‑driven or financial services sectors — ideally insurance, reinsurance, or capital markets
- Strong financial modelling and analytical capability, including valuation and scenario planning
- Proven ability to lead teams, influence across a matrix, and operate effectively at the executive and Board level
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field;
MBA, CFA, or equivalent advanced degree preferred. Equivalent years of industry experience may be considered.
How We Support Our Colleagues
In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage an inclusive workforce. Our agile environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. All colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year to focus on themselves. We also offer a variety of working‑style solutions for our colleagues.
Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share, and grow — helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.
Aon values an innovative and inclusive workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics. People with criminal histories are encouraged to apply.
If you require accommodations during the application or interview process, please email
ReasonableAccommodations@Aon.com or speak with your recruiter.
Aon is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this role.
Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties at any time.
Salary Range: The salary range for this position is $200,000 – $230,000 annually.
Actual salary will vary based on education, experience, skills, abilities, internal equity, and geographic location.
Incentives: This role is eligible to participate in Aon’s annual incentive program.
Benefits
Aon offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and regular part-time colleagues, including, but not limited to: a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions; an employee stock purchase plan; consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aon’s discretion; medical, dental and vision insurance. This role does not accrue vacation. Rather, this role is eligible to take paid time off at the discretion of the employee and management in accordance with company policy and practices. Various other types of leaves of absence; paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, health savings account, health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts, employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance; optional personal insurance policies, adoption assistance, tuition assistance, commuter benefits, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.
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