As a team member in Finance at Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales, the opportunities are endless! Let Nationwide help create your career journey! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

This is a unique and high-impact opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation within our Property & Casualty Controllership team. The role is deeply embedded in our new Specialty Finance business—an area where Nationwide is breaking new ground by introducing products we've never written before.

As the accounting and Controllership lead for Specialty Finance reinsurance, you will serve as the end‑to‑end expert for technical accounting, reporting, and control environment design. You will apply and interpret GAAP and statutory guidance across specialized, complex reinsurance and financing structures, providing strategic insights and value‑added advisory support that directly influence business decision‑making. In addition, you will oversee the operational accounting for these structures, including designing and scaling processes that are currently highly manual, with significant opportunity to build automated and scalable solutions from the ground up.

This role offers exceptional visibility and cross‑functional engagement. You will partner closely with Reinsurance Placement, Specialty Finance, Legal, FRAP, Finance and other enterprise teams, with direct exposure to the P&C Controller. Strong communication skills—both verbal and written—are essential, as you will regularly influence and align diverse stakeholders and senior leaders.

Beyond Specialty Finance, you will have opportunities to support key P&C initiatives, including project work, technical accounting research, operational accounting, and broader team engagement efforts..

If you're looking for a role that blends technical expertise, strategic thinking, leadership, and visibility—this is it. You’ll help shape the future of how we support and scale a brand-new business area at Nationwide.

This is a hybrid position located in Columbus Ohio and you will be required to come into the office two days per week.

This role does not qualify for employer sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the STEM OPT extension program.

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Job Description Summary

Do you want to invest in yourself and thrive in an environment of innovation, problem solving, collaboration and learning? If you’re prepared to work in a technology-enabled, digitally-focused organization, where Controllership is a captivating and respected career, we want to hear from you!

As a Technical Director, you'll build and maintain product/business unit accounting policies, practices and standards to meet regulatory and management requirements. We'll count on you to direct the recording, consolidation, arrangement, reporting and preservation of all financial data. In addition, you'll have opportunities to provide accounting consultation, assistance and service to leadership and other internal customers.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Directs the accounting, preparation, analysis and required filing of all relative financial statements and related data and exhibits.

• Directs the preparation, analysis and filing of financial statements and other reports for internal and external sources.

• Reviews, advises, counsels and participates actively concerning new systems developments and other systems related matters to ensure accuracy of all financial data.

• Manages special projects/assignments as advised by senior management.

• Provides advise, counsel and assistance concerning accounting policies and practices.

• Responds to applicable inquiries from State Insurance Departments, internal and external auditors and other regulatory agencies. Provides financial information to various Nationwide offices to be used in the support of other filing, analysis and reporting requirements.

• Directs the preparation of special reports, analyses and financials as requested by management and external agencies.

• Represents officer/executive as assigned. May attend trade association meetings as Company representative.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Accounting Officer/Executive; may have the opportunity to manage a team of accounting professionals.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate studies in accounting or finance; post-graduate level studies desirable.

License/Certification/Designation: Progress toward CPA preferred.

Experience: Ten years of accounting experience in insurance or financial services industry.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: GAAP and/or STAT accounting, tax and systems principles. Insurance accounting and management principles, practices and procedures. Insurance regulatory requirements. Advanced verbal and written communication skills for contact with all levels of associates including business unit leadership, external parties such as public accountants, state examiners, industry professionals and other clients. Ability to analyze and solve accounting problems, interpret financial documents and data, analyze legal requirements, examine and monitor accounting cycles and flows and review general ledger entries and audit work papers and schedules. Ability to advise associates in all aspects of assigned accounting record maintenance, financial statement preparation and special projects.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resources Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not eligible)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Credit/Background Check: Due to the fiduciary accountabilities within this job, a valid credit and/or background check will be required as part of the selection process.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES:

We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.

Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range. Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.The national salary range for Technical Director, Accounting : $122,000.00-$214,000.00The expected starting salary range for Technical Director, Accounting : $122,000.00 - $182,000.00