Chief Financial Officer

Working Style: Hybrid (2-3 Days Office) About You and the Role: The CFO Enstar, Belgium, provides strategic oversight of local statutory and regulatory financial reporting for Belgium, to protect compliance, credibility, and legal-entity governance. The role serves as the Finance team’s Enstar point of contact for local regulators and external auditors, shaping responses and point of views on reporting matters. In addition, the role provides decision-quality input to the local leadership on local reporting risks, regulatory changes, and legal-entity performance insights. This role has a secondary reporting line to the EU CFO, is a key member of the Finance Leadership Team and serves as a member of the Board. The position will play a critical role in influencing the direction and effectiveness of the broader Finance function, driving the execution of strategic initiatives, and embedding best practices across the organization. The successful candidate will provide strong leadership to a team of two direct reports while fostering collaboration and partnering with senior stakeholders to deliver business and finance objectives. What you will be doing: Define the expectations and review standards for local statutory and regulatory financial report production, supporting accurate, timely, and compliant filings. Provide approval governance for and review Enstar’s local financial submissions (e.g., annual reports, regulatory returns, tax-related filings as applicable), supporting consistent quality and reduced resubmission risk. Maintain forward-looking awareness of local regulatory and accounting changes, supporting early impact visibility and proactive compliance planning. Establish and optimise Enstar’s approach in managing regulator inquiries, information requests, and follow-ups, supporting complete responses and reduced escalation. Define the expectations for Enstar’s audit request management, evidence quality, and response timeliness, supporting cleaner audit evidence trails and fewer late-cycle issues. Act as Enstar’s primary point of contact for local regulatory authorities on financial reporting topics, supporting coherent communications and timely responses. Serve as Enstar’s finance representative in regulatory interactions (e.g., inspections, reporting reviews, supervisory discussions), supporting credibility and well-controlled outcomes. Ensure governance of the relationship with the local external audit partner, supporting predictable audit execution and reduced friction. Provide oversight of audit observations and findings, supporting closure of issues and reduced repeat findings. Provide oversight into legal-entity financial performance reporting presented to the local CEO and Board, supporting clear visibility to results, risks, and emerging issues. Ensure Enstar’s local leadership is kept informed of material financial matters, supporting timely decisions and effective governance. Partner with the Group Consolidation & Reporting Lead to drive execution of global, region-specific operational tasks via the dedicated Controllership Support Managers. Provide regional perspective and recommendations to the Group Financial Controller on local reporting risk, regulator expectations, and audit themes, supporting aligned enterprise positions and escalation readiness. Coordinate the preparation, review, and timely submission of tax documentation, ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and supporting effective tax governance across the organization. Support the CEO in identifying, evaluating, and pursuing new strategic opportunities by providing financial insight, commercial analysis, and decision support to enable sustainable business growth. Fulfil the statutory, fiduciary, and governance obligations associated with serving as a Director, ensuring compliance with all applicable legal, regulatory, and corporate governance requirements while acting in the best interests of the Board and its stakeholders. Fulfil all responsibilities outlined in the Boards’ Terms of Reference Serve as CFO for SISE and formally report to the Board of Directors at quarterly meetings (or as otherwise specified). Act as a member of the Belgium Management Committee Proven ability to support acquisitions and effectively manage capital and liquidity requirements. In addition to the above

key responsibilities
, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as the Company may reasonably require. What you will bring: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent with extensive insurance experience either in an industry or advisory role within the Belgium market. Qualified accountant with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in a financial role; experience managing an accounting or finance team is preferred. Experience preparing financial analysis, management and board reports/memos. Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close process Experience with finance systems including general ledger and statutory filing software Direct Experience with Belgium regulator Knowledge of Belgium GAAP Extensive experience within the Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance sector, with a strong understanding of its financial, regulatory and operational environment. Previous experience as a Key Function Holder (KFH) is preferred but not essential. Candidates must demonstrate sufficient senior-level experience and regulatory credibility; this role is not suitable as a first-time progression opportunity. Fluency in English is essential and at least one more national language preferrable Robust understanding of specific local statutory (i.e., US/UK GAAP, IFRS) reporting frameworks and jurisdictional filing requirements to protect compliance and credibility. Working knowledge of regulatory authority engagement protocols and supervisory expectations to support effective, consistent responses. Practical understanding of legal-entity governance and Board reporting requirements to enable actionable, insight-led oversight Ability to interpret how local accounting/regulatory changes translate into reporting impacts, judgments, and disclosure implications. SME expertise in external audits to support smoother audits and fewer issues. Operational financial services experience, especially insurance/reinsurance industry Country regulatory compliance experience preferred Effective leadership skills Excellent organizational skills with the ability to design and deliver efficient processes Excellent communication skills – verbal, written, presentation Strong quantitative and analytical skills, ability to apply common sense and see the big picture Comfortable dealing with ambiguity, working under pressure and within an evolving function Ability to lead a team of professionals, working collaboratively and delegating appropriate responsibilities as required Ability to operate beyond the core requirements of the role and adapt to emerging requirements Who we are: We are a trusted global re/insurance group and the leading provider of retrospective solutions, with specialist underwriting capabilities. We help our clients manage risk, unlock capital and create the financial freedom to grow. With operations across the world’s major insurance hubs and a global network of close to 800 talented professionals, we bring expertise and fresh thinking to some of the industry’s biggest challenges. For more information about Enstar, visit our website: www.enstargroup.com. For more information about careers at Enstar, visit our LinkedIn Life page or visit our careers site Why Enstar: Learning and development are a fundamental part of every employee's career journey with Enstar. Supporting growth and career progression is key to how we engage our people
- helping them to learn, grow and succeed at Enstar.

We offer
a range of initiatives and resources to support our people throughout their careers: Professional Qualifications and Study Support: We support employees who wish to take professional qualifications aligned to their role and career development. Training, Conferences & Seminars: As a global organisation, we work with many professional bodies to provide access to training programmes, conferences, seminars and continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities. Digital Learning Hub: Our digital learning hub, LinkedIn Learning, offers a wide range of self-serve resources, including courses, videos, eBooks, and audio books, to help employees build news skills and deepen their knowledge. We also invest in physical, mental and financial wellbeing initiatives for our employees. Supportive teams, inspiring work and a positive working environment all contribute to our collective wellbeing. Beyond the workplace, we strive to make a positive influence in our communities and to continuously reduce our impact on the environment. Enstar Inclusivity Policy: We’re an equal opportunity employer and believe that our inclusive environment creates an authentic working culture. We don’t discriminate on the basis of age, physical or mental disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and carer status, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. Enstar is committed in providing an accessible recruitment experience for all those interested in working with us. Please let your Enstar Recruitment Partner know if you require any reasonable accommodation during the application process due to a disability to enable you to fully participate in our recruitment process.