The Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) is a private American auto insurance company with headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland. GEICO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway and is the third largest auto insurer in the United States. In 2024, GEICO earned premiums worth over $43 billion U.S. dollars.
At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.
When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.
GEICO is undergoing a bold transformation into a product- and technology-led organization. As part of this evolution, we are seeking a high-impact Senior Director of Financial Systems to lead the modernization and delivery of our enterprise financial platforms. This is a mission-critical leadership role, reporting directly to the Head of Finance and Pricing. You’ll drive the implementation strategy and execution across core finance technology systems—serving as the connector between Finance, Technology, and the broader enterprise.
We’re looking for a proven execution leader—someone who’s not only technically fluent in ERP and finance/accounting systems, but who also brings structure, direction, and clarity to complex, cross-functional initiatives. We are looking for an action-biased leader who has real-world delivery successes, executive presence, and the drive to make it happen.
Location: This is a hybrid role, requiring a minimum, on-site presence of 3 days per week at our Chicago, IL; New York, NY or Chevy Chase office.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end implementation of GEICO’s financial systems roadmap, with a sharp focus on execution, delivery excellence, and long-term scalability.
• Lead and mentor a 25+ person team responsible for financial systems supporting Accounting, Treasury, Supplier Management, FP&A, and Pricing.
• Define and drive multi-year strategies for ERP modernization, partnering closely with Finance and Technology leaders to prioritize business-critical initiatives.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Finance, Technology, and Product teams—translating business needs into actionable system solutions.
• Deliver with precision: apply agile methodologies and project management best practices to ensure clarity, transparency, and velocity across initiatives.
• Provide executive-level reporting on system performance, roadmap progress, risk mitigation, and alignment with business goals.
• Ensure a robust internal control environment that meets SOx and audit requirements.
• Drive continuous process and system optimization—ensuring that financial systems scale with the business and remain integrated, reliable, and user-friendly.
• Represent Finance Systems at senior leadership forums, with strong communication skills and the ability to articulate vision and direction confidently.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive leadership in finance systems implementation, with direct accountability for large-scale ERP/platform rollouts and upgrades.
• Deep experience with financial and ERP systems such as Oracle Cloud, Workday, PeopleSoft, SAP, Ariba, or Concur.
• Proven success delivering in implementation-heavy roles—not just strategy, but actual enterprise-scale execution.
• Strong domain expertise in Finance and Accounting processes; comfortable partnering with CFO-level leaders and their teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead in an agile delivery environment and apply project management best practices (e.g., Jira, Asana, Smartsheet).
• Expertise in internal controls, SOx compliance, and financial data integrity.
• High level of executive presence, with the ability to set direction, make decisions, and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Sharp, structured communicator with a strong sense of ownership and follow-through.
• Experience in insurance or regulated industries preferred but not required.

The GEICO Pledge:
Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.
We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.
Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind. You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.
Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.
As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• In office and remote opportunities, as well as our signature GEICO Flex program, offering the ability to work remotely for up to four weeks per year.

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Annual Salary
$195,000.00 - $315,000.00
The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.
At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
The GEICO Pledge:
Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.
We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.
Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind. You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.
Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.
As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.
GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants

• Own the end-to-end implementation of GEICO’s financial systems roadmap, with a sharp focus on execution, delivery excellence, and long-term scalability.
• Lead and mentor a 25+ person team responsible for financial systems supporting Accounting, Treasury, Supplier Management, FP&A, and Pricing.
• Define and drive multi-year strategies for ERP modernization, partnering closely with Finance and Technology leaders to prioritize business-critical initiatives.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Finance, Technology, and Product teams—translating business needs into actionable system solutions.
• Deliver with precision: apply agile methodologies and project management best practices to ensure clarity, transparency, and velocity across initiatives.
• Provide executive-level reporting on system performance, roadmap progress, risk mitigation, and alignment with business goals.
• Ensure a robust internal control environment that meets SOx and audit requirements.
• Drive continuous process and system optimization—ensuring that financial systems scale with the business and remain integrated, reliable, and user-friendly.
• Represent Finance Systems at senior leadership forums, with strong communication skills and the ability to articulate vision and direction confidently