Finance Director

Stewart Title; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Stewart Title is seeking an executive-level financial leader to manage budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. You will oversee internal controls and ensure compliance with all laws and policies within a dynamic real estate services environment.

The role requires a deep understanding of accounting principles and a track record of strategic financial management in insurance, mortgage, lending, or real estate sectors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field preferred
• Typically requires 10+ years of related work experience in insurance, mortgage, lending, or real estate industries

Responsibilities

• Budgeting, planning and forecasting for the organization
• Oversee financial and regulatory reporting and internal controls
• Ensure compliance with contractual documents and government regulations

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Internal controls

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Job description

At Stewart, we know that success begins with great people. As a Stewart employee, you’ll be joining a company that was named a 2024-2025 Best Company to Work For by U.S. News & World Report, and a 2025 Top Workplace by USA Today. We are committed to helping you own, develop, and nurture your career. We invest in your career journey because we understand that as you grow, so does our company. And our priority is smart growth – by attaining the best people, investing in tools and resources that enable success, and creating a better home for all.

You will be part of an inclusive work environment that reflects the customers we serve. You’ll be empowered to use your unique experiences, passion and skills to help our company and the communities we serve constantly evolve and improve. Together, we can achieve our vision of becoming the premier title and real estate services company.

Stewart is a global real estate services company, providing title insurance, settlement, underwriting, and lender services through our family of companies. To learn more about Stewart, visit stewart.com/about.

More information can be found on stewart.com. Get title industry information and insights at stewart.com/insights. Follow Stewart on Facebook @StewartTitleCo, on Instagram @StewartTitleCo and on LinkedIn @StewartTitle

Job Description

Job Summary

Collects, analyzes, monitors, and reports on the organization’s financial matters, managing and ensuring compliance with the organization’s financial policies, professional standards and all laws. Responsible for overseeing key accounting and financial reporting functions for the organization, ensuring compliance with accounting principles or financial reporting standards.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for the direct management of several key accounting and reporting functions within the organization, including budgeting, planning and forecasting; financial and regulatory reporting; internal controls and risk management; research and analysis; and compliance with contractual documents and government regulations
• Ensures that the Company has the policies, procedures, internal controls, segregation of duties and systems in place to support effective program implementation and to ensure flawless audits
• Provides leadership and direction through managers, supervisors and/or individual contributors
• Accountable for the performance and results of a function/sub-function, division/region
• Executes business plans and contributes to the development of business strategy
• Decisions are guided by business unit or regional strategy and priorities
• Applies broad industry knowledge and business acumen to drive financial performance
• Has broad impact on the functional, divisional or regional results
• Directs the resolution of highly complex or unusual business problems applying advanced critical thinking
• Persuades and negotiates with senior leaders across the business
• Leads through subordinate managers; contributes to the development of functional/ operational long-term strategy and develops annual business plans to ensure alignment

Education

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field preferred

Experience

• Typically requires 10+ years of related work experience in insurance, mortgage, lending, or real estate industries

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Stewart is committed to ensuring that its online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance or an accommodation in the application process, please contact us by email at [e-mail].

Benefits

• Stewart offers eligible employees a competitive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to a variety of health and wellness insurance options and programs, paid time off, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program, and employee discounts.