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Global Director, Accounting
Allstate Insurance Company · 🇺🇸 Chicago River Point
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- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 38 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 25 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Allstate Insurance Company
The US Department of Labor certified 38 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 25 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection. Job Description Allstate Protection Plans, formerly SquareTrade, helps customers protect the products they use every day, from phones and electronics to appliances and furniture. We are seeking a Director of Global Accounting to lead accounting operations, financial reporting, controls, and transformation across our global business. This is an opportunity to shape how a growing, technology-enabled organization approaches accounting while building consistent practices across markets and legal entities. The Director will combine strong technical accounting expertise with practical business judgment, global leadership, and a passion for modernization. A key focus will be responsibly applying AI, automation, and analytics to improve accounting quality, accelerate the close, strengthen controls, and create capacity for more strategic work. What You’ll Do • Lead global accounting operations and controllership activities across multiple legal entities and markets. • Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial results. • Maintain consistent application of U.S. GAAP, Allstate accounting policies, and applicable local requirements. • Provide accounting leadership for new products, commercial partnerships, service contracts, revenue arrangements, claims liabilities, and market expansion. • Strengthen balance-sheet governance, reconciliations, financial controls, and issue-resolution processes. • Partner with internal and external auditors to maintain audit readiness and address findings. • Collaborate with Finance, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Technology, Operations, Product, and other business partners. • Develop and lead a high-performing global accounting team, including talent development and succession planning. • Establish meaningful performance measures for close timeliness, accounting quality, control effectiveness, and operational efficiency. Lead Accounting Modernization • Develop a practical roadmap for using AI, automation, analytics, and process standardization across accounting. • Identify opportunities to improve reconciliations, variance analysis, transaction classification, anomaly detection, accounting research, and close monitoring. • Ensure AI-enabled accounting solutions include appropriate human judgment, documentation, data protection, and governance. • Partner with Technology, Data, Risk, Internal Audit, and Information Security to implement responsible and sustainable solutions. • Build AI fluency within the accounting team through education, experimentation, and adoption of approved tools. • Measure transformation success through improvements in accuracy, close speed, controls, scalability, and employee capacity. What You’ll Bring • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. • CPA, Chartered Accountant, or comparable professional qualification strongly preferred. • Progressive leadership experience in accounting, controllership, financial reporting, or audit. • Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, internal controls, balance-sheet governance, and close management. • Experience supporting international operations, multiple legal entities, and global or regional accounting requirements. • Experience leading accounting transformation, automation, ERP, or finance modernization initiatives. • Practical understanding of