Job Purpose
A detail-oriented individual with great problem-solving skills who can turn financial insight into storytelling to join our Finance team. The Finance Manager role will business partner with Global Housing Voluntary Home products, operational and enterprise finance teams to provide financial reporting, analyses, and forecasting for multiple insurance products and cost centers. You will use your finance acumen to support several products that are positioned for significant growth with strategic clients and other mature products with initiatives to improve profitability. Challenging ad hoc requests are common and business partnering opportunities are plentiful. The Finance Manager role will be instrumental in partnering with the Data Analytics team to enhance our data reporting and modeling capabilities.
Primary Job Responsibilities
- Prepare data-driven variance analysis (actual results, plan, forecast) for specific financial statement lines (e.g., revenue, expenses, EBITDA, and metrics) for multiple products and clients under the Voluntary Home line of business.
- Identify, explain, and provide insights into trends, drivers, key performance indicators, risks, and opportunities by using data-driven approaches.
- Prepare multi-year forecasts for products and cost centers.
- Prepare management reporting packages and presentations on a monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad-hoc basis.
- Perform analytical assignments of a complex nature.
- Business partner with the product, operational and enterprise finance teams
Basic Qualifications Required -
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree required – Finance or Accounting
Experience:
- Minimum 5-7 years’ experience in financial analysis and forecasting
- Ability to lead a team and process.
- Ability to manipulate and analyze financial data, prepare financial reports, using an advanced level of Excel, PowerPoint, Power Query and Power BI
- Occasionally will have to work extended hours, weekends and be available for infrequent business travel.
- Knowledge of finance, accounting (including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), budgeting and variance analysis.
- Ability to present financial information in an engaging way to various audiences.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate with internal teams, at multiple levels and settings in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Critical and innovative thinking
- Committed to continuous learning and a continuous improvement culture as the business needs change.
- Advanced problem-solving skills and sophisticated analytical techniques
- Knowledge of automated financial and accounting reporting systems
- Experience identifying, evaluating and resolving financial, accounting and data quality discrepancies.
- Willingness to go above and beyond to do the best possible job.
- Proven experience driving cross-functional consensus and sustaining a sense of urgency.
- Able to process complex time-sensitive data and information from multiple sources, make decisions based on this data, and effectively communicate the related actions to a broad audience
Knowledge and Skills:
- SQL Server & Power BI experience a plus
- Thorough understanding of business issues and concepts related to insurance or financial services industry
- IBM Planning Analytics (EPA and PAX) or experience with similar planning tools
At Assurant, we celebrate the differences that make us who we are. By assembling extraordinary teams from a variety of races, religions, sexual orientations, gender identities, ages, experiences, and abilities, we’re able to better reflect the global communities where we live and work. By working to remove barriers, we ensure equity for everyone. The pursuit of inclusion rests with each of us. Because it’s only by listening to and representing the unique voices of every individual that we can innovate for all.
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What We Do
Assurant is more than a place to work. It’s a place where your work matters.
Our employees are the heart and soul of our company. Our work environment fosters teamwork and collaboration. We provide ways to make meaningful contributions, learn and develop professionally. We encourage creativity and innovation. The more our employees succeed, the better we are able to serve our customers.
Assurant is the company that protects and secures the places people live and the things they buy. We’re a Fortune 500 company with approximately 16,000 employees in 21 countries across North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. We help keep life running smoothly for more than 300 million people around the world. Protecting 38 million mobile devices. 40 million motor vehicles. 80 million appliances. 36 million mortgages. And that's just the beginning.
Our Uncompromising Values
Our values guide the way we support our customers and work with one another.
Common Sense - We seek simple, straightforward solutions that keep life running smoothly for the clients and consumers we serve.
Common Decency - We act with integrity. We treat others with respect, courtesy, and kindness. We’re honest, transparent and committed to doing the right thing.
Uncommon Thinking - We're never satisfied with the status quo. We seek diverse perspectives and thrive on challenge. We believe there's always a way to build upon our successes.
Uncommon Results - We focus on actionable solutions that deliver measurable results. We approach each challenge with a sense of urgency, striving to exceed every expectation.
Our Purpose
Assurant helps our clients protect and support the major purchases people make. Things like their homes, cars, appliances and phones. But we understand what matters most. It’s not the things we protect. It’s the millions of people we serve.
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