Senior Financial Analyst

Location(s)

Chicago, Illinois

Details

Kemper is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture, valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge, and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive. Kemper’s products and services are making a real difference to our customers, who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team, you are helping to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises. 

Position Summary:  

Kemper is looking for a highly talented and motivated person to join the Finance Strategic Planning & Execution team from its Chicago headquarters. The Finance SP&E team executes high impact corporate finance and strategy projects in support of Treasury, Corporate Development, Investments and other functional and business areas. This includes the creation and presentation of qualitative and quantitative analyses that provide critical insights into business and investments performance, capital and liquidity management, capital utilization and strategic opportunities.

The Senior Financial Analyst will create reporting to translate data into meaningful information to facilitate tactical and strategic decision-making. The Candidate must be comfortable working with large data sets to identify trends and KPI drivers. Duties include financial and / or capital planning and forecasting, variance analysis and ad hoc requests.

Position Responsibilities:  

• Interpret data and identify trends to help leadership understand drivers of results, make decisions, and develop strategy

• Construct and maintain structured financial and operational analysis models as tools to aid in data analysis

• Manage monthly financial reporting and provide variance analysis against actual results

• Prepare data that can be used for upper-level reports and presentations

• Aggregate and organize financial data from multiple platforms and systems and suggest procedural changes to increase the accuracy, effectiveness, and efficiency of models and reports used or produced by the team

• Frequently interact and coordinate with other departments to address business issues and to meet organizational objectives

• Support the development of analysis of company financial performance

• Develop new reports and models to drive key leadership insights into business performance

Position Qualifications: 

• 2-5 years of corporate finance, analysis, or accounting experience

• A Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, accounting, economics, or equivalent

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word

• Able to deliver accurate work products that meet deadlines

• Strong knowledge of financial statements (income statements, balance sheets and cash flows)

• Insurance experience preferred (Property and Casualty and Life & Health a plus)

• Knowledge of insurance concepts, products, and distribution preferred but not required

• Basic experience with financial information and or reporting system / tools such as Workday, Adaptive, Tableau, Micro Strategy preferred but not required

• The selected candidate will work a hybrid work schedule which will require weekly reporting to our Chicago office

Kemper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We are committed to supporting diversity and equality across our organization and we work diligently to maintain a workplace free from discrimination. Kemper is focused on expanding our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts to align with our vision, mission, and guiding principles. Kemper does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Kemper and Kemper will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. 

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