Finance Manager

Overview Of Position

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 Renters & Fee Based 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.

What will be my duties and responsibilities in this job?

• Prepare data-driven variance analysis (actual results, plan, forecast) for specific financial statement lines (e.g., revenue, expenses, EBITDA, and metrics) for multiple insurance & fee-based products and clients under the Renters & Other 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 Homeowners 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
  
  
  

Responsibility For The Work Of Others

• 1 Direct Report: Financial Analyst
  
  
  

What are the requirements needed for this position?

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required – Finance or Accounting
  
  
  

Experience

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in financial analysis and forecasting
• Minimum 2 years of previous supervisory experience
• 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, R and Python 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
  
  
  

What other skills/experience would be helpful to have?

• Proficient in understanding of databases.
• Previous insurance experience.
• Ability to utilize dynamic spreadsheet / database design in providing comprehensive decision support to executive management.
• Proven creativity, innovation, management & organizational skills
  
  
  

Travel

• Less than 10% Travel is possible
  
  
  

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Pay Range

$84,100.00 - $140,500.00

Any posted pay range considers a wide range of compensation factors, including candidate background, experience and work location, while also allowing for salary growth within the position.

Expected application deadline is

06/24/2024

If date is blank then this is a pipeline requisition, and we will continue to collect applications on an ongoing basis.

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Company Overview

Assurant is a leading global business services company that supports, protects, and connects major consumer purchases. A Fortune 500 company with a presence in 21 countries, Assurant supports the advancement of the connected world by partnering with the world’s leading brands to develop innovative solutions and deliver an enhanced customer experience through mobile device solutions, extended service contracts, vehicle protection services, renters insurance, lender-placed insurance products, and other specialty products.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Assurant is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not use or consider race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law in employment decisions.