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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