Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Nationwide is a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales, focused on delivering extraordinary care to its customers. The Financial Business Advisor role involves partnering with CFO teams and finance stakeholders to provide financial analysis and strategic recommendations, while also helping to improve processes across the P&C finance organization.
Responsibilities
- Support financial forecasting, business planning, monthly results analysis, and leadership reporting across the P&C finance organization
- Partner with business leaders, CFO teams, and controllership to analyze issues, evaluate options, and recommend practical solutions
- Provide insight on financial topics such as reinsurance, underwriting-related expenses, taxes, fees, DAC, policy charges, and expense allocation methodologies
- Translate complex analysis into clear business recommendations and present findings in a way leaders can act on
- Help identify process improvement opportunities and explore better use of tools, technology, and automation across the team
- Makes effective decisions in a timely manner within the context of own objectives with a view to seeking opportunities outside normal objective boundaries; seeks to understand how decisions can have an effect on other areas
- Searches for ways to make existing processes more efficient while driving quality outcomes
- Communicates a logical view of own work streams effectively, in a way that helps others understand and feel how business outcomes will be different as a result of the project/decision; seeks to develop business options into recommendations
- Helps others to think about their work from a different angle; brings insights to team members based on expertise in areas they support
- Asks the right questions to gain an understanding of the topic and attempts to get at root problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; shows ability to generate and evaluate alternatives
- Supports changes being employed to move organization toward the use of new technologies or into new endeavors; seeks to influence team members to understand and accept changes; offers to be part of the new changes within the organization
- Keeps informed of new methods and technologies that will affect and improve own work and the work of team members; advocates for these new ideas that will move the team forward
- Able to recognize team members' emotions around change; willing to modulate your own response as well as help others on the team to accept changes with a positive outlook
- Works to build knowledge of organizational structure and products to drive superior results; shares knowledge with team members and encourages others to branch out of their organizational silo
Skills
- 5–10+ years of experience in finance, accounting, financial planning, forecasting, auditing, or related business support functions
- Strong accounting acumen and the ability to operate credibly in a complex insurance finance environment
- Ability to think strategically while still executing operational work at a high level
- Strong communication skills, sound judgment, and the confidence to influence partners and defend recommendations when needed
- Comfort with change, shifting priorities, and cross-functional collaboration in a lean, evolving organization
- Undergraduate studies in finance, economics, accounting or statistics; advanced degree in financial field is desirable
- Typically, eight or more years financial experience including financial analysis, planning, forecasting, actuarial or auditing
- In-depth knowledge of statistical/financial analysis, financial statement and budget preparation
- Knowledge of GAAP and statutory accounting practices and insurance/financial services business requirements
- Project management concepts and techniques
- Insurance finance, P&C finance, statutory reporting, reinsurance accounting, controllership, or accounting policy
- Technical tools such as SQL, Essbase, Hyperion, Oracle, or PeopleSoft
- CPA or advanced finance-related education is welcome but not required
- Prefer at least three years project leadership, management or supervisor experience
- Prefer familiarity with specific state, product or business unit operations
Benefits
- Medical/dental/vision
- Life insurance
- Short and long term disability coverage
- Paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
- Nine paid holidays
- 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
- 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
- 401(k) with company match
- Company-paid pension plan
- Business casual attire
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