Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Assurant


Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Remote, Remote
Contract type: Full time
Remote
FP&A-Cost Manager, GCC, India

The position oversees UK and EU cost reporting, planning, and forecasting processes in compliance with US / UK GAAP and Solvency II requirements. It acts as a business partner to key functions and provides essential insights to Actuarial for Solvency II expense loadings.

  • Lead and manage a team of 4 FTEs (approx.)
  • Ensure efficient, timely and controlled monthly financial close processes.
  • Develop robust expense plans, initiatives, and business strategies.
  • Deliver insightful analytics, commentary, and presentations to drive business performance and decision making.
  • Act as an internal control point by ensuring accuracy and completeness in expense recording and intra-group charging.
  • Optimize the actuals recording process to meet the needs of all stakeholders effectively.


This position will be Remote at our India location.

What will be my duties and responsibilities in this job?

Close Process Leadership

  • Lead the expense close process, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, timeliness, and control.
  • Ensure adherence to corporate accounting guidelines; review and approve accruals, prepayments, and other judgment areas with Financial Control.
  • Oversee balance sheet reconciliation activities within the Cost team, collaborating with Financial Control as needed.


Business Partnering

  • Establish strong relationships with business stakeholders to understand current and future performance by product, client, geography, and distribution.
  • Provide insights into operational and financial performance, challenge results, and support improvement initiatives.
  • Support business stakeholders in delivering key initiatives within the financial plan.
  • Provide ad-hoc support to finance and other business requests.


Forecasting

  • Lead the forecasting process for UK and EU functions, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
  • Prepare, review, and analyze forecasts, budgets and variance analyses.
  • Identify and highlight risks and opportunities to optimize financial performance.


Team Development

  • Drive skill and knowledge development within the team to deliver outstanding service.
  • Implement initiatives to streamline and improve the monthly financial close process.


Solution Execution and Change Management

  • Influence, shape, and implement solutions to achieve business goals.
  • Optimize resource usage to ensure delivery.
  • Support and own change initiatives, ensuring timely, quality implementation within budget while mitigating risks.


What are the requirements needed for this position?

Qualifications

  • 1st class or 2.1 degree in a numerate subject
  • ACA / ACCA / CIMA / MBA qualified with first time passes.


Experience

  • Proven track record in financial partnering, control/reporting, commercial, strategy/planning or analysis.
  • Experience working in high-caliber organizations within financial services, software, or technology.
  • Demonstrable success in supporting and influencing business functions through financial insights.
  • Experience delivering strategic financial insights, forecasts and initiatives.


Skills & Knowledge

Technical Skills & Expertise

  • Numeracy, Analysis and verbal : Highly numerate, articulate, and capable of excellent verbal reasoning
  • Data Analysis: Proficient in analysing varied and large data sources using advanced techniques and systems.
  • Software Proficiency: Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Planning/analytical software. Experience of TM1, and SQL is highly desirable.


Business Insights & Stakeholder Engagement

  • Insight Generation: Skilled in managing ambiguity and assumption setting to draw impactful business insights.
  • Stakeholder relationships: Ability to build trusted relationships with business stakeholders by offering valuable insights, challenges, and support to drive performance.
  • Decision support: Provide clear analysis and presentations to enhance management decision making.


Team Leadership & Development

  • Leadership: Inquisitive, inspiring, and never satisfied with the status quo; always seeking development opportunities for personal, team or business performance.
  • Management: Demonstrates ability to manage a team, ensuring skills and knowledge development to deliver an outstanding service.


Strategic Execution & Change Management

  • Prioritization: Prioritize and manage multiple deliveries successfully.


Solution Execution: Influence, shape and implement solutions to achieve business goals.

What other skills/experience would be helpful to have?

Professional Experience

  • Exposure to multiproduct, pan-European businesses.
  • Experience working in a global finance organization with matrix reporting structures.
  • Prior involvement in strategic projects such as mergers, acquisitions, or business restructuring.
  • Familiarity with Solvency II requirements and reporting


Skills And Knowledge

Technical Skills

  • Proficiency in Microsoft BI, TM1, SQL, and other data visualization or analytical tools
  • Knowledge of data governance and management best practices
  • Familiarity with automation tools and techniques, such as RPA (Robotic Process Automation)


Industry Knowledge

  • Understanding of Solvency II regulations and their impact on financial planning and reporting.
  • Knowledge of IFRS and other relevant international accounting standards
  • Awareness of the latest trends in financial analytics and business intelligence.


Interpersonal & Communication Skills

  • Experience in delivering training sessions or workshops to non-financial stakeholders.
  • Ability to tailor communication to various audience levels, from junior analysts to C-Suite executives
  • Skilled at managing cross-functional projects and leading multidisciplinary teams.


Career Ambition

  • Capable of and aspiring to develop into a senior management role.

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