Associate Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

The opportunity:

• In this position you will be a member of the Dental Business Unit Finance team working in a financial planning and analysis role. The team is responsible for supporting the Dental business unit in managing its financial results and supporting its objectives in achieving sustainable, profitable business growth.

How you will contribute:

• Manages the preparation and review of the following FP&A packages: segment level P&L analysis, Client-level P&L’s, financial forecasts, capital/ROE analysis, KPIs, Strategic and Business Plans, key financial metrics for Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews, and other strategic analysis.
• Evaluates financial performance and makes recommendations through insightful management reporting by demonstrating engagement and collaboration with business partners.
• Provides financial results deliverables and key drivers against budget and forecast that are reconciled, easy to read and analyze and help to identify risks and recommendations for the businesses.
• Partners with the Profitability Pricing & Analytics, Dental Accounting, Valuation, Pricing and Expense Management teams, plus a range of other key stakeholders, to prepare forecasts and analyze results.
• Ensures the content, messaging and delivery of financial reporting packages are appropriate and meets all required timelines.
• Collaborates with various teams during the business and strategic planning cycle and in-year target setting forecast processes through active project management, influence, and insightful presentations.
• Drives or supports projects as required, including providing finance support for strategic initiatives and business case development, and other financial analysis and modelling.
• Prepares well thought out models that can be used to evaluate a business scenario and make recommendations to various business partners and leaders.
• Builds, evaluates and improves modeling to report on or project realistic financial outcomes.
• Collaborates on initiatives that drive the changing agenda for Finance by participating in various projects involved in operational and financial optimization of systems and processes.
• Provides key insight and is influential in driving key systems enhancements to improve financial processes and reporting.

Actively identifies and implements best practices, technologies and tools to support the modernization of the finance function.

What you will bring with you:

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft applications (Excel, Powerpoint, Word).
• Experience with SAP as well as Oracle General Ledger financial reporting hierarchies and associated reporting tools (EFDW/AFO, Essbase/Smartview, Hyperion Financial Reporting, Tableau), and TM1.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required as this position has direct contact with business groups including senior leaders.
• Ability to work independently, provide leadership and effectively support team including providing coaching for senior analysts on the team.
• Ability to work with a variety of team members and function in a dynamic environment.
• Problem solving skills with a natural curiosity for root cause analysis to identify key levers of financial performance.
• Analytical thinking skills to design/orchestrate use of financial and business analytics for decision making.
• Strong prioritization and organization skills; capable of and committed to meeting financial reporting deadlines in a high-performance environment.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor\’s degree in finance or accounting; MBA preferred but not required.
• 5+ years of analytical experience.
• Insurance industry experience is preferred.
• Prior team leadership experience desired.

#J-18808-Ljbffr