Finance Principal

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association•Chicago, IL

1d•$141,980 - $240,881

About The Position

This role serves as a strategic finance partner across the enterprise, translating financial and operational data into actionable insights that inform decision-making across the organization. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in a complex financial environment, is comfortable building sophisticated financial models, influencing senior business leaders, and driving enterprise-wide initiatives from inception through execution. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role for a finance professional who thrives at the intersection of analytics, strategy, and organizational partnership.

Requirements

BS finance or accounting; or equivalent experience
12+ Years of broad business experience
Knowledge of best practices in financial planning, analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
Advanced proficiency in various computer-based applications such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Deep expertise in financial planning, analysis, and modeling, with a proven ability to build and interpret complex financial models that support high-stakes business decisions
Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple critical and time-sensitive activities
Strong customer service orientation and the ability to maintain and improve customer relations.
Executive-level communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information clearly and persuasively to both financial and non-financial audiences at all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

Partner with business leaders and cross-functional teams across BCBSA to provide financial expertise and analytical rigor on enterprise-wide strategic initiatives.
Serve as a trusted finance resource on complex, multi-stakeholder projects — bringing structure, discipline, and financial perspective to ambiguous and evolving situations.
Manage multiple concurrent workstreams with the ability to deliver high-quality outputs under tight timelines.
Support the evolution of financial reporting across BCBSA, with a focus on moving from static, backward-looking reports to dynamic, insight-driven tools that inform strategy.
Identify gaps in current reporting capabilities and partner with Financial Systems and business stakeholders to develop solutions that improve visibility, accuracy, and decision-readiness across the organization.
Continuously evaluate and improve financial planning, analysis, and reporting processes — identifying opportunities to streamline workflows, increase analytical capacity, and elevate the overall quality of financial support provided to the business.
Serve as an internal champion for best practices, bringing external benchmarks and innovative approaches that advance the function.