Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Ryan Specialty • Chicago, IL

2d • $108,000 - $135,000

About The Position

The Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis is a strategic thought-partner and is responsible for building and ensuring critical support to the senior leadership. The Manager will focus on creating/building financials tools, reporting mechanisms, business modeling, and financial planning processes (budgeting and forecasting) that will effectively scale with our growth. What will your job entail?

Requirements

• BA/BS Business Administration, Economics, Finance, and/or other related fields.
• 6+ years' experience in financial analysis and business planning.
• Experience leading or supervising a team.
• Experience with financial statement analysis, a strong understanding of corporate finance concepts and a solid understanding of U.S. GAAP

Responsibilities

• Responsible for planning, organizing, and managing the annual financial planning process and reforecasting process. This includes the reforecasts of P&Ls, headcount, and strategic initiatives.
• Provides an assessment of the financial health of the company by analyzing historical data, identifying trends, and projecting future financial performance. Reviews monthly financial results to identify variances versus budget and partners cross-functionally to ensure timely delivery of accurate results. Ability to identify trends and implement actions to improve future results.
• Driving ongoing process improvements to increase overall quality and efficiency of analysis which includes proactive modeling and analysis tools.
• Provide technical expertise and advice on financial issues to functional or operational areas managers to help them develop revenue and expense budgets, understand financial reports, and manage their financial responsibilities.
• Participate, as needed, in strategic planning sessions and help analyze relevant strategic initiatives. Regularly measure performance against strategic plan goals.
• Coordinates, prioritizes, and reviews program budgets and grant opportunities to ensure profitability of programs/services or business opportunities being considered.
• Lead, coach, and mentor financial analysts

Benefits

• In addition to paid time off for company holidays, vacation, sick and personal days, Ryan offers paid parental leave, mental health services and more.
• For additional information on Ryan Specialty Total Rewards, visit our website https://benefits.ryansg.com/.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees