Forecasting & Performance Specialist

Legal & General America•Frederick, MD

1d•$90,800 - $124,900•Remote

About The Position

At Legal & General America, we aim to make a positive difference in the lives of our customers, partners, colleagues, and the communities in which they live. As a recognized market leader of term life insurance, we’re working to transform our business through innovation and technology to provide products and solutions that help American families secure their financial futures. We are a future-focused company, passionate about what we do and how we do it. This means working with pace and energy to reach our goals, and challenging ourselves to achieve more. We strive to create a unique environment where balance between work and life is possible. Our employees' passion, dedication and hard work, as well as our career development opportunities, benefits, and employee activities contribute to our positive workplace culture. The Forecasting and Performance Specialist will be responsible for planning the resource requirements and tracking benefits and operational efficiency. This will involve working in close conjunction with different business areas to understand their processes, workflows and targets. You will be required to deliver and track actual and forecasted staffing levels throughout the business against plans, providing insight in performance through complex data analytics and the provision of resource opportunities. This person will own all operation forecasts and the insight into associated performance indicators that drive efficiency whilst balancing engagement culture and business objectives. Implementation of forecasting models and methodologies delivering efficient cultural business performance.

Requirements

5+ years experience in operational roles with delivery track record
Experience of working to targets to improve customer, people or cost metrics.
Experience of identifying and making improvements in operational customer facing environments
Experienced user of planning techniques and related tools including WFM, Sql/VBA and MS excel
Experience of complex statistical modelling
Strong analytical/critical thinking skills
Strong stakeholder management skills
Ability to collaborate and engage people in change
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
Self-starting to find and deliver on opportunities
Strong organizational skills
Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and process documentation/modelling tools
Ability to function in a fast paced environment
Flexible with regard to work hours and overtime

Nice To Haves

Experience in life insurance industry, preferred.
BS/BA Degree in Business or IT preferred

Responsibilities

Capture and plan all activity that has a potential to influence Operational performance.
Build and own forecasting and capacity models both back office and telephony modelling, both tactical and strategic.
Identify opportunities to improve the accuracy of forecasting and headcount planning
Maintain models used to plan resources and analysis in long term business decisions
Monitor assumptions & actual results against plan and deliver efficient solutions to real problems that drive employee engagement and business efficiency.
Support contact center projects providing tactical and strategic plans to meet the business requirements.
Develop and maintain world class stakeholder relationships that enable business and customer demand success.
Provision of both performance and demand insight that informs decision making and strategy setting

Benefits

The expected hiring compensation range for this position is $90,800 - $124,900 annually.
This is a remote opportunity, operating on EST.
Candidates local to the Frederick, Maryland area preferred.
The total compensation package for this position may include other elements, such as a sign-on bonus, long term incentives, and annual bonuses.
This role is eligible to participate in the Legal & General America Annual Incentive Plan. The current target payment for the position is 8% of base salary, modified for corporate and individual performance.
Bonuses are pro-rated based on start date.
This role has 15 vacation days and 10 sick days that are accrued on a bi-weekly basis.
Employees also have 9 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
Employee benefits include health, life, and dental insurance; 401K with company match up to 6% as well as a pension package; generous time off; and wellbeing initiatives throughout the year (we like doing fun stuff).
We’re big on professional development and we’ll support and mentor you in your career progression and expect you to help us pay it forward by helping us develop tomorrow's leaders and growth-focused professionals.
We value our teams and our communities and believe in giving back. Enjoy time off to volunteer for those causes that matter most to you!