Lead Financial Analyst

Assurant

3d•$74,600 - $124,700

About The Position

The Lead Analyst will be responsible for managing the International Plan/Re-forecast cycle, Outlook and Month/Quarter Close variance analysis. This role will support all International teams outside of US, US based International Finance team and US based Lifestyle FP&A function. In addition, this role will be responsible for the International Trend Report.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in relevant field.
Minimum 5 years of experience in financial analytics and forecasting.
Advanced excel skills
Experience in strategic planning and execution.
Knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Knowledge of automated financial and accounting reporting systems.
Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports and projections using an advanced level of Excel.
Thorough understanding of business issues and concepts related to insurance or financial services industry.
Ability to work independently and collaborate with internal teams.
A team player that can work in a complex and fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Proficient in understanding foreign exchange changes and impact on the financial statement lines.
Insurance experience.
Experience identifying, evaluating, and resolving financial, accounting and data quality discrepancies.
Ability to utilize dynamic spreadsheet / database design in providing comprehensive decision support to executive management.

Responsibilities

Analyze full P&L variances, comparing results against prior year, YTD, prior quarter, prior forecast, plan and outlook and summarize key variance explanations.
Ensure journal entries are mapping to the correct, country, LOB, client and P&L account for all international countries.
Co-ordinate and analyze the Plan/Forecast cycle.
Ensure client and expense forecasts are robust and variances are understood.
Business Partner with in-country FP&A teams.
Produce value adding in-depth analysis for Lifestyle FP&A stakeholders and CFO’s.
Gather insight by liaising with US based leaders including Actuary, IT and Corporate functions.
Identify and develop KPI’s and variance drivers.
Understand the key R&O’s and emerging business issues in International.
Support ad hoc requests for Earnings Call.
Maintain the International Trend report which consists of downloading data from EPA and regularly updating/setting-up by country P&L trends with variance comparisons and FX calculations.
Track, review and validate expense allocations to/from international countries and assist the regional team with questions related to allocations.
Maintain and validate the list of all global role employees and ensure country/LOB expense allocations are accurate.