Manager, Financial Analysis

Liberty Mutual Insurance•Boston, MA

2d•$114,000 - $197,000

About The Position

The Manager, Financial Analysis will help advance the CFO’s long-term vision for Finance by translating strategic priorities into practical, technology-enabled solutions and supporting implementation across the Finance organization. Reporting to the Director of Enterprise FP&A, this role coordinates and executes a multi-year transformation of Finance planning, analysis, and performance reporting, with a focus on building integrated, efficient, and forward-looking capabilities. Working with Enterprise FP&A leadership and Finance stakeholders, the role translates future-state objectives into actionable plans, coordinates cross-functional initiatives, and supports solutions from concept through implementation and adoption. Focus areas include modernizing management reporting and performance analytics, connecting strategic, capital, and financial planning, and exploring automation, AI, and emerging technologies. The role partners with Finance Transformation & Enablement, SBU FP&A, Capital Management, and data and technology teams to define business needs and coordinate scalable solutions. Success requires structuring complex initiatives, building productive relationships, proactively resolving challenges, and supporting adoption of new capabilities. With Finance leadership guidance and sponsorship, the role advances transformation priorities and delivers measurable improvements in Finance efficiency, analytical capabilities, and decision support.

Requirements

Strong background in FP&A, finance transformation, or a related finance role, with experience in planning, forecasting, management reporting, performance analysis, and executive decision support.
Demonstrated process improvement mindset and experience redesigning workflows, simplifying processes, and reducing manual or low-value work.
Strong understanding of finance technology and data capabilities.
Ability to lead cross-functional projects from problem definition and solution design through implementation, adoption, and measurement of results.
Ability to translate Finance business needs into clear process, data, reporting, and technology requirements for technical partners.
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including the ability to build alignment across Finance, data, technology, and transformation teams without direct authority.
Analytical, intellectually curious, and change-oriented, with a track record of challenging existing ways of working and delivering measurable business impact.
Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Anaplan, Power BI, Excel, automation, and emerging AI tools.

Responsibilities

Translate the CFO’s vision for Finance into actionable transformation initiatives by understanding future-state objectives, assessing current capabilities, identifying improvement opportunities, and developing practical plans.
Manage cross-functional transformation projects and workstreams from planning through implementation and adoption, including establishing plans, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and stakeholder responsibilities.
Coordinate execution across teams, proactively identify risks and issues, and work with leadership to resolve challenges and keep initiatives on track.
Partner with SBU Finance, Capital Management, Finance Transformation & Enablement, and other teams to understand business needs, incorporate perspectives, facilitate discussions, and build support for solutions and new ways of working.
Advance long-term planning capabilities with SBU FP&A, Capital Management, Planning & Analytics, Product Owners, and the Anaplan Community of Practice, improving connections across strategic, capital, and financial planning and expanding scenario analysis.
Coordinate modernization of management reporting and performance analytics, improving integration of financial, operational, and external data, streamlining management information production, and strengthening executive decision support.
Identify and help implement automation, AI, and emerging technology opportunities to improve Finance workflows, reduce manual work, strengthen analysis, and support forward-looking decision-making.
Track and communicate transformation progress and business impact, maintain visibility into milestones, deliverables, risks, and outcomes, prepare Finance leadership updates, identify continuous improvement opportunities, and help measure benefits.