Principal Financial Advisor

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

3d • $98,092 - $156,947 • Remote

About The Position

The Principal Financial Advisor is a strategic finance leadership role at the intersection of analysis, business strategy, and transformation. This position goes beyond traditional finance—it’s about shaping decisions that drive financial operational expenses and organizational success. You will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, delivering insights that influence strategy, optimize performance, and create measurable impact. This is a high-impact role for a finance leader who combines analytical rigor, strategic thinking, and exceptional communication skills—supported by modern financial systems—to deliver innovation and value.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required)
• 8+ years of experience in related field.
• In lieu of degree, 10+ years of experience in related field.

Nice To Haves

• Workday, Adaptive Planning, and OfficeConnect experience a plus

Responsibilities

• Works directly with staff and senior leadership across the company to proactively identify, prioritize, optimize and implement financial strategies and create meaningful and actionable outputs that drive the development of multi-year financial plans aligned to the company’s overall strategic goals
• Proactively identify, evaluate, and implement financial strategies and plans, leveraging customer and consumer insights to drive business outcomes and maximize ROI, reducing risk and exposure and enable Blue Cross NC to meet growth and cost containment goals.
• Supports the development of corporate strategic positions on behalf of senior leadership and represents those positions internally and externally including financial modeling and development of executive presentations
• Builds and manages relationships and collaborates with both internal and external partners to drive highly complex financial analyses focused on significant business strategies and opportunities with substantial levels of importance and visibility
• Leads annual and long-term financial planning efforts and analyses; provides thought leadership at a divisional, cross-divisional, and enterprise level; prepares and presents results to executive leadership.
• Drives financial innovation and stewardship through collaboration and consultation with internal stakeholders to identify, plan and execute initiatives with significant financial impact.
• Partners with internal clients to better understand what problems they are trying to solve, help them articulate their vision and define financial impacts and success.
• Provides methods and resources to support their execution of those plans and quantification and realization of benefits
• Utilizes expertise to identify operational improvements and leads the development of new ideas to understand, estimate and minimize the financial impact of existing or emerging issues the business faces.
• Evaluates those ideas to determine viability and opportunity for success and follows through from implementation to value realization

Benefits

• The opportunity to work at the cutting edge of health care delivery with a team that’s deeply invested in the community.
• Work-life balance, flexibility, and the autonomy to do great work.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage along with numerous health and wellness programs.
• Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacy assistance.
• Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education.
• 401k match including an annual company contribution
• Annual Incentive Bonus
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Competitive health benefits and wellness programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees