Principal, Legal Financial Operations
About The Position
The job profile for this position is Business Project Principal, which is a Band 5 Senior Contributor Career Track Role. We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. At The Cigna Group, we are building the next generation of Legal Operations—focused on greater financial clarity, stronger governance, and more informed decision-making across a complex enterprise environment. We are seeking a strategic financial leader to help design and mature the financial operating model for our Legal organization. As Director, Legal Financial Operations, you will serve as a trusted advisor to Legal leadership, shaping financial strategy and enabling better decisions through disciplined planning, forecasting, analytics, and governance. You will collaborate across Legal Operations and with enterprise partners—including Finance, Accounting, and Global Risk Management—to strengthen financial transparency, improve forecasting accuracy, and build scalable capabilities that support long-term organizational performance. This is a highly visible individual contributor role with significant enterprise impact.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Legal Operations, or a related field.
- 8+ more years of experience in Legal Operations, financial planning and analysis, business operations, financial operations, accounting, or a related discipline.
- Experience supporting Legal Operations, legal spend management, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and analytics strongly desired.
- Candidates with significant business operations or financial operations experience in a complex enterprise environment will also be considered.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and translate complex data into actionable business insights.
- Experience working collaboratively across multiple functions and levels of leadership.
- Experience utilizing Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) and e-billing technologies, including TeamConnect, Collaborati, CounselLink, Legal Tracker, or similar platforms.
Nice To Haves
- MBA, CPA, CMA, or other relevant professional certification is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Legal organization's budgeting, forecasting, accrual, and annual financial planning processes.
- Develop and deliver financial reporting, dashboards, and analytics that provide meaningful insights into legal spend and operational performance.
- Partner with Legal leadership and enterprise stakeholders to provide financial analysis and recommendations that support strategic decision-making.
- Monitor financial performance, identify trends, and support resource planning and allocation decisions.
- Establish and maintain financial governance processes to improve the accuracy, consistency, and transparency of Legal financial data.
- Leverage Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) and e-billing technologies to support reporting, analytics, and operational decision-making.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to simplify, standardize, and enhance financial and operational processes.
- Support strategic Legal Operations initiatives and special projects as needed.
Benefits
- medical
- vision
- dental
- well-being and behavioral health programs
- 401(k)
- company paid life insurance
- tuition reimbursement
- a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year
- paid holidays
- leaves of absence
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
