Senior Director - Enterprise Expense Reporting

Northwestern Mutual • Milwaukee, WI

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

About the Job: Responsible for independently and objectively analyzing and reporting enterprise expense results for Northwestern Mutual and subsidiaries to Senior Leaders and the Board of Trustees. Requires developing strong partnerships and collaborating with cross-departmental teams to deliver meaningful insights and analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in accounting, finance, or other business required.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in positions with increasing financial management responsibilities.
• Strong analytical and financial writing/visualization skills to interpret results and identify drivers and trends.
• Demonstrated ability to be a strategic thinker to incorporate risks & opportunities, financial performance, operational drivers, external trends into analysis and insights.
• Strong business acumen with an ability to understand and synthesize company-wide expense results into a few key messages.
• Exceptional people leadership capabilities to create an engaging work environment.
• Demonstrated ability to overcome obstacles and lead through change.

Nice To Haves

• Masters of Business Administration (MBA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage the expense reporting and insights processes for senior leadership and the Board of Trustee meetings and updates (e.g., QBRs, SLT and Board Presentations).
• Drive the development of a more robust expense reporting process for executive leadership.
• Develop and manage monthly performance analytics that improve the quality and effectiveness of the reporting and forecasting processes.
• Collaborate cross-departmentally to identify, synthesize, and communicate key insights for an executive-level audience.
• Play a critical role in the preparation of the enterprise expense strategy, including spend trajectory for the strategic portfolio and operating budgets, and providing monthly workforce insights, including headcount analysis and efficiency targets.
• Review the expense results communications across the organization to ensure consistency in messaging (e.g., enterprise dashboards, committee meetings, employee town hall presentations, Board presentations, external surveys).
• Research and prepare responses to survey inquiries as well as ad hoc analyses and presentations to support finance leadership.

What This Job Offers

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