Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Kemper•Chicago, IL

14h•$99,000 - $164,800

About The Position

Kemper is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture, valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge, and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive. Kemper’s products and services are making a real difference to our customers, who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team, you are helping to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises. POSITION SUMMARY: In this role you will be reporting directly to the Director of FP&A to support and interface with corporate and business leaders on financial needs. This includes the creation of qualitative and quantitative analyses that provide critical insights enabling leaders to make data-driven decisions. Define, design, and build financial models, reports, and presentations to support internal planning and budgeting as well as to support external reporting. Understand key metrics and leverage financial information to deliver required financial targets. This role will also serve as the primary FP&A contact for the FP&A function as it pertains to Adaptive Planning support, issue resolution, and the expense allocation process. In addition will serve as the primary liaison between FP&A and the IT Workday/Adaptive administrators. Candidates must demonstrate strong analytical and critical thinking skills, a strategically oriented thought process, exceptional communication skills and must conduct themselves with the utmost professionalism.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or a quantitative discipline
8 – 10 years years of experience in a finance role with analysis experience or equivalent combination of experience
Demonstrated proficiency of leadership skills with 3+ years’ direct people leadership accountability experience
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrate effective financial, strategic, and executive leadership. She or he will appreciate the rigorous, analytical requirements of a public company, and have the ability to build the requisite infrastructure to support those needs within the business
Ability to plan, organize, prioritize work, and manage multiple projects and deadlines in a complex business environment
Strong financial analysis skills
Ability to present complex analysis and recommendations clearly
Ability to self-manage progress and deliverables with a high degree of accountability and urgency
Eagerness to tackle ambiguous problems
Experience partnering with colleagues across an organization as well as an ability to work in a collaborative and team-oriented culture.
Strong skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Tableau and strong knowledge of Workday G/L and Adaptive experience
Strong knowledge of Excel including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs and formulas
Strong knowledge of financial statements (income statements, balance sheets and cash flows).
Ability to work through shifting priorities and deadlines

Nice To Haves

Insurance experience a plus but not required

Responsibilities

Drives strategic objectives within the team and responsible for maintaining the periodic goals to meet the year end objectives
Own FP&A administration and ongoing optimization of the Adaptive Planning system (Workday Adaptive), including reporting, system enhancements, testing, and change management while ensuring minimal disruption to planning and forecasting cycles.
Partner with the IT Workday/Adaptive administrators to ensure overall success of the system
Identify opportunities for process automation, standardization, and best-practice improvements within Adaptive Planning system.
Develop and provide leadership in developing budget, forecasting, and reporting for the corporate functions, guide corporate functions and business teams in the budget process.
Manage and monitor Income Statements and consolidations for supported businesses and corporate functions. Drive actionable information and advice to corporate and business teams. Evaluate financial outcomes of various decision alternatives; provide management with information on potential decision impacts along with recommended options and action plans.
Advise on key business planning assumptions, identify, and quantify risks and/or opportunities
Translate content needed for senior level presentations; ensure content provided meets requirements; assist in preparation of presentations for senior management
Develop ad-hoc analyses and financial modeling support to the corporate function and business leaders
Move forward projects/improvements that need leadership and support
Support management rollforward reporting/management operating report process
Provide more hands-on/ day to day support for analysts
Support the increasing needs of the businesses on corporate functions transparency
Oversee close review for corporate functions
Enhance management information
Seek out ways to continuously improve processes
Manage/assist in preparation of presentations for senior management
Lead the development and analysis of financial models that drive strategic insights and help address diverse business problems
Assist in the evaluation of our business strategy and initiatives relative to our broader corporate and business strategies
Evaluate the impact of strategic decisions on our stakeholders (i.e., customers, employees, shareholders, etc.)