VP, Life Reporting and Financial Analysis

Lincoln Financial • Greensboro, NC

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

The VP, Life Reporting and Financial Analysis will lead the Life financial reporting and analysis function at the VP level with four direct reports and an extended cross functional team spanning actuarial, accounting, investments, reinsurance, and the Life business. You will set the vision for a modern analysis capability, elevate the quality and consistency of GAAP and statutory storytelling, and ensure information is accurate, timely, and actionable.

You will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on earnings, capital, and risk while championing initiatives that create measurable value across both assets and liabilities. By building talent, strengthening processes, and deepening partnerships across the enterprise, you will shape strategy, accelerate decision making, and help deliver sustained performance for the Life organization.

Requirements

• 12+ Years experience of finance experience that directly aligns to the specific responsibilities for this role
• 5+ Years of senior management experience in a large complex organization including influencing senior management and critical stakeholder responsibility.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Ability to adapt quickly in a changing work environment

Responsibilities

• Owning the accuracy, completeness, and clarity of reported Life financials and delivering timely executive ready analysis that explains results drivers across earnings, capital, and cash flows; including mortality, persistency, expense, new business mix, reinsurance, alternatives, and spread dynamics
• Serving as the center of gravity for enterprise initiatives that impact Life financials by applying deep understanding of the Life income statement balance sheet and key metrics and ensuring changes are translated into reliable reporting and insights
• Originating and leading value creation initiatives with an asset and liability focus in partnership with Actuarial, Investments, Treasury, and Product to improve spread, unlock capital, optimize reinsurance, and enhance earnings quality
• Maintaining knowledge on current and emerging developments and trends for the assigned area of responsibility assessing the impact and collaborating with executive and senior management to incorporate new trends and developments in current and future strategies
• Leading the identification development and implementation of strategic process improvements that significantly reduce workloads or improve quality across the team business unit and the organization for the assigned area of responsibility
• Leading and enhancing organizational initiatives by positively influencing and supporting change management and enterprise initiatives within the assigned area of responsibility
• Providing training and development opportunities including stretch assignments for team members and giving honest and open feedback to aid in the development of talent
• Leading establishing and implementing priorities performance goals and objectives to achieve key business results for the assigned area of responsibility
• Guiding and evaluating departmental performance and taking appropriate action to meet and exceed performance standards for the assigned area of responsibility
• Providing thought leadership and functional expertise to internal and external stakeholders for the assigned area of responsibility with emphasis on Life earnings sensitivity, capital consumption, risk appetite, and rating agency considerations
• Overseeing and leading the comprehensive analysis and reporting of financial information to support and drive strategic executive decision-making including board and committee materials
• Leading and overseeing departmental and enterprise-wide projects, so senior stakeholders have actionable and valuable financial information that enables decision making and successful outcomes for initiatives such as reinsurance transactions, product launches, assumption reviews, and investment strategy changes
• Ensuring that risks exposure and key business issues are identified early properly analyzed escalated when appropriate and resolved with clear ownership
• Developing and implementing overall financial analysis policies and procedures that strengthen controls standardize methodologies and improve comparability across periods
• Analyzing complex financial information and providing strategic insights and clear recommendations to key senior executive stakeholders

Benefits

• Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, along with associated behaviors for each of Lincoln's core values and leadership attributes
• Leadership development and virtual training opportunities
• PTO/parental leave
• Competitive 401K and employee benefits
• Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program
• Tuition assistance program
• Work arrangements that work for you
• Effective productivity/technology tools and training

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed