Financial Planning - Columbus, United States - Grange Insurance

Description

Summary:

This position will be a key member of the FP&A team responsible for providing insight into operational and financial business performance for the company leadership through analysis of results verses budget, forecast and historical performance.

This individual will be a thought leader to continuously improve the finance function and its value to the organization.


What You'll Be Doing:
Develop and drive annual and quarterly planning and forecasting process including coordination and consolidation of company income statement.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and build relationships with key stakeholders (business unit and enterprise leadership).
Lead the development of actionable reports through collaboration with business units.

This includes the creation of reports for distribution in support of monthly variance reporting of actual results versus budget and research and resolution of business unit inquiries.

Using PeopleSoft/Hyperion, manage the inventory of reports and continually elevate quality and efficiency through the coordination of all "power" report users.

Support finance business partners with data needed to monitor and analyze monthly budget variances.
Proactively work to improve/translate data from accounting function to finance application.
Lead initiative to continuously mature financial approach to answer questions to enable business decision-making.
Design, maintain and continually improve forecast models for current and future years including user-based testing.
Leverage competitive financial statement / annual report research for benchmarking financial performance metrics and indicators.
Provide analysis to support the development of the company's strategic plan.
Perform ad hoc expense analysis to provide insights that will help shape expense management practices.
What You'll

Bring To The Company:

Individual should have 5+ years' experience in full-time financial or analytical position with strong knowledge of how finance and accounting interact in a corporate environment.

Preferably with an undergraduate degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field. Must be a self-starter with demonstrated problem solving skills, highly analytical critical thinker, intellectually curious, with decision-making skills. Has enthusiasm for collaboration and building strong, trusting relationships with colleagues across all levels and areas of the company. Illustrates strong management skills with ability to drive project from inception to delivery and be a catalyst for change. Must have high level of proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Excel and Power Point required).


Preferred:
Hands-on experience with Hyperion planning application.

People soft/back-end development curiosity
Accounting/finance knowledge
Plays well outside of set routine
Passion for learning new skills, and ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment

About Us:

Grange Insurance Company, with $3.1 billion in assets and more than $1 billion in annual revenue, is an insurance provider founded in 1935 and based in Columbus, Ohio.

Through its network of independent agents, Grange offers auto, home, life and business insurance protection. Life insurance offered by Grange Life Insurance and Kansas City Life Insurance.

Grange Insurance Company and its affiliates serve policyholders in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin- the 13-state Grange Enterprise holds an A.M.

Best rating of "A" (Excellent).


Who We Are:
We are committed to an inclusive work environment where we welcome and value diversity and inclusion. We hire great talent from a wide variety of backgrounds, and our associates are our biggest strength. The diversity of our associates, their backgrounds, experiences, and individual differences are the foundation for our success.

Our inclusive culture empowers all of us to "Be One Team", "Deliver Excellence", "Communicate Openly", "Do the Right Thing", and "Solve Creatively for Tomorrow".

We have active Associate Resource Groups and a Diversity and Inclusion Team, that focuses on professional development, networking, business value and community outreach; all which encourage and facilitate an environment that fosters learning, innovation, and growth.

Together we use our individual experiences to learn from one another and grow as professionals and as humans.

We welcome the unique contributions that you bring from education, opinions, culture, beliefs, race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, handicap, disability, sexual orientation, gender stereotyping, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, pregnancy, veteran status, and citizenship.

Grange Enterprise is proud to be part of the CEO Action for Diversity and InclusionTM, a national initiative of more than 1400 CEOs working for the advancement of diversity and inclusion within the workplace.

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