Lead Financial Analyst

Pay Philosophy
The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this role reflects the competitive labor market value for all employees in these positions across the national market and provides an opportunity to progress as employees grow and develop within the role. Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role.

Description
As a Senior/Lead Financial Analyst within USRM Business Lines Planning team, you will be responsible for supporting the cross-functional financial planning, forecasting and results within USRM. In this role, you will partner with Finance, Product, Distribution, Actuarial, and Insights & Solutions stakeholders to analyze the financial health of the business, develop and regularly update financial forecasts, and help inform key decisions to ensure US Business Lines is tracking toward long term strategic goals.

Analysts in this role will have the opportunity to independently own the planning and results workstreams for key P&L components for Business Lines. The ideal candidate for this role is proactive, has a strong financial acumen, excels at collaboration, and is open to challenging the status quo. The ideal candidate for this role thrives in a fast-paced environment, is proactive and intellectually curious, and possesses strong technical capabilities. You will contribute to the organization's success by driving financial results insights and analyses that provide transparency into our financial position in support of leadership decision-making and USRM growth and profitability goals.

Job responsibilities:

• Contributes to quarterly forecasting and annual planning process, ensuring timely completion of deliverables and coordination with finance and functional stakeholders
• Drives critical results and trend analysis of financial and operational variances to plan, prior year and forecast. Including assisting with monthly results slides for leadership.
• Cultivates strong relationships with business partners within and outside of Finance to ensure collaboration and provide thoughtful financial analysis informed by operational and business drivers
• Provides sound financial insights and expertise to business partners and stakeholders to inform and improve business outcomes
• Collaborates with functional partners across the organization to drive key profit and growth inputs to plan and forecast
• Partners closely amongst other FP&A members to understand monthly results trends and incorporate into forward looking forecast
• Conducts ad-hoc analyses on emerging plan and forecast related trends and effectively summarizes and communicates results to management
• Communicates effectively with Data Solutions team to drive enhancements to Anaplan planning technology
• Proactively owns and evaluates processes, reports, and tools for continuous improvement opportunities and makes recommendations

Qualifications

• Bachelor`s degree (Finance or Accounting) is required
• Minimum of 5 years of finance experience
• Must have P&C insurance experience
• Must demonstrate attention to detail in a fast-paced work environment and the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously to drive results
• Communicates effectively with teammates and others, leading meetings and interacting with increasingly higher levels of management to gather information and effectively present results and recommendations
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and Microsoft Word is preferred

About Us
This position may have in-office requirements depending on candidate location.

At Liberty Mutual, our purpose is to help people embrace today and confidently pursue tomorrow. That's why we provide an environment focused on openness, inclusion, trust and respect. Here, you'll discover our expansive range of roles, and a workplace where we aim to help turn your passion into a rewarding profession.

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