Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis
Company: Ameritas
Location: Lincoln
Posted on: April 17, 2024
Job Description:
This position leads specialized expense reporting for the
enterprise, and directs the completion and analysis of the budget,
forecast, and actual expenses. Collaborate with others throughout
the organization to understand impacts, resolve issues, enable
decisions, and drive results.Ameritas seeks an innovative and
disciplined leader to manage and develop an expense analysis and
budgeting team in a robust evaluation of expenses and strategies.
This position manages the budgeting process for $600 million of
annual expense for the enterprise and leads the analysis of
expenses in a way that informs and drives business decisions. This
position will provide strategic, innovative leadership and oversee
operational direction of the Financial Planning and Analysis
Expense team. Essential knowledge and skills to be exhibited
include strong organizational awareness; an aptitude for changing
regulatory environment; expense management, budget development; and
an ability to anticipate problems while ensuring an effective
approach is taken when maneuvering in complex situations. An
understanding of related financial processes and financial
accounting systems, including Oracle is also important. At
Ameritas, our mission is Fulfilling Life. We do that in many ways,
but especially by helping people invest in themselves by offering
trusted financial products and advice. Because we believe everyone
should be happy, healthy, and financially secure, we work hard to
provide trusted financial products and valued guidance, including
individual life and disability insurance, employee benefits,
retirement planning, investments, and wealth management services.
What You Do:
Develop and design new finance models
to meet changing business needs. Manage consolidated expense input
and reporting, providing insight and direction.Manage monthly
expense variance analysis and direct the evaluation of key metrics
and variance to provide insights to senior management.Manage the
annual budget cycle including system preparations, leader
instruction communications, and related support.Manage the
development and communication of annual expense targets. Consults
with teams throughout the Enterprise on developing plans to achieve
results.Direct and facilitate the completion and submission of
expense projections and project spend.Oversee the development of
cost allocation rates and the allocation of expenses to product
lines.Lead special projects aimed at disciplined expense
management.Review and evaluate expense accruals.Develop Enterprise
expense allocation policies.Manage the development of team in their
technical and leadership skills through continuous training,
coaching and feedback.What You Bring:
Bachelor's degree in accounting,
finance or an equivalent combination of education and experience
required.4-7 years' related experience required.2-4 years'
experience effectively supervising or managing direct reports
required.Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 tools
required.Experience collaborating with business partners,
examiners/auditors desired.Ability to build strong internal
customer relationships.Experience with budgeting tools
preferred.Experience with Oracle or other cloud-based applications
is preferred.What We Offer
Our company motto is "Fulfilling
Life" and we take that job seriously, with a heavy commitment to
volunteering and community support, employee well-being, and
providing quality products and services that help our customers
create a brighter future.Being a mutual-based organization, the
return on our investment goes back into the company, to benefit our
members/customers.We're committed to professional development,
opportunity, inclusion and diversity. Team building and
collaboration are also priorities.A total rewards package with all
the comprehensive health and welfare benefits you'd expect,
including competitive pay and incentives, 401(k), flexible work
schedules and time off to care for yourself and others.Additional
popular benefits, including tuition reimbursement, and student loan
repayment, an incentivized well-being program, adoption assistance,
paid time off for volunteering, training, and career development
opportunities.An Equal Opportunity EmployerAmeritas has a
reputation as a company that cares, and because everyone should
feel safe bringing their authentic, whole self to work, we're
committed to an inclusive culture and diverse workplace, enriched
by our individual differences. We are an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that hires based on
qualifications, positive attitude, and exemplary work ethic,
regardless of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age,
disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status,
sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic
protected by law.
Keywords: Ameritas, Lincoln , Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis, Executive , Lincoln, Nebraska
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