Senior Financial Analyst- HYBRID

$71,000 - $138,000/Yr

Unclassified - Pierre, SD

Full-time - Mid Level

Pierre, SD

5,001-10,000 employees

About the position

When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive. Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life's moments. This starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. Unum offers an award-winning culture, prioritizes inclusion and diversity, and provides performance-based incentive plans. The company also offers a competitive benefits package that includes health, vision, dental, short and long-term disability, generous paid time off (including paid time to volunteer), up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution, mental health support, career advancement opportunities, student loan repayment options, tuition reimbursement, and flexible work environments. This is a senior-level individual contributor position that performs moderately complex analysis and/or accounting specializing in one area of Finance. The position will provide financial analyses working individually or with others that serve to inform and ground business decisions. The role involves collaborating with subject matter experts, providing quality financial analytics, and exercising judgment to drive optimum solutions for various financial and business issues. Responsibilities may include the development, implementation, and adherence to financial policies and procedures that will improve operations, consistency, controls, process efficiency, and effectiveness of the functional area.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and oversee work of less experienced team members.
• Reconcile and balance accounts related to the specific financial area to maintain control and accuracy by identifying discrepancies and their cause and recommendations for corrective action.
• Use knowledge and skills to make appropriate recommendations for efficiencies and to enhance productivity.
• Maintain integrity of data in various systems and data assets that support the specific financial areas (e.g. accounting, planning, and administrative systems).
• Analyze financial data, provide recommendations for appropriate action, and prepare related reports in consultation with business partners.
• Conduct special studies and lead projects.
• Demonstrate ability to utilize resources and produce results to solve problems or issues with minimal support.
• Accept responsibility for outcome of his/her own efforts.
• Partner effectively with business management (typically at an officer level) to provide solutions that deliver business value.
• Communicate issues identified, proactively recommend the most appropriate/effective resolutions and present effectively to management.
• Maintain a strong, specialized working knowledge of Unum's products, services and business processes including, his/her specific business area, the issues and technical skills required to support the area.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or comparable work experience at Unum that well prepares and qualifies the individual for the specific work to be performed. After September 2015 a Bachelor's degree is required.
• Three to six years comparable work experience.
• Strong understanding of the components of multiple financial statements and how they interact with one another.
• Experience navigating change in a positive way.
• Has mastered solid customer service skills while working effectively with functional area, team and other resources to complete assigned work while broadening contacts in other functional areas.
• Highly motivated individual able to take independent actions to solve problems/issues with limited involvement from manager.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously with minimal guidance from manager.
• Strong communication, presentation, and negotiation skills with all levels of management. Adept at handling group dynamics.
• Ability to link understanding of business processes, business drivers, and changes to other areas and financial results and trends.
• SQL experience required, Tableau & Alteryx experience preferred.
• Intermediate to advanced EXCEL Skills.
• General ledger systems and reporting tools experience preferred.
• Proficient in Word and PowerPoint.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with financial modeling and forecasting.
• Knowledge of insurance industry standards and practices.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Short & Long-Term Disability
• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer)
• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution
• Mental health support
• Career advancement opportunities
• Student loan repayment options
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work environments