[ref. w84684101] Sr. Finance Manager to support the expense management forecasting and reporting for a large insurance client - 5241
Sr. Finance Manager to support the expense management forecasting and reporting for a large insurance client - 5241
Duration: 6 months (possibility of extension)Location: Hybrid (Toronto/Waterloo; 2 days a week)
The Manager reporting to the Director, Expense Management will focus on reporting, forecasting, analysis and value-added insights, and supporting strategic and annual planning process for various projects. This role will also oversee benchmarking and competitor insights to identify risks and opportunities.
This highly visible role is a key member of the Expense Management Team accountable for collaborating with leaders and various teams on project reporting, forecasting and analysis, negotiating contracts, identifying risks and opportunities to drive expense optimization and recommending corrective actions and tradeoffs to ensure the leadership is executing against its financial goals and strategies.
Must Have Skills:
- 5+ years experience as a Finance Manager performing financial planning, reporting, forecasting and deep dive analysis for project initiatives
- Financial designation (CPA, CFA)
- Strong PC skills (MSOffice Suite, SharePoint, SAP, Hyperion, Tableau)
- Insurance/Fi industry exp
Nice to Have Skills:
- Experience communicating and presenting to leaders
- Experience with both Waterfall and Agile methodologies
- Financial modelling experience
- Negotiation experience
- Benchmarking experience
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead and support reporting, forecasting, analysis and value-added insights on projects and strategic initiatives
- Support strategic and annual planning and budget process
- Support transition to Agile/Digital Enterprise model
- Partner with project leaders in review of business cases and support and influence Cost/Benefit analysis
- Develop financial models to support tracking and reporting on project initiatives
- Partner with client and Project Management Teams as well as Canadian Operations, Canadian Finance and Digital Business and Technology Solutions on project initiatives to develop the required metrics for tracking and reporting with value added commentary
- Lead and support contract negotiations with lens to manage and optimize project costs
- Lead and support benchmark studies and summarize and present risks and opportunities
- Develop approach to enhance competitor insights to identify expense optimization opportunities
- Support business and project initiatives as required.
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