Manager, FP&A

Job Details

The stated pay range is based on a national-average location.  Actual salary is determined by factors including relevant work experience, skills and location.  This position is bonus eligible. Candidates and associates may be asked to travel to corporate offices for interviews, training and/or meetings.  Work cannot be performed from outside of the United States.

CNO Financial Group’s Finance Department is hiring a Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis to provide direct support to senior-level business or functional leaders, ensuring effective financial planning and analysis, proactive business reporting, process improvements and leading Enterprise level project work, including serving as the business lead for a new EPM tool. 

This is your opportunity to coordinate and lead high exposure activities and deliverables to support internal financial reporting needs and strategic business decisions.

As Manager FP&A, your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating, coordinating, and directing tasks and project deliverables not only for members of the FP&A team, but also with other leaders and teams throughout the business supporting plan and forecast cycles as well as the EPM tool implementation.

• Directly partnering with business leaders to develop the key assumptions and projections supporting the annual financial plan and quarterly forecasts

• Preparing, analyzing and presenting content for monthly and quarterly internal business or function reviews.

• Managing financial governance and reporting for large corporate initiatives, including cost-benefit analysis.

• Supporting financial impact analysis for strategic transactions as needed.

• Maintaining adequate documentation and controls over existing processes.

• Allocating expenses and managing consolidated expense reporting – dashboarding, pipelines, (Tableau / Power BI).

• Performing EPM Tool Design / Integration – Change Management, New Rules, Maintenance, Processes surrounding the Plan, Forecast cycles – working closely with the business.

• Managing the relationship with CNO’s Hyperion Team for Essbase / Hyperion tools

• Performing analysis on expense allocations – Trend variance, Plan vs. Actual

• Setting consolidated expense target.

• Supporting Business Partner function with reporting.

• Providing other ad hoc reporting such as consolidated / P&L.

The Manager FP&A position is well suited for you if you:

• Organize cross-functional teams throughout the organization and within the department to deliver fast-paced project deliverables for both enterprise level projects and monthly / quarterly activities within FP&A

• Proactively lead complex, multi-functional data analysis to generate data-driven, value-added analysis and recommendations.

• Have proven and effective business partnering skills with the ability to work with senior-level business or functional leaders throughout the organization.

• Possess experience leading process improvements, financial analysis, and large-scale cross-functional projects.

• Can execute on multiple objectives simultaneously without sacrificing timing or quality. 

• Excel with new, complex, and evolving tasks in a fast-paced environment.

• Make critical decisions based on sound analysis and past experiences while understanding risks, opportunities, and managing the broader implications of those decisions. 

• Hold strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to draft and deliver clear and effective management presentations.

• Display an energetic approach to the role with a sense of urgency and committed to continuous improvement

• Deliver executive level reporting and presentations with professionalism.

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Accounting or Finance; preferably insurance experience.

• 7 years of related experience with Financial Planning & Analysis

• 5+ years of progressive financial and business management including managing small teams.

• Experience leading and driving large scale projects, timelines, and calendars across cross functional teams.

• Ability to confidently make independent decisions.

What will set you apart:

• Master’s degree.

• CPA or CFA.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Power Points skills and OneStream experience.

• Experience with deploying new processes or technologies.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• short-term & long-term disability insurance
• Paid time-off and corporate holidays,
• paid parental leave
• company paid life insurance

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CNO embraces flexibility and encourages you to work where you’re most productive.  Associates who live within a 60-mile radius of a corporate office (Birmingham, Carmel, Chicago, Orlando and Milwaukee) have access to come into that office. 

Associates who live outside of a 60-mile radius of a corporate office (Birmingham, Carmel, Chicago, Orlando and Milwaukee) may perform this role full-time work from home (WFH) from any US based location, as long as you are willing to work central or eastern time zone hours.  

All associates may be asked to travel to varying corporate offices periodically.  Work cannot be performed from outside of the United States.

CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) secures the future of middle-income America. CNO provides life and health insurance, annuities, financial services and workforce benefits solutions through our family of brands, including Bankers Life, Colonial Penn, Optavise and Washington National. Our customers work hard to save for the future, and we help protect their health, income and retirement needs with 3.3 million policies and more than $38.3 billion in total assets. Our 3,300 associates, 4,900 exclusive agents and more than 6,500 independent partner agents guide individuals, families and businesses through a lifetime of financial decisions.

We are financially strong and well positioned for continued growth, and we are grounded in our core values of People Focused, Integrity, Customer Driven, and Excellence. We have offices in more than 220 communities in the U.S., including our headquarters in Carmel, Indiana, and corporate offices in Birmingham, Chicago, Orlando and Milwaukee.

At CNO Financial Group, we’re always looking forward—to the security and stability we help create for our insurance brands’ customers, and the growth we create within our own company.  We're looking for ambitious people who want to do more. We'll provide you with opportunities to grow your skills through challenging professional experiences.

If you're looking for a culture that encourages development, helps you reach your potential, and rewards you for your contribution, then CNO Financial Group is right for you. For more information, visit CNOinc.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Compensation

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.