AVP, Finance - P&C Consolidations and Financial Reporting

As a team member in the Finance department at Nationwide, the opportunities are endless! You can grow and learn in diverse areas across many disciplines such as Advanced Analytics, Investments, Actuarial, Accounting, Risk Management, Critical Business Advisor, Internal Audit, and so much more. Let Nationwide help create your career journey! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

Please Note: This position is open to working remotely in the United States.

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Job Description Summary

Do you have a big picture point of view as well as a keen eye for details? Our success depends on staying ahead of the curve, making sure our businesses and leaders are on top of financial trends and changes. If you are a highly skilled business professional, who can develop and communicate financial information and forecasts, we want to hear from you!
As the AVP, Finance for P&C Consolidations and Financial Reporting at Nationwide, you’ll drive financial success through the development, evaluation and communication of financial plans and forecasts. You will oversee the performance of complex analysis that influences decision making at the P&C Leadership team. You’ll set the strategic direction for and oversee the development of communication materials for Nationwide's senior leadership, board of directors, rating agencies and other internal and external audiences. You’ll also actively participate on the leadership team to influence and drive important strategic initiatives including talent recruiting, retention and development, and technological evolution.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities: 

• Leads the strategy to redesign P&C Finance PM&A operations, tools, and platforms including but not limited to performance management framework, planning, forecasting, key performance indicators, reporting, and talent models to optimize processes, roles, and responsibilities across the function.

• Identifies organizational change impact and training needs, designs change management strategy, and leads organization change management (including communication) strategies, ensuring that users are prepared to accept and efficiently use new processes and technologies.

• Property and casualty consolidated expense strategy providing thought leadership around expenses and supporting the continuous improvement mindset. This role will direct a cross-functional process to establish multi-year expense road maps with alignment across products and functions. Ideal candidate will foster senior leader support while leading cross team implementation and governance.

• The leader will provide functional expense management, focusing on property and casualty’s functional operational budget, participating as member of leadership teams. They will provide financial guidance around budget development, implementation, and result analytics seen through. Specifically, within claims organization, the leader will provide: Operational budget management, monthly reporting package development and presentations, assistance in CAT reporting, development of ultimate projection and board communication and partner with SMS on vendor contracts

• Indirectly oversees the business segment financial reporting teams (led by AVPs and Sr. Directors reporting to the segment CFOs) by influencing the content and presentation of quarterly financial reviews. Also sets the strategic direction for advancements in the financial reporting technology environment that is leveraged across these financial reporting teams.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned. 

Reporting Relationships: Reports to VP, P&C Finance Transformation. Manages a team of 4-6 professionals. Indirect of up to 10-15 associates

Typical Skills and Experiences: 

Education: Undergraduate degree in accounting or finance, advanced studies (e.g., MBA) preferred.

License/Certification/Designation:

Experience: Typically, 10 or more years of experience in financial planning and analysis, pricing or other key Finance functions.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Ability to identify needs of the organization and develop a multi-year strategic plan. Strong demonstrated ability to collaborate across teams and influence to achieve goals. Ability to attract, hire and develop strong talent. Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to build and defend a business case, provide executive level recommendations and reporting. Demonstrated ability to comprehend/explain Finance concepts and other advanced technical concepts.  Ability to assimilate information and make recommendations based on a combination of factors. Foundational knowledge of technology and Finance data and tools.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner. Depending on level, the approvers may change.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions: 

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt).

Working Conditions: Normal office environment.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties. 

We currently anticipate accepting applications until 09/26/2025. However, we encourage early submissions, as the posting may close sooner if a strong candidate slate is identified before the deadline.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

This position could be filled within any of the lower 48 U.S. states.

Smoke-Free Iowa Statement: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, its affiliates and subsidiaries comply with the Iowa Smokefree Air Act. Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed areas on or around company premises as well as company issued vehicles. The company offers designated smoking areas in which smoking is permitted at each individual location. The Act prohibits retaliation for reporting complaints or violations. For more information on the Iowa Smokefree Air Act, individuals may contact the Smokefree Air Act Helpline at 888-944-2247.

For NY residents please review the following state law information: Notice of Employee Rights, Protections, and Obligations LS740 (ny.gov) https://dol.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/02/ls740_1.pdf

NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES:

We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.

Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range.

The national salary range for AVP, Finance - P&C Consolidations and Financial Reporting : $143,000.00-$283,000.00

The expected starting salary range for AVP, Finance - P&C Consolidations and Financial Reporting : $151,000.00 - $253,000.00