Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Job Description SummaryThe Director of FP&A serves as the enterprise FP&A leader for ERAC, a heritage GE company, responsible for delivering forward looking financial insight, integrated forecasting, and decision support across the organization. This role partners closely with the CFO and senior leadership to translate business strategy into disciplined financial plans, high frequency forecasts, and clear executive narratives across GAAP, STAT, TAX, and Cash bases.
The Director leads the FP&A team, owns the company’s planning and forecasting architecture, and plays a critical role in ERAC’s Finance Transformation by driving automation, analytics maturity, and operating discipline. Success in this role requires strong strategic thinking, leadership presence, technical finance expertise, and the ability to operate in a complex, system driven insurance/reinsurance environment.Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the CFO, CEO, and senior leadership team, providing forward‑looking financial insights to support enterprise decision‑making.
• Translate business strategy into clear financial implications, scenarios, and trade‑offs, with an emphasis on capital efficiency, profitability, liquidity, and risk.
• Lead enterprise‑level performance reviews, pacing discussions, and forecast updates with executive‑ready narratives and recommendations.
• Act as the primary finance partner to business leaders, actuarial, investments, accounting, and transformation teams.
• Own ERAC’s end‑to‑end planning, budgeting, and rolling forecast processes across GAAP, STAT, TAX, and Cash.
• Ensure forecasts are tightly integrated with authoritative source systems (policy, claims, reserves, investments) rather than simplistic driver‑based models, consistent with ERAC’s FP&A operating model.
• Lead balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow forecasting with a focus on internal consistency, auditability, and decision usefulness.
• Design and maintain forecast governance, timelines, assumptions management, and change control.
• Drive high‑quality variance analysis, trend analysis, and scenario modeling, translating complex financial results into concise, actionable insights.
• Own management reporting packages, dashboards, and executive materials, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and consistency across reporting bases.
• Establish and monitor KPIs that align financial outcomes with strategic objectives and operational drivers.
• Leverage analytics, visualization, and automation tools to improve insight quality and speed.
• Lead, develop, and mentor the FP&A team, fostering strong technical skills, business acumen, and executive communication capabilities.
• Set clear expectations, delegate effectively, and build a strong bench of FP&A talent to support succession and scalability.
• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and results orientation.
• Play a leadership role in ERAC’s Finance Transformation initiatives, particularly as they relate to FP&A process redesign, systems modernization, and analytics enablement.
• Partner with Accounting, Actuarial, IT, and external vendors to implement future‑state FP&A capabilities.
• Drive greater automation, standardization, and control across planning, forecasting, and reporting processes.
• Ensure FP&A processes are scalable, well‑controlled, and aligned with regulatory and audit expectations.

Qualifications/ Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive FP&A, finance, or related experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise‑level forecasting, planning, and executive reporting.
• Strong understanding of GAAP financials; experience with STAT, insurance, or reinsurance strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and communicate complex financial concepts with executive presence.

Desired Characteristics:

• MBA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent advanced credential.
• Experience in a highly regulated or financial‑services environment.
• Hands‑on experience supporting major finance transformation or systems initiatives.
• Advanced analytics, modeling, and data visualization skills.

Pay and Benefits:

• The base pay range for this position is $200,000 - 250,000. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan.  This role is also equity-eligible. This posting is expected to close on May 5th, 2026.
• GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

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