Sr. Strategic Financial Analyst

The next part of your journey is right around the corner — with The Standard.

A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?

Job Summary:

The Senior Strategic Finance Analyst is a finance business partner focused on ensuring the execution of sound financial management practices.  The role partners with executives and senior management to develop and drive plans, with clear, actionable steps that optimize the organization’s use of resources to drive balanced financial, operational and strategic business outcomes. In this role, you will utilize your solid understanding of the goals of the Life, Absence and Disability (LAD) and company strategy to translate the goals into actionable financial objectives that ensure a focus on results and outcomes of the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develops and facilitates financial management programs that draw the link between financial, operational and business strategy to drive measurable results.
  • Partners with the business to implement key processes and tools that ensure transparency, collaboration and discipline in decision-making and monitors effectiveness through the tracking of key measures.
  • Effectively advises and influences the business on a wide variety of business issues and leads positive change internally
• Conceptualizes solutions and develops alternatives to complex problems with a broad perspective applied to decision making.
  • Highly sought-after by the business to provide depth and breadth of consultation.
  • Experience analyzing and influencing outcomes of operational efficiency initiatives (i.e. benchmarking, Lean, structured problem solving, etc.)
  • Develops complex financial models and analysis using advanced analytical techniques and financial systems.
  • Articulates complex and/or complicated issues with a high level of skill, including the ability to extract and articulate key business issues in a manner that is meaningful to the audience
• Mentors junior analysts and helps educate leadership and management on strategic Finance topics such as cost-benefit, return on investment, resource analysis, cost competitiveness

Skills & Background You’ll Need:

Education:  Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or other related field required; advanced degree preferred.

Certification: CPA, CMA or MBA preferred

​Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in a client-focused finance partner or finance consultant role.  
• Proven ability to gather and analyze data, perform financial and strategic analysis and drive business cases that tell a story and make recommendations that lead to action.

Key Behaviors of a Successful Candidate:

Winning Together: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build trust and credibility throughout a matrixed leadership environment.  As a trusted partner, you have a voice at the table to challenge assumptions and influence the best business decisions through financial acumen.

Driving Success: Solid business acumen with a demonstrated understanding of the business, its operations, market trends and the competitive landscape. Able to effectively communicate with stakeholders to provide insight into business operations, financials and the impacts on organizational success.

Improvement Mindset: Proactively identifies trends and patterns and provides analysis and recommendations to stakeholders and decision makers, to define, implement, and deliver on financial strategy.

Adaptability: Adapts quickly to changing priorities and is comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty driven by a fast-changing environment and constant new challenges.

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We have built an enduring legacy of stability, financial strength and exceptional customer service through the contributions of the service-oriented people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard you can expect:

• A rich benefits package including medical, dental, vision and a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions

• An annual incentive bonus plan

• Generous paid time off including 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours annually — PTO increases with tenure

• A supportive, responsive management approach and opportunities for career growth and advancement 

• Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance

• An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools

In addition to the competitive salary range below, our employee-focused benefits support work-life balance. Learn more about working at The Standard.

• Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on a variety of factors including individual and organizational performance.

The actual compensation for this role will be based on a combination of education and experience, knowledge and skills, position budget, internal equity, and market data.

Salary Range:

Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Mortgage Investors, LLC, StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., and American Heritage Life Insurance Company and American Heritage Service Company, marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. Except where precluded by state or federal law, The Standard will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. The Standard offers a drug- and alcohol-free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on The Standard's property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation and employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. After any conditional offer of employment is made, the background check will include an individualized assessment based on the applicant’s specific record and the duties and requirements of the specific job. Applicants will be provided an opportunity to explain and correct background information. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.