Manager Finance Business Partnering
Job Overview
Job title: Manager Finance Business Partnering
Job description: Individually we are people, but together we are Aviva. Individually these are just words, but together they are our Values – Care, Commitment, Community, and Confidence.
We are looking for our next Manager of Finance Business Partnering. This role works within a highly professional and strategically focused business partnering team reporting to the Assistant Vice President of Business Partnering for Personal and Commercial Insurance.
This role supports and drives the development and processes of our Aviva Business Plan during our Quarterly and Annual Forecasts. Aligning plans/forecasts and FP&A with other adjacent functions (e.g., Capital, Actuarial, Pricing, Claims), as well as with our overall company strategy.
Come Join our Team!
What you’ll do:
Driving Business Performance
Ensures all business decisions are supported by high-quality financial analysis with the necessary data resources, analytical tools, structured frameworks, and standard methodologies.
Drives quality business planning ensuring business activities are being built, culminating in financial plans and performance targets being set and achieved across the business segments.
Advises Business Unit Operational Reviews and Business Planning processes, engages business leaders and leverages standard methodologies and common processes.
Leverages deep generalist knowledge, interprets/synthesizes, and delivers timely management information that contributes to beneficial decision support.
Ensures that financial support is provided to initiatives that contribute to the business.
Relationship Management
Aligns FP&A with other adjacent functions such as Capital, Actuarial, Pricing, and Claims and coordinates cross-functional deliverables as they relate to both Corporate Planning and the broader FP&A team
Able to provide insights into the future, sees the big picture, influence the senior management team, takes the initiative proactively and focuses on aligning Finance and other functions within the business.
Responsible for growing the relationships with the business as a partner providing outstanding client experience and strengthening the relationships across boundaries.
Strategic Management
Ensures accurate financial assumptions in corporate and business unit strategic planning processes are consistently made
Participates effectively in the development of business planning models that reflect key drivers of value and a driven environment
Provides a consistent approach which assists the business in measuring its performance against strategy and operating plans
Plays a key role in ensuring that competitive analyses are developed for the business
Brings a digital-first and customer-centric mentality
Performance Measurement and Management Control
Understands key financial and operational drivers of performance and helps to integrate them consistently in business management reporting processes
Supports the development/refinement of appropriate efficiency metrics, dashboards and financial/nonfinancial KPIs to enable effective performance management.
Tracks and analyzes information that is predictive and actionable
Coordinates the communication of performance towards goals and strategies of the business.
Establishes and drives forward-looking planning/budgeting processes ensuring alignment between financial and strategic plans.
Cost Management
Establishes and implements a framework to drive expense management discipline and focus within the business – identifying and reducing non-value-added costs in associated business segments.
Ensures the business uses relevant and reliable product/customer/segment cost information.
Understands the long-term cost structure of our business and takes an active role in the cost management process.
Governance/Stewardship role
Coordinates the deployment of financial controls across the business that is effective at preventing undesirable risks
Aligns finance processes and priorities with those of the business and is flexible at adapting finance processes to meet the business’s changing needs
Plays an upfront and early role in product decision-making processes
Behavioral/Leadership Requirements
Has a can–do–will–do approach to deliver consistently high performance.
Sets and inspires others to achieve high standards.
Plans and prioritizes work and exploits systems and technology, establishing clear objectives to deliver business goals.
Leading Through Others
Works to achieve better results through teams/individuals.
Proactively develops the capability of others.
Leads Business Relationships
Builds a convincing and professional environment which inspires confidence and earns respect.
Creates harmony and strong partnerships, taking personal responsibility for managing expectations and ensuring the delivery of results.
Leading Information
Collects and analyzes information and ideas which are relevant to commercial success.
Balances long and short-term considerations.
Makes clear decisions appropriate to the role and challenges with objectivity.
Leading Change
Proactively identifies and raises debate about opportunities.
Supports team members and colleagues and maintains commitment through periods of change.
Encourages others to contribute.
Managing Yourself
Creates a favorable and professional environment which inspires confidence and commands respect.
Sets an example by walking the talk.
Acts consistently with Aviva values.
What you’ll bring:
5+ years post-qualification financial management experience (3-5 years of which, preferably in a P&C organization).
This position demands a high level of independence, visibility, and communication. Therefore, effective communication skills are needed.
Possess strong influencing skills and is a natural leader
Excellent relationship builder and communicator with proven leadership and motivation ability
Ability to manage multiple initiatives in a structured and controlled framework
Proven leader with an ability to empower a team of hard-working individuals
Demonstrable understanding and strategic perspective on the insurance industry
Experience with contract negotiation and management, business modelling, acquisitions and integration
Sound understanding of financial, strategic and performance management processes
Proven track record of embracing and leading change, being highly adaptable and flexible, decisive and displaying excellent judgment
A degree in Business (Finance, Economics, Accounting & Finance) or equivalent.
CA/CPA, CMA, CGA or equivalent.
What you’ll get
Competitive rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities.
Our vacation package starts at 4 weeks!
Exceptional Career Development opportunities.
We’ll support your professional development education.
Hybrid work model
Aviva Canada has an accommodation process in place to provide accommodations for employees with disabilities. If upon commencement of employment, you require a specific accommodation because of a disability, please contact your Talent Acquisition Partner so that an appropriate accommodation can be arranged. This process applies throughout your career with Aviva Canada.
Company: Aviva
Expected salary:
Location: Markham, ON
Job date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:15:07 GMT
Job Source: Careerjet.ca