Senior Manager, Strategic Business Finance & Planning

Senior Manager, Strategic Business Finance & Planning

Stamford CT I Hartford, CT I Exton, PA I USA

We're looking for a highly driven self-starter with a desire to challenge and solve complex issues to join Finance & Strategy team at AXA XL Americas.

This position is a key member of the Finance & Strategy team.

The candidate will have direct responsibility for supporting the FP&A and Strategy roadmap development for both the Mid-Market and E&S businesses. In addition, the candidate will have direct responsibility for supporting the growing Mid-Market and E&S for activities within the Planning process for the Americas business unit.

The Senior Manager, Strategic Business Finance & Planning, in collaboration with the team, is responsible for coordinating and completing the planning process for the AXA XL Americas Business Unit, including all planning and forecast cycles submitted to AXA Group, and related analysis.

You will report to the Head of Finance, Large Commercial and Hartford Professional.

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What will your essential responsibilities include?

Supporting the long-term strategy, in line with overall AXA XL and AXA Group strategic priorities, including strategy design, delivery, and accountability through identified KPIs

Support development of business cases for future phases and support delivery of proofs of concept. Work and guide other members of the BU Americas and support the implementation of the relevant projects.

Analyze regional/global market and competitor trends for opportunities and threats

Support with data and insights all operational performance management topics

Collaboration with AXA's global Mid-Market and Wholesale teams on elements of overlap in strategy

Annual Planning and AXA Forecast cycles

Coordinate the planning process

Responsible for yearly budget and in-year cost control, both for compensation and non-compensation costs

Ensure timely and accurate issuance of required budget reports, projections, databases, and presentation packages

Establish and monitor controls to ensure data accuracy

Ensure logical consistency across planning iterations and within a given plan, and provide walks between cycles to clarify the impact of various assumption changes

Communication/Presentation

Coordinate annual long-term strategy documents, annual goal setting and operational plans for Mid-Market and E&S

Maintain and update key presentations for various standing and ad hoc meetings (e.g., Monthly business reviews)

Prepare guidance/instructions for data providers

Implement and enhance templates for planning data collection

Collaborate with all stakeholders (e.g., Strategy, Pricing, Reserving, Ceded Re, GCUO, corporate expense team, etc.)

Continuous Improvement: Constantly enhance the process, to shrink end to end lifecycle timing, improve flexibility, improve data quality and clarity of presentation

Ad Hoc Queries and Analysis as required from various stakeholders

Ensure that FIC key controls documentation and other process documentation related to planning is up to date and completed.