Financial Planning Senior Analyst

Westfield
Job Description
  • Job Identification: 10914
  • Posting Date: 02/06/2025, 12:31 PM
  • Locations: One Park Circle, Westfield Center, OH, 44251-5001, US(Hybrid)
  • Job Schedule: Full time

About Us

Founded in 1848, Westfield is a global leader in property and casualty insurance, delivering superior risk insights and innovative solutions to customers through a diverse portfolio of insurance products. Westfield underwrites commercial, personal, surety, and specialty lines of coverage through a network of leading independent agents and brokers in the United States and specialty products through Lloyd’s of London Syndicate 1200. As a mutual insurance company with more than 3,000 employees, Westfield has revenues in excess of $4 billion and more than $10 billion in assets. 

Job Description

The Financial Planning Senior Analyst, under minimal supervision, is responsible for supporting financial planning and analysis activities in an organization and works closely with the Financial Planning and Analysis Manager to create and implement financial models, develop forecasts and budgets, and provide strategic insights to senior management. The role monitors, analyzes, and reports on key financial and operational results, as well as identifies opportunities for improvement and supports initiatives to continuously improve financial practices and methodologies. This role also derives business value from organizational investments and contributes to driving sustainable long-term growth and profitability. 

 

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Responsibilities

  • Assists in developing financial forecasts and budgets, creating financial models, analyzing financial data, and providing strategic insights and recommendations to senior management. 
  • Conducts ad-hoc financial analysis to support decision-making and identifies areas for improvement. 
  • Works closely with other departments, such as accounting, sales, and operations, to gather financial data and insights. 
  • Designs, develops, builds, and maintains complex financial models aligned to the competitive business strategy to project future financial and operational performance, and to identify optimal key performance indicator targets designed to support achievement of desired business outcomes. 
  • Contributes to the execution and refinement of business benefit realization discipline by working with business partners to articulate desired strategic outcomes. 
  • Identifies, supports, and drives initiatives to continuously improve, automate, and mature financial practices, policies, and methodologies of the financial management discipline including practices in complex financial modelling, operational and financial forecasting, budgeting, etc. 
  • Develops and supports implementation of various frameworks, tools, and other structures designed to provide appropriate controls, oversight, and governance over key financial and operational processes and activities. 
  • Engages in identification and calculation of key financial and operational targets required for achieving desired business outcomes. 

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis or a related field.  
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field and/or commensurate experience. 

Location

Hybrid defined as three or more days per week in the office.

Behavioral Competencies 

  • Collaborates 
  • Communicates Effectively 
  • Customer Focus 
  • Decision Quality 
  • Nimble Learning 

Required Skills

Account Analysis, Accounting Software and Tools, Audit and Compliance, Data Analysis, Data Modeling, Financial Modelling, Financial Planning & Analysis, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)Risk Management, Taxation

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

United States: All applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

United Kingdom: Westfield is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.