Finance Data Strategy Specialist

Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.

At Great American, we value diversity and recognize the benefits gained when people from different cultures, backgrounds and experiences work collaboratively to achieve business results. We are intentionally focused on fostering an inclusive culture and know valuing diversity is an essential leadership quality. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered and enabled to perform at their best.

The Finance Division is seeking a Finance Data Strategy Specialist to oversee the development, implementation, and ongoing support of a comprehensive finance data strategy. This role will collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure the effective management, governance, and utilization of financial data across the Company including the Business Data & Analytics and P&C IT teams. It will play a crucial role in supporting Workday roadmap initiatives (AFG’s ERP system) and finance transformation efforts.

This position will be on a hybrid schedule and will work out of our Cincinnati, OH office. 

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, steward and continually evolve Great American’s finance data strategy
  • Establish and articulate a holistic finance data strategy focused on leveraging Workday and aligning to enterprise data technology strategy
  • Coordinate with finance SMEs to document and communicate financial data model (FDM)
• Determine governance framework for managing and updating financial data model
  • Document financial terms and calculations creating consistency across the business where appropriate
  • Drive efforts to centralize and streamline financial calculations
  • Define financial data roles and responsibilities, ensuring clear ownership and accountability
• Develop and maintain an inventory of financial calculations and data flow diagrams.
• Provide subject matter expertise to Workday team on finance data model and sign off on related changes
• Oversee development of financial reporting
  • Develop and maintain an inventory of financial reporting
  • Support the development of reports to aid in filings, annual statement needs, and management reporting
  • Provide thought leadership in evolving financial reporting and analytics to meet variety of business needs
• Lead finance involvement in IT and Business Data & Analytics teams’ data initiatives
• Gather insights from business leaders across the Company to drive strategy and report development

Requirements / Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Science, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in finance, accounting, financial data management or a related role.
• Strong understanding of financial concepts, calculations, and data governance frameworks.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to drive strategic initiatives and adapt to evolving business needs.
• Proficiency in Workday and other data analysis tools preferred.

Business Unit:

Property & Casualty Finance

Benefits:

We offer competitive healthcare, retirement, and paid time off benefits for full-time and part-time benefit eligible employees.