Analyst supporting Finance Strategy and Transformation team in Finance Data and Innovation Organization. This position will act as a financial advisor for the Finance Data & Innovation overall budget and will also lead financial reporting for business costs. The focus of the role is to lead crucial accounting, forecasting budget and capturing value for transformation projects. Other expense management responsibilities will include financial reporting, variance analysis, and serving as a day-to-day financial consultant to key departmental leaders including the SVP and associated leadership team.
Responsibilities:
Strong knowledge of US GAAP principles and forward-looking analysis are crucial to ensure expenses are managed appropriately. Effective communication of financial performance across various levels of the organization will also be key.
< >Serve as primary finance contact for the Finance Data & Innovation organization to provide consolidated financial details as needed to various business partners across various levels of the organization
< >Coordinate with finance leaders within the department to present actual expense activity and develop best estimate forward looking projections
< >Track total organizational costs including travel, technological, licensing, contractors for Baseline and Portfolio
< >Understanding individual department hiring needs throughout the year including internal and external vendors and work with appropriate business and HR partners to convey financial impacts
< >Ensure requisitions are set up correctly for finance purposes and work directly with hiring managers as needed
< >Act as Microsoft Excel expert to build new and complex models with ability to succinctly summarize key messages to senior leaders based on up-to-date financial data
< >Create standardized data pulls from various financial systems (Oracle, Workday, Hyperion, BPMS) to present actual spend and projected spend across different expense categories
< >Provide financial support on an ad hoc basis to help understand broader talent strategy needed to achieve hiring goals
< >Actively liaise with various finance partners and other matrix partners such as Finance controller, segment operating expense finance leads, accounting and procurement
< >Develop strong understanding of expense drivers to make proactive expense management recommendations to finance leaders
Education:
< >Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or a related field preferred
Experience:
< >Minimum of 1-3 years of experience in finance, financial analysis, or business planning field
Skills:
Experience with key financial and accounting functions
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Ability to deliver accurate, timely results and achieve departmental goals with set deadlines
Ability to effectively communicate financial process across both business and technology partners
Experience with Hyperion expense reporting systems to submit expense projections and pull ad hoc reports as needed
Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Tableau and Microsoft Power Point
Ability to move forward with processes with little or ambiguous information
About Evernorth Health Services
Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related field
- 1-3 years of experience in finance, financial analysis, or business planning
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP principles
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
- Experience with financial reporting and expense management
- Advanced Microsoft Excel modeling skills
- Proficiency with Power BI, Tableau and Microsoft PowerPoint
- Experience with Hyperion expense reporting systems
- Experience creating standardized data pulls from Oracle, Workday, Hyperion, BPMS
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver timely, accurate results
- Ability to work with ambiguous information and liaise with cross-functional finance and HR partners
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