Senior Manager, FP&A - Central Zone Advisor

Company:Marsh

Description:

Marsh’s US Financial Planning & Analysis team is seeking candidates for a Senior Manager, FP&A - Central Zone Advisor position.

This position is based in New York, NY and is hybrid, with an expectation of working in the office at least three days per week.

This a leading finance position role that works closely with the Central Zone (“CEZ”) distribution team, and its business executives. CEZ, a business with more than $600MM of revenue, is the second largest zone within the Marsh US, and larger than most countries in global Marsh in terms of revenue.

As the lead finance partner for CEZ Leadership, this position is responsible for:

1) providing relevant and consistent management and performance information to the Zone,

2) assessing key business issues, and

3) providing advice to support growth, productivity, and profit improvement. 

In addition, the person who holds this role will be required to ensure that information and advice is delivered timely and accurately, company policies and procedures are followed, and that communication between finance and the business is seamless and strong. 

We will count on you to:

• Provide financial planning, reporting and analytics support to business partners and the leadership teams to help achieve business and financial objectives
  • Communicates key insights regarding business performance, forecasts, budgets and sales activity to management and business leaders
  • Facilitate sound management decisions through financial and metric reporting while highlighting material variances, trends, & risks/opportunities, and providing insightful commentary to the business and corporate partners
  • Manage the forecasting, budgeting, and strategic planning activities for the Zone
• Provide input into our financial processes and methodologies to ensure that the sophistication of our analytical capabilities continues to evolve
  • Develop and maintain financial models needed to enable analytics around trends, performance, and outlook that are consistent throughout the geographies and business units
  • Perform ad hoc analyses on financial data and business requests to monitor tactical decisions and enable strategic decision making
• Work with cross-functional teams (compliance, controllership, operations, human resources, etc.) to ensure that maximum leverage and efficiency are delivered to the business
• Maintain a credible, proactive, responsive, and service focused relationship with business leaders

What you need to have: 

• A Bachelors degree
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in financial planning & analysis, controllership, or related experience in a global operation
  

What makes you stand out:

• MBA or CPA preferred
• Strong critical thinking / analytical skills and business decision support along with effective interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
• Ability to build relationships with business leaders and influence and advise on key decisions. Proven ability to provide strategic direction and support to business leaders
• Results-focused, analytical approach with a strong customer / client service ethos
• Strong communication and negotiation skills with the ability to engage, manage and influence team members and senior stakeholders
• Strong initiative/seek and accept new challenges, and have a high level of curiosity as it relates to new projects, and finding solutions to problems
• Adaptable to a fast paced and quickly changing environment
• A desire to constantly improve and innovate, leading the candidate to examine every task and deliverable with an eye towards potential improvement and/or further ability to streamline

Why join us?

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact on colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting [email protected].

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

The applicable base salary range for this role is $115,200 to $230,000.

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.