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Purpose:
We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis, to support statutory income statement projections, legal entity forecasting, capital plan support, and tax forecasting activities. This role will be primarily accounting, statutory, and forecast focused, supporting the Director, FP&A, with actuals reconciliation, forecast analysis, reporting, and cross-functional coordination.The ideal candidate will have a finance, accounting, actuarial, or quantitative background, with experience in insurance, annuities, asset-intensive insurance, statutory reporting, legal entity analysis, or asset-liability management. This individual should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and partnering with Accounting, Capital, Tax, Actuarial, Treasury, and FP&A teams.
Accountabilities:
- Support statutory income statement projections for assigned legal entities.
- Assist with legal entity projections for statutory forecasting, capital planning, and tax forecasting.
- Prepare forecast templates, supporting analysis, and projection outputs.
- Help evaluate run rates, forecast patterns, and reasonability of assumptions.
- Reconcile actual results to forecasted projections as actuals emerge.
- Analyze actual-to-forecast variances and identify key drivers of change.
- Support review of run rates, patterns, and actuals launches to ensure consistency and reasonability.
- Coordinate with Accounting teams to validate actual results and understand accounting impacts.
- Support the Director in preparing forecast inputs for the Capital team.
- Assist with legal entity forecast information needed for tax forecasting.
- Coordinate with Tax and Capital partners to ensure forecast outputs are complete, accurate, and aligned.
- Help document key assumptions, changes, and forecast drivers.
- Prepare recurring reports, forecast packages, variance analysis, and legal entity financial summaries.
- Maintain and update financial models, templates, and analytical tools.
- Support management reporting related to statutory income, legal entity performance, capital planning, and tax forecasting.
- Provide clear and concise analysis to support FP&A leadership and cross-functional partners.
- Work closely with Accounting, Capital, Tax, Actuarial, Treasury, and FP&A teams.
- Gather forecast inputs, validate data, and follow up on questions or inconsistencies.
- Support process improvements to enhance reporting accuracy, efficiency, and transparency.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, or a related field.
- CPA, CFA, ASA, actuarial exams, MBA, or other relevant credentials are a plus.
- 3+ years of experience in FP&A, accounting, statutory reporting, actuarial analysis, legal entity forecasting, tax forecasting support, capital planning support, consulting, professional services, deal teams, or related analytical roles.
- Experience in insurance, annuities, asset-intensive insurance, statutory financial reporting, or asset-liability management preferred.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, or related field
- 3+ years of experience in FP&A, accounting, statutory reporting, actuarial analysis, legal entity forecasting, tax forecasting support, capital planning support, consulting, professional services, deal teams, or related analytical roles
- Experience maintaining and updating financial models, templates, analytical tools, and preparing forecast templates and outputs
- Ability to reconcile actual results to forecasts, perform variance analysis, identify drivers, and document key assumptions
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment
- Experience in insurance, annuities, asset-intensive insurance, statutory financial reporting, or asset-liability management
- CPA, CFA, ASA, actuarial exams, MBA, or other relevant credentials
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing resources include comprehensive health coverage, mental-health support, onsite fitness centers, and one‑on‑one coaching. HQ amenities and wellness perks are positioned as differentiators for on-site employees.
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What We Do
Athene, through its subsidiaries, is a leading retirement services company that issues, reinsures and acquires retirement savings products designed for the increasing number of individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement needs. The products offered by Athene include: • Retail fixed, fixed indexed and registered index-linked annuity products; • Reinsurance arrangements with third-party annuity providers; and • Institutional products, such as funding agreements and group annuity contracts related to pension risk transfers. Athene's subsidiaries include Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company, a Delaware-domiciled insurance company, Athene Annuity and Life Company, an Iowa-domiciled insurance company, Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York, a New York-domiciled insurance company, Athene Securities, LLC, an Iowa-domiciled registered broker-dealer (member FINRA), and Athene Life Re Ltd., a Bermuda-domiciled reinsurer. -- The financial industry is ripe for change and Athene is leading the way. We’re determined to make retirement easier for you and other Americans by harnessing our passion, smarts and relentless spirit. Learn how to become an Athene financial professional at www.athene.com/contact. If you love a challenge and are driven to succeed, then Athene is your kind of company.








