Senior Financial Analyst

Sr Anlst Financial - FF08BE

We're determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals - and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.

This role provides an exciting opportunity to support The Hartford's largest business segment and market leader. This role is a key member of the Employee Benefits Financial Planning and Analysis Team which oversees a $6 billion book of business. This role is responsible for expense and premium oversight, internal management reporting, budgeting/forecasting, and analytical insight.

Our ideal candidate would be someone who is eager to learn, has a mindset to continuously drive process improvement, is agile, tech-savvy, and a highly collaborative teammate.

• Develop Specialty Markets premium and commission forecast (approximately $300M book of business) through collaboration with Employee Benefits Underwriting, Actuarial, Sales, and Group Reinsurance Plus organizations.
• Responsible for Specialty Markets premium close ensuring earned premium is properly recorded for the month. Review premium results with Specialty Markets business partners to understand trends and variances.
• Assist in Employer Group premium components of growth (CoG) analysis by creating General Agent and Broker in-force roll forwards (Components of Growth) to be shared with Employee Benefits business partners.
• Prepare and consolidate business performance review decks for review with senior leaders, including Segment reporting, Line of Business reporting, and coordination of Greenbook and Bluebook reports.
• Prepare Operating Expense analytics and book appropriate expense accruals
• Provide analytical support and financial guidance to our business partners to enhance the decision-making process and to achieve their operating plan/targets.
• Drive continuous improvement in management reporting, metrics and forecasting with a mindset for developing more predictive and prescriptive analytics and reporting while automating or eliminating low value activities (including utilization of root cause problem solving).
• Engage in special projects as directed by management.

• Bachelor degree in Finance, Accounting or related field required
• 3+ years of experience or 1+ years of experience as part of the Finance Leadership Development Program
• Self-starter, self-motivated and performance driven; ability to lead through influencing.
• Ability to quickly learn and assimilate new applications
• Results oriented with the ability to effectively manage competing priorities.
• Strong communication skills and ability to tailor delivery based on audience; ability to communicate and influence at various levels.
• Ability to leverage data to translate operational performance into financial implications and influence future strategies.
• Possess strong problem solving skills with a proven ability to develop recommendations based on solid analytics that address the root cause and explain impacts to business performance.
• Possess strong to advanced Excel and Powerpoint skills; TM1 experience a plus; MS Co-Pilot, Python, or PowerBI experience a plus