FP&A Financial Strategy Analyst III

Portland, OR, United States

At The Standard, you’ll join a team focused on putting our customers first.

Our continued success is driven by a high-performance culture. We’re looking for people who are collaborative, accountable, creative, agile and are driven by a passion for doing what’s right – across the company and in our local communities.

We offer a caring culture where you can make a real difference, every day.

Ready to reach your highest potential? Let’s work together. Job Summary: The Corporate FP&A Team is responsible for leading the development and execution of enterprise financial growth strategy, annual planning, and performance management efforts. The team succeeds by driving financial visibility and accountability, building strong relationships, and grounding in facts with executive and finance teams across the company. Ideal candidates for this team will have a bias towards action, exceptional partnership and communication skills, and know-how to balance getting the details right while still moving quickly. Curiosity and initiative are required daily to develop, outline, and execute on a meaningful path forward. Reporting to the Director of FP&A, this role will be responsible for end-to-end ownership of analysis and presentation to support team goals including both development and delivery of materials, partnering with executive and peer finance teams, and executing financial planning activities. They will leverage financial modeling and systems expertise to provide solutions and identify areas of opportunity based on the needs of leadership throughout the enterprise, then lean on relationship and communication skills to generate progress across a wide range of initiatives. The role has significant responsibility and interaction with finance leadership and considerable opportunity self-directed progress. Principal Duties & Responsibilities: Serve as the central point in creation of Annual Financial Plan and Forecasts including consolidation activities, analysis of performance, and presentation of enterprise results.

Build thoughtful analysis and presentation appropriate for executive leadership to drive business decisions that align with the enterprise performance needs and strategy.

Drive process improvements by partnering with up and downstream process owners and enhance current tools/systems related to financial management.

Deep understanding of enterprise financials, business operations, and key operational drivers. Ability to cut through the noise to identify areas of focus and highest impact.

Creation of strong partnership with key financial stakeholders to understand business needs, opportunities, and areas of support. Help influence leaders to reach optimal financial decisions for the organization.

Lead ad-hoc financial strategy projects to fulfill needs of the organization including support of potential M&A transactions.

Key Behaviors: Customer-Focused – active listener who can interpret business needs and develop tangible outcomes to resolve issues across a wide range of personalities and requirements.

Communication – strong tact for relaying information to customers in a way that is digestible and actionable to diverse audience from tactical to executive.

Diligence – own the management and completion of assigned deliverables by expected due dates with the ability to quickly prioritize needs.

Detail-Oriented – approaches the preparation of all analysis, financial models, and reporting with a priority for cleanliness and precision. Ensures financial data included in deliverables are always complete and accurate.

Curiosity – challenges the status quo of how and why, always seeking to discover root causes and expand scope of understanding.

Resourcefulness – leverages a mastery of the enterprise-wide finance ecosystem to generate results and deliver insights. Develops relationships that enable greater influence.

Vision – can take ambiguous tasks and align it to enterprise strategy while providing a tangible path towards achievement.

Team-Oriented – making the well-being of the team a priority and ensuring team’s visions and goals are the primary objective.

Job Specifications: Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Financial Markets, Economics, Management Information System, Business Analytics or equivalent field

Master’s degree or CFA a plus.

Experience: Progressive experience in corporate finance, planning, strategy, M&A, or equivalent. 8-10 years preferred. In some situations, the requirements may be less if requisite knowledge and technical skills can be demonstrated.

Required to be fully proficient in MS Office and familiarity with financial systems (Workday, Oracle, SAP, or related). Preferred but not required experience in PowerBi, Tableau or other similar visualization software, as well as FP&A tools (Adaptive Planning, Hyperion).

Physical Demands: N/A #LI-Remote Please note - the salary range for this role is listed below. In addition to salary, our package includes incentive plan participation and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits, as well as an initial PTO accrual of 164 hours per year. Employees also receive 11 paid holidays and 2 wellness days per year.

Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on various factors, including individual and organizational performance.

Salary Range: $88,250.00 - $129,500.00 Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Equities, Inc. and StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. The Standard offers a drug and alcohol free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on Standard property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation, employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.

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