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Job Summary:
We are looking for an experienced accounting professional to join our Corporate Finance and Accounting division. Within this division, you will be part of a specialized team responsible for executing our enterprise financial growth strategy. The team’s primary focus is on managing and overseeing the integration of M&A deals across all finance and accounting functions.
Reporting to the Director of Finance Strategic Projects, the ideal candidates for this team will demonstrate a bias towards action, strong partnership and communication skills, and the ability to balance precision with speed. Daily curiosity and initiative are essential to develop, outline, and execute a meaningful path forward. Strong candidates should have experience in accounting and financial analysis, with a focus on diagnosing issues and driving resolutions in highly ambiguous environments. They should possess robust project management skills, including the ability to develop detailed project plans and set timelines, lead cross-functional teams while motivating members and ensuring alignment with project goals, communicate project objectives, updates, and expectations clearly to all stakeholders, identify potential issues and implement corrective actions promptly, manage multiple projects simultaneously while prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines, anticipate risks and develop mitigation strategies, and adapt plans flexibly in response to changing circumstances and new information.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provide end-to-end support for financial process implementation and/or process improvement in relation to M&A activities.
- Design of financial analysis to provide insights to customers, including qualitative narrative describing results.
- Lead business leaders in the development of financial related activities, ensuring alignment to enterprise-wide financial goals.
- Perform technical accounting due diligence and implementation of strategic projects.
- Assist in the set-up of opening accounting balances and subsequent accounting practices in relation to strategic projects and acquisitions.
- Drive the planning, forecasting, and business partnering necessary to ensure financial execution and operational cost stewardship.
- Communication and creation of supporting materials to ensure the executive management team can make high-quality decisions and take decisive action.
- Design of financial models to provide insights to company-wide leadership.
- Build thoughtful analysis and presentation appropriate for executive leadership to drive business decisions that align with the enterprise performance needs and strategy.
- 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.
- Drive process improvements by partnering with both up and downstream process owners and enhance current tools/systems related to financial management.
Skills and Background You’ll Need:
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, CPA a plus.
Experience:
- Strong preference for 2-4 years of experience in public accounting.
- Progressive experience in corporate accounting, technical accounting, finance, planning, strategy, M&A, or equivalent. For higher level roles specific experience in financial services or insurance is a differentiator as is familiarity with corporate structure and enterprise level accounting and FP&A.
- Fully proficient in MS Office and familiarity with financial systems (Workday, Oracle, SAP, or related). (required)
- Experience in PowerBi, Tableau or other similar visualization software, as well as FP&A tools (Adaptive Planning, Hyperion). (preferred)
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.
- Driving Success– 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.
- Adaptability – can take ambiguous tasks and align it to enterprise strategy while providing a tangible path towards achievement.
- Winning Together – making the well-being of the team a priority and ensuring team’s visions and goals are the primary objective.
Why join The Standard?
We have built an enduring legacy of stability, innovation and financial strength thanks to the contributions of the talented, creative and compassionate people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard you can expect:
- A rich benefits package including a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
- An annual incentive bonus plan
- Generous paid time off
- A supportive and responsive management approach
- Opportunities for career growth and advancement
- Paid time off to volunteer
- An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools
- Much more!
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