Senior Financial Analyst (Hybrid)

Position Compensation Range:

$80,000.00 - $131,000.00

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

The Senior Financial Analyst works within Expense Management FP&A and supports expense management through planning, forecasting, and analysis, and by providing decision support to business partners and leadership. You will deliver clear insights on expense performance, drivers, and outlook, and help strengthen financial discipline through effective reporting, routines, and communication. You will report to the Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis supporting Claims & Legal Division expense management.

In this flex office/home role, you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month from either Madison, WI 53783 or Boston, MA 02110

Internal candidates are encouraged to apply and should review the internal mobility guidelines in the hybrid policy reference guide for more information on potential relocation.

We will not consider candidates who require current or future sponsorship for this position.

Primary Accountabilities

• You will lead expense planning and forecasting activities for assigned business partners, including assumptions, risks/opportunities, and alignment to targets.
• You will deliver recurring monthly expense performance reporting (actuals vs plan/forecast), including variance drivers, trend analysis, and outlook updates.
• You will provide business partner decision support: scenario analysis, trade-off recommendations, and financial impacts for initiatives.
• You will build and maintain expense models (e.g., run-rate, workforce, vendor, initiative-based) to improve forecast accuracy and transparency.
• You will prepare and present expense and performance insights to divisional leadership; occasionally support executive-level materials.
• You will collaborate with leaders to define and monitor expense KPIs/metrics and identify opportunities to improve business results.
• You will improve FP&A processes through stronger data management, reporting automation/standardization, and scalable routines that reduce manual effort.
• You will serve as a finance representative on cross-functional teams, ensuring financial implications are understood and reflected in decisions.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements

• Insurance Accounting Operations experience
• Anaplan, Hyperion or similar budget system experience
• GCP, Tableau, Excel and/or other similar analytical tools
• Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service
• Demonstrated experience in financial statement and management reporting.
• Demonstrated experience with complex financial and operational analysis.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of forecasting techniques, statistical analysis, data modeling, and data mining.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of insurance accounting and operations
• Travel requirements up to 5%.

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Additional Information

• Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks

• Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions

• Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

American Family Insurance is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email View email address on talent.com to request a reasonable accommodation.