Senior Financial Analyst

When you join the team at Unum you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive.

Here we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout lifes moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this we provide:

• Award-winning culture

• Inclusion and diversity as a priority

• Performance Based Incentive Plans

• Competitive benefits package that includes: Health Vision Dental Short & Long-Term Disability

• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!)

• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution

• Mental health support

• Career advancement opportunities

• Student loan repayment options

• Tuition reimbursement

• Flexible work environments

*All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans .

And thats just the beginning

With 10000 employees helping more than 39 million people worldwide every role at Unum is meaningful and impacts the lives of our customers. Whether youre directly supporting a growing family or developing online tools to help navigate a difficult loss customers are counting on the combined talents of our entire team. Help us help others and join Team Unum today!

General Summary:

The Senior Financial Analyst is a key member of the Absence Operations Finance team supporting financial and operational decision-making across our Leave & Absence business organization.

The position will provide financial analyses working individually or with others that serve to inform and ground business decisions and will collaborate with subject matter experts provide quality financial analytics and exercise judgment to drive optimum solutions for various financial and business issues. Responsibilities may include the development of implementation of and adherence to financial policies and procedures that will improve operations consistency controls process efficiency and effectiveness of the functional area.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Mentor and oversee work of less experienced team members.
• Reconcile and balance accounts related to the specific financial area to maintain control and accuracy by identifying discrepancies and their cause and recommendations for corrective action.
• Use knowledge and skills to make appropriate recommendations for efficiencies and to enhance productivity.
• Maintain integrity of data in various systems and data assets that support the specific financial areas (e.g. accounting planning and administrative systems).
• Analyze financial data provide recommendations for appropriate action and prepare related reports in consultation with business partner
• Conduct special studies and lead projects.
• Demonstrate ability to utilize resources and produce results to solve problems or issues with minimal support.
• Accept responsibility for outcome of his/her own efforts.
• Partner effectively with business management (typically at an officer level) to provide solutions that deliver business value.
• Communicate issues identified proactively recommend the most appropriate/effective resolutions and present effectively to management.
• Maintain a strong specialized working knowledge of Unums products services and business processes including his/her specific business area the issues and technical skills required to support the area.

Job Specifications

• Bachelors degree required
• CPA CMA or CFA certification preferred.
• Three to six years comparable work experience.
• Strong understanding of the components of multiple financial statements and how they interact with one another
• Experience navigating change in a positive way.
• Has mastered solid customer service skills while working effectively with functional area team and other resources to complete assigned work while broadening contacts in other functional areas.
• Highly motivated individual able to take independent actions to solve problems/issues with limited involvement from manager.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously with minimal guidance from manager.
• Strong communication presentation and negotiation skills with all levels of management. Adept at handling group dynamics.
• Ability to link understanding of business processes business drivers and changes to other areas and financial results and trends.
• Experience working in Excel SQL and Tableau is a plus.
• General ledger systems and reporting tools experience preferred
• Proficient in Word and PowerPoint

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Unum and Colonial Life are part of Unum Group a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of employee benefits to companies worldwide. Headquartered in Chattanooga TN with international offices in Ireland Poland and the UK Unum also has significant operations in Portland ME - plus over 35 US field offices. Colonial Life is headquartered in Columbia SC with over 40 field offices nationwide.

Unum is an equal opportunity employer considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring placement and advancement without regard to a persons race color religion national origin age genetic information military status gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression disability or protected veteran status.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description actual pay will be based on skill geographical location and experience.

$63500.00-$120000.00

Additionally Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health vision dental) insurance benefits (short & long-term disability) performance-based incentive plans paid time off and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not. All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.

Company:

Unum

Required Experience:

Senior IC