Head of FP&A (New York)

Overview

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, this leader will be responsible for all financial planning and analysis for the company, with an emphasis on both strategic and tactical direction. This executive will have overall senior management leadership and responsibility for the development of the global business performance and analysis framework and will work closely with the senior leadership team to drive operational excellence and to position the company for continued success.

This leader will transform the overarching company strategy into a long-range plan with annual operating and capital budgets. They will develop an operational framework and process supporting internal, and Board-level presentations, ensuring that a strong business performance monitoring process is established.

The Head of Financial Planning and Analysis will ensure high quality financial projections and forecasts, an integrated and well-executed financial strategy, and the effective use of shared services/outsourcing by engaging a global mindset and a strong customer-centric approach to the business.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and monitor a high quality and sophisticated annual budget and rolling forecasts process, ensure all business unit budgets are supported and comprehensive, with sufficient detail on all financial assumptions.
• Oversee the design and development of standard reports that facilitate a deep understanding of current period results, identify key business trends and provide meaningful correlation analysis of KPIs for current and projected results. Additionally, ensure that all reporting requirements consistently meet the financial communication needs of investors, rating agencies and other external parties.
• Working with appropriate finance, capital management, enterprise risk management and the Argo executive management; identify opportunities to improve existing and establish new business processes, methods and technologies that will enhance overall business performance capabilities.
• Provide education and training in key elements of financial planning and analysis to operations management, including on the design and implementation of reporting and analysis tools, project management, broad-based performance

Qualifications

• Proven property/casualty executive with experience leading the strategic design of financial information of a global property and casualty insurance organization; specific industry experience may be on the admitted or non-admitted side.