finance
Posted 21 hours agoDirector - Finance Transformation - Financial Reporting & Accounting
at Unum Group
United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Create business plans for assigned projects including the development of complex financial cost benefit modeling, and track performance against those plans through delivery and post-implementation.
- Research, analyze and synthesize significant amounts of information to quantify and identify business opportunities and issues Leverage broad Finance, operational and transformation expertise to ensure solutions are executable, scalable, and aligned to delivery objectives while supporting business goals and delivery efficiency gains to reduce costs to Finance areas while improving the experience for our customers.
- Simplify and reimagine processes to create transformational experiences through digital assets Lead change management, operational readiness, and business adoption efforts with clear accountability for adoption and business readiness at go-live, while acting as a champion of change leading organizations through digital transformations.
- Independently conduct complex quantitative and qualitative analysis to inform delivery decisions, risk mitigation, and execution planning.
- Own and lead end-to-end delivery of large transformation initiatives with a focus on ensuring timely delivery, quality execution, active management of risks and dependencies, and achievement of intended business outcomes.
- Establish strong, effective and collaborative partnerships with key business area leaders, project managers and subject matter experts to ensure alignment, execution discipline, and successful delivery outcomes.
- Ensure clear ownership of deliverables across initiatives, eliminating ambiguity in roles, accountability, and execution Collaborate with Product Owners, Finance subject matter experts, Finance change resources, and IT professionals, while managing across initiative and technical dependencies to deliver value.
- Define and track success metrics for initiatives, ensuring delivery of measurable business value and intended outcomes.
- Identify, manage, and mitigate delivery risks, dependencies, and trade-offs across initiatives and other workstreams.
Requirements
- experience for Finance professionals and business partners while ensuring operational effectiveness.
- The role requires the ability to translate complex Finance
- Constantly operate with a value delivery and partner centric mindset and leverage the ability to analyze the most important
- Maintain strong knowledge of emerging external trends in digital technology solutions.
- Job Specifications Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent relevant business experience.
- Finance or actuarial professional certification (e.g.
- experience delivering value through problem solving, analytics, and/or digital assets, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Proven understanding of Finance business processes and behaviors & expectations to invest in technology Drive Finance Transformation through partner engagement, user acceptance, and change management.
- Experience in leading and building a change culture with stakeholder management, operational readiness & buy-in with strong communication Ability to translate strategy into execution and deliver outcomes in complex environments Proven leadership ability with ability to influence, coach and develop others.
- Excellent problem solving and critical thinking ability with strong understanding of Agile methods
- Experience delivering data and/or digital based solutions that have a direct impact on customer, employee, and partner experience.
Benefits
- 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
- 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. $109,100.00-$224,000.00 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
Additional details
- Job Posting End Date: July 23 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 life’s moments.
- And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally.
- benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans .
- And that’s just the beginning… With 10,000 employees helping more than 39 million people worldwide, every role at Unum is meaningful and impacts the lives of our customers.
- Whether you’re 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 Director, Finance Transformation is responsible for leading the execution, delivery, and adoption of large-scale Finance transformation initiatives with the goal of achieving a superior
- The role will focus on the execution and delivery of large-scale transformation initiatives, accountable for translating product strategy into actionable plans and delivered outcomes, while partnering on the design and delivery of smaller scale features.
- This person will work closely with Finance product owners, financial reporting and accounting stakeholders, technology teams, dedicated change resources, and Finance subject matter experts to drive process and technology transformation across reporting and accounting capabilities.
- requirements into executable solutions, remove delivery barriers, and ensure successful implementation and adoption of reporting and accounting process improvements. Principal Duties and