Northwestern Mutual

Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

Milwaukee, WI Corporate

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 36 days ago

NegotiationFinancial ModelingFinancial AnalysisAccountingBudgetingFP&AHRCommunicationProblem SolvingPublic SpeakingGAAPFinancial Reporting

About the role

May interact with executive officers, department heads, and other members of senior management to provide meaningful expense management consultation and analysis, and presents recommendations to aid in decision-making.
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Supports managers and directors to understand department operations and resulting cost structure.
Monitors spend, develops forecasts and budgets and analyzes expense results.
Applies creativity and innovation in identifying process improvements and other opportunities for the departments to better manage expenses or reduce spend.
Builds financial models to predict and understand the business as well as actual results.
Supports special projects and assignments related to expense management, product line allocations, financial reporting, process improvements, or other projects as requested by division leaders.
May collaborate with other enterprise resources in Human Resources, Corporate Strategy or Planning Coordinators.
Ability to develop and interpret financial models for analysis.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and manage multiple assignments concurrently while effectively prioritizing.
Ability to develop and present recommendations to management.
Support the Company's overall expense management process, focusing on ensuring optimal use of Company resources and ultimately protecting or maintaining product value and financial strength either at the corporate level or for an assigned function/department.

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related degree with accounting emphasis preferred.
Typically three or more years of financial management experience and/or financial planning and analysis experience.
Analytical, planning, organization, budgeting, problem solving, negotiation, oral and written communication skills are essential to this role.
Ability to communicate clearly with peers and at different levels of management within finance and across the company.
CPA or CMA designation is preferred.

Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes talented individuals of all backgrounds.

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