What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Director, Finance position at Northwestern Mutual?
As a Senior Director, you will be responsible for leading the financial planning and analysis activities related to investments and initiatives within the Customer Experience Digital organization. This highly visible position interacts with executive officers and senior leaders across the business, commanding strong partnerships and communication skills to present analyses, insights and recommendations to influence decision making. This position requires a strong financial acumen, strategic thinking, and the ability to effectively communicate complex financial concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
How you will do it:- Serve as a key financial resource on strategic initiatives, including participation in business case development and using expertise to develop innovation solutions to broad issues.
- Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting of financial data to track performance and influence decisions to support company financial and strategic targets.
- Collaborate with technology leaders to allocate resources effectively, optimize technology spend, and prioritize investments based on strategic priorities, business needs, and return on investment.
- Apply broad industry and enterprise knowledge to drive financial performance, anticipating and identifying issues that may impact enterprise-wide results.
- Drive accountability by setting, monitoring, and reporting targets/outcomes related to key performance indicators aligned with the company's financial and strategic goals.
- Lead strategic modeling, scenario planning, and performs analysis to support data-driven decisions, and brings new approaches or techniques to solve problems that have a broad impact on the business.
- Bachelors degree in accounting, finance, or other business required
- Masters of Business Administration (MBA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in positions with increasing financial management responsibilities
- Exceptional people leadership capabilities to create an engaging work environment
- Intellectual agility, analytical and problem-solving abilities and well-developed presentation skills.
- Ability to develop rapport and maintain effective relationships throughout the Company and influence decision making without authority
- Strong business acumen with an ability to understand and synthesize company-wide results.
- Demonstrated ability to overcome obstacles and lead through change.
Great pay package, 401K, company sponsored retirement plan, educational assistance, performance-based incentive pay, medical, dental and vision insurance, parental leave, caregiver time off....and more!
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Salary : $143,360 - $204,800