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Skyward Specialty Insurance · 18 hours ago

Director - Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Continuously engages with business/functional leaders to understand business drivers impacting financial results and provide timely and relevant analysis in support of business decisions and initiatives

Proactively provides transparent and frequent financial updates and actionable insights for business and functional leaders

Drives end-to-end planning, budgeting, and forecasting process across a division/staff function, including all inputs and drivers within the planning tool

Develops the annual plan, associated budgets, and forecasts for a division/staff function, supported by an FP&A team

Prepare, review, and distribute monthly/quarterly comparisons of the budget to actual results and prior year actual results to the current year, together with variance explanations for consolidated, divisional and departmental results

Oversee the maintenance and further development of robust monthly/quarterly reporting packages that provide for timely and reliable financial and operational information supporting internal decision-making processes, quarterly business reviews and strategic reviews, including analytics that accompany the financial reports

Support decision making and accurate planning through the creation and development of financial models, in support of due diligence efforts and valuations, including goodwill

Engages key internal stakeholders, including other members of the Finance & Accounting organization along with functional counterparts, to keep abreast of changes in market landscape and advise on potential implications to the business

Supports ad hoc analysis and special projects, as required

Promote a culture of personal responsibility/accountability and open communication

Ensure fair and ethical policies and practices in all relationships and operations

Oversee the administration of the budgeting and financial reporting software

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

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Financial modelingBudgetingForecastingProperty & Casualty insuranceData analysisSoftware implementationProactive self-starter

Required

Minimum Four (4) year degree from an accredited institution in Accounting, Finance, or similar

10+ years of experience with data modeling, planning, forecasting, analysis, and budgeting

Must have Property & Casualty insurance experience

Expert verbal and written communication skills

A highly organized individual is required

Ability to manage people and possess good interpersonal skills

Must have strong decision making and leadership skills

Must be able to see the big picture while having an exceptionally detail-oriented focus

Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure in a fast paced environment

Should be a proactive self-starter

Must be able to work irregular hours when required to complete tasks by deadlines

Experience managing multiple priorities with ability to make changes when needed

Require broad conceptual judgment, initiative and ability to deal with complex issues

Exercises initiative; demonstrates adaptability, service motivation, respects the differences of others, and accepts personal responsibility

Ability to select and implement appropriate software to ensure accurate and timely forecasting and reporting

Preferred

CPA highly preferred

Company

Skyward Specialty Insurance

Skyward Specialty is a rapidly growing and innovative specialty insurance company, delivering commercial P&C products and solutions on a non-admitted and admitted basis.

Founded in 2006

Houston, Texas, USA

501-1000 employees