Finance Manager Insurance

Selby Jennings Ltd
  • Chicago, IL
    4 days ago

    Job Description

    Finance Manager

    Hybrid/Remote

    Overview

    Our client is a rapidly growing, private equity-backed insurance platform experiencing significant organic growth, strategic acquisitions, and business expansion across multiple operating companies. This high-visibility organization partners closely with executive leadership to drive financial performance, strategic planning, and value creation initiatives. With direct exposure to the C-suite and PE stakeholders, this position offers the opportunity to influence key business decisions while helping scale a dynamic and entrepreneurial organization. The role has been created to support continued growth across FP&A, corporate development, budgeting, forecasting, and M&A activities.

    The Role

    The Finance Manager will partner closely with executive leadership and operating company leaders to drive budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, strategic analysis, and transaction support. This individual will play a critical role in transforming financial data into actionable insights, board-level presentations, and decision-support materials that influence business strategy. The position offers broad exposure across FP&A, corporate finance, corporate development, and M&A.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Lead annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and long-range business planning processes across multiple operating companies.

    • Develop and maintain sophisticated financial models, scenario analyses, and business cases to support strategic decision-making.

    • Partner with C-suite executives and business leaders to analyze revenue drivers, operating expenses, capital deployment, headcount planning, and profitability trends.

    • Produce executive-level management reporting, KPI dashboards, and board presentations that provide actionable business insights.

    • Support strategic business initiatives through financial analysis, investment evaluations, and scenario planning.

    • Evaluate strategic growth initiatives, investments, divestitures, and optimization opportunities through rigorous financial analysis.

    • Deliver data-driven recommendations that improve business performance and support long-term value creation.

    • Enhance FP&A processes, reporting frameworks, analytics, and financial planning tools to improve efficiency and scalability.

    • Collaborate cross-functionally with finance, operations, and executive leadership teams to drive strategic initiatives.

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
    • 3-5+ years of experience in corporate finance, FP&A, investment banking, consulting, private equity, accounting, or a related analytical role.
    • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills with demonstrated expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and business analysis.
    • Experience building executive presentations, board materials, and data visualizations for senior leadership audiences.
    • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and quantitative skills with exceptional attention to detail.
    • Proven ability to work effectively in fast-paced, high-growth environments with shifting priorities and ambiguity.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex financial information into clear business insights.
    • Experience with business intelligence and visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI is preferred.
    • Property & Casualty insurance, specialty insurance, carrier, MGA, or reinsurance experience is a plus.
    • Demonstrated ability to interact confidently with senior executives, investors, and cross-functional stakeholders.

    If you have finance and insurance experience, don't hesitate to reach out!

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationChicago, IL

    Skills

    • Accountingunmatched
    • Acquisition Strategyunmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Budgetingunmatched
    • Business Analysisunmatched
    • Business Caseunmatched
    • Business Intelligence Softwareunmatched
    • Business Planunmatched
    • Business Processesunmatched
    • Business Strategyunmatched
    • Business Supportunmatched
    • Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)unmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Consultingunmatched
    • Corporate Financeunmatched
    • Corporate Planningunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Data Visualizationunmatched
    • Decision Supportunmatched
    • Detail Orientedunmatched
    • Economicsunmatched
    • Entrepreneurshipunmatched
    • Financeunmatched
    • Financial Analysisunmatched
    • Financial Managementunmatched
    • Financial Modelingunmatched
    • Financial Operationsunmatched
    • Financial Planningunmatched
    • Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)unmatched
    • Forecastingunmatched
    • Insuranceunmatched
    • Investment Analysisunmatched
    • Investment Servicesunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Management Reportingunmatched
    • Mergers and Acquisitionsunmatched
    • Microsoft Excelunmatched
    • Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
    • Operational Expenditure (OPEX)unmatched
    • Operations Processesunmatched
    • Performance Managementunmatched
    • Performance Metricsunmatched
    • Power BIunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Profit & Lossunmatched
    • Quantitative Analysisunmatched
    • Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
    • Revenue Analysisunmatched
    • Strategic Analysisunmatched
    • Strategic Planningunmatched
    • Tableauunmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched

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