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This Specialist role supports the financial planning and analysis for our Technology Enterprise Solutions (TES) Technology team. You will also play a key role in TES executive planning and will contribute significantly to monthly and quarterly financial planning and analysis processes.

Finance Competencies

This role will regularly demonstrate our finance competencies, where you will lead through change, innovate to excel, and adapt skillfully to change.

Lead

• Strategic Thinking: You will create initiatives that align with our mission and vision, asking insightful questions and communicating complex ideas clearly. Collaboration with key stakeholders will be essential to drive our strategic goals forward. You will be curious, think critically, and strategically with a focus on the future.
• Courage: Facing challenges head-on and confronting the unknown will be part of your daily routine. You will act with accountability, take calculated risks, and provide and receive feedback to foster a culture of growth and improvement.
• Connectivity: Building meaningful connections across the enterprise is crucial. You will value diverse perspectives, share best practices, and strengthen relationships with every interaction.

Innovate

• Velocity: Making quick, data-driven decisions will be key to maximizing business impact. You will be solution-oriented, adapting swiftly to evolving business needs and driving speed from strategy to action.
• Curiosity: Embrace a mindset of curiosity by trying new things, asking questions, and seeking answers. Staying curious and learning beyond your immediate business area will help you make valuable connections and insights.
• Continuous Learning: You will continuously seek opportunities to enhance your knowledge and skills. Exploring alternative methods and staying updated on industry trends will be part of your growth journey.

Adapt

• Influence: Your ability to shape opinions and outcomes will be vital. Through active listening and understanding others’ perspectives, you will provide ideas that drive results and foster collaboration.
• Agility: Anticipating and managing change swiftly will be essential. You will stay flexible amid ambiguity, think critically during volatility, and act as a catalyst for change.
• Presence: Displaying optimism, confidence, and composure in any situation will be key. You will understand and regulate your reactions and responses, ensuring effective communication and emotional intelligence.

Technical & Digital Skills

• Data Translation: You will use and translate expense data into a concise story to drive conversations and decisions with business partners.
• Microsoft Suite Proficiency: You will navigate the Microsoft suite of products, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and the Microsoft Power Platform, with ease.
• Preferred Tools & Upskilling: Experience with Hyperion Essbase, Planview, and Power BI is preferred, but not required. You will have opportunities to gain experience and master new tools, effectively upskilling yourself and contributing to the team’s collective growth and expertise.

Job Description Summary

Do you have a big picture point of view as well as a keen eye for details? Our success depends on staying ahead of the curve, making sure our businesses and leaders are on top of financial trends and changes. If you are a highly skilled business professional, who can develop and communicate financial information and forecasts, we want to hear from you!

As a Specialist, you’ll conduct and document complex financial, budget and business-related analyses. In addition, you’ll prepare forecast and trends analyses to support financial projects and business operations. You’ll have opportunities to lead special financial business related studies, analyze complex budgets and forecast funding requirements. You may serve in an associate lead/supervisory role.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Makes effective decisions in a timely manner within the context of own assignments; drives to complete objectives with a full understanding of necessary achievements.

• Communicates work output effectively; presents options for senior leaders to consider in decision making.

• Treats others with respect and shares his/her honest opinion in a thoughtful way.

• Asks the right questions to gain an understanding of the topic and attempts to get at root causes; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; shows ability to generate and recommend alternatives in response to requests by senior leaders.

• Supports changes being employed to move organization toward the use of new technologies or into new endeavors; offers to be part of new changes within the organization.

• Keeps informed of new methods and technologies that will affect and improve own work.

• Supports the changes being put forth by the organization or senior leaders; willing to accept and see the benefits of change; offers suggestions to managers around the best ways to incorporate changes into the way we work.

• Works to build knowledge of organizational structure and products to drive superior results.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Manager/Director. This is an individual contributor role.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate studies in finance, accounting, economics or a related field; degree preferred.

License/Certification/Designation: Pursuit of CPA or other related technical insurance designation desirable.

Experience: Typically, six or more years related experience in finance, accounting, insurance or similar field. Product or business unit specific experience required.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: In-depth knowledge of statistical/financial analysis, financial statement and budget preparation, and enterprise-wide business operations. Knowledge of GAAP and statutory accounting practices and insurance/financial services business requirements. Project management concepts and techniques.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence. 

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)

Working Conditions: Normal working conditions. 

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.