Manager, State Analytics & Decision Support (Auto Finance

Position: Manager, State Analytics & Decision Support (Auto Finance)
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Role Purpose The Manager, State Analytics & Decision Support serves as a strategic finance partner to Product State Managers and related leaders, translating financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights that support profitable growth. This role sits at the intersection of Finance and Product, with a primary focus on state-level performance, tradeoff analysis, and forward-looking decision support.

Key Responsibilities:

State-Level Financial Leadership Own Financial analysis and decision support for our portfolio of states, including:

New business growth, retention, and mixRate and underwriting impacts/measurement

Profitability and expense dynamics

Partner closely with Product State Managers to:

Evaluate performance drivers and emerging trends

Quantify tradeoffs between growth and profit-driven actions

Support data-backed decisions at the state-level

Analytics & Insight Generation Develop and maintain state-level analytics, including:

Policy, premium, and profitability results/outlooks

Sensitivity analyses tied to rate, marketing, or underwriting changes

Move beyond reporting to deliver insight-led storytelling that connects financial outcomes to operational levers

Develop analytical frameworks and tools that enable decision-focused insights and storytelling

Identify opportunities to improve analytical frameworks, data usability, and insight timeliness

Senior Leader & Stakeholder Partnership Serve as a trusted thought partner to:

Product leaders

State Management support teams

Cross-functional partners (e.g., Marketing, Competitive Intelligence)
Support financial and business readouts by distilling complex analyses into clear, decision-ready narratives

Anticipate questions and proactively surface risks and opportunities at a state level

Process Improvement & Capability Building Enhance consistency and rigor across finance’s state analytics

Contribute to the evolution of FP&A toward a high-level advisory, forward-looking model

Collaborate with peers to share best practices and elevate analytics maturity across the organization

People Leadership & Development Lead, mentor, and develop team members supporting state-level analytics

Set clear expectations around analytical quality, business partnership, and ownership

Build bench strength by coaching team members toward broader understanding of the business, economics, and trade-offs between decisions

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related field (MBA and/or CPA preferred).5+ years in FP&A/Finance.

Must have experience working in P&C insurance.

Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).PowerBI experience preferred.

Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Strong business acumen and proven track record demonstrating ability to deeply understand the needs of the business stakeholders.

Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to justify assumptions and develop business cases.

Agility to manage changing expectations and priorities.

Previous experience as a people leader required.

Location:

Chicago, IL or Bethesda, MD;
This is a hybrid role with a 3-day in office requirement

Annual Salary$ - $The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected…