Director of Strategic Finance & Business Partnering - CIO

Dir Fin Analysis Rptg - FF06AE

We’re determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals – and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.

• Serve as a strategic advisor to Technology and Finance leadership, providing clear financial insights, recommendations, and decision frameworks.
• Translate complex financial results, technology drivers, and allocation impacts into actionable guidance for executive decision‑making.
• Deliver concise, executive‑ready commentary that moves beyond variance reporting to explain risks, opportunities, tradeoffs, and required actions.

• Strengthen cost transparency by identifying and explaining key drivers of Technology and infrastructure spend, including direct and indirect cost impacts.
• Partner with Segment Finance to evolve Technology allocation reporting, provide proactive transparency into direct and indirect allocation impacts – so segment impacts are understood earlier, explained consistently, and used to inform business.

• Lead development of Operating Plan, forecasts, monthly results, and driver‑based financial models that connect technology activity to financial outcomes.
• Shift reporting from retrospective variance explanation to forward‑looking insight by identifying trends, risks, opportunities, and allocation impacts earlier in the cycle.
• Improve forecast predictability through stronger governance, consistent assumptions, scenario modeling, and alignment to approved decisions.
• Create scalable materials and commentary that reduce manual work while increasing the quality, consistency, and actionability of insights delivered to leadership.

• Lead the roadmap to modernize Technology Finance forecasting, reporting, allocation transparency, and analytics.
• Leverage AI, automation, and reusable workflows to reduce manual effort, shorten cycle times, and improve consistency of leadership materials.
• Redesign recurring reporting and Outlook processes so finance effort shifts from data assembly to insight generation, challenge, and decision support.
• Build team adoption of modern tools, standardized prompts, automated diagnostics, and human‑in‑the‑loop review to improve speed, quality, and control.

• Lead, coach, and develop a high‑performing finance team.
• Establish clear expectations for ownership, accountability, and quality of work.
• Build team capability in financial modeling, analytics, and business partnership.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and engagement.

• Lead financial management of Technology spend, including run vs. invest, capital vs. expense, lifecycle funding, and portfolio tradeoffs.
• Own financial reporting, variance analysis, and executive commentary.
• Ensure accuracy, compliancy, and integrity of financial information, including capitalization, allocations, and reserves.
• Provide oversight of contracts, invoices, and asset‑related financial activities.

• This role will have a Hybrid work arrangement, with the expectation of working in the office (Hartford, CT) 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday).
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required; MBA or CPA preferred.
• 10+ years of finance experience, including FP&A, expense management, and decision support.
• Proven experience leading teams, developing talent, and building capability in analytics, automation, and business…