Principal Financial Advisor

Job Description

Blue Cross NC is hiring a Principal Financial Advisor to provide senior leaders with financial analysis, strategic guidance, and actionable insights. The role leads cross‑functional collaboration, supports company strategy and financial goals, and partners with business units to solve problems and achieve results.

• Works directly with staff and senior leadership across the company to proactively identify, prioritize, optimize and implement financial strategies and create meaningful and actionable outputs that drive the development of multi‑year financial plans aligned to the company's overall strategic goals.

• Proactively identify, evaluate, and implement financial strategies and plans, leveraging customer and consumer insights to drive business outcomes and maximize ROI, reducing risk and exposure and enabling Blue Cross NC to meet growth and cost containment goals.

• Supports the development of corporate strategic positions on behalf of senior leadership and represents those positions internally and externally including financial modeling and development of executive presentations.

• Builds and manages relationships and collaborates with both internal and external partners to drive highly complex financial analyses focused on significant business strategies and opportunities with substantial levels of importance and visibility.

• Leads annual and long‑term financial planning efforts and analyses; provides thought leadership at a divisional, cross‑divisional, and enterprise level; prepares and presents results to executive leadership.

• Drives financial innovation and stewardship through collaboration and consultation with internal stakeholders to identify, plan and execute initiatives with significant financial impact. Partners with internal clients to better understand what problems they are trying to solve, help them articulate their vision and define financial impacts and success. Provides methods and resources to support their execution of those plans and quantification and realization of benefits.

• Utilizes expertise to identify operational improvements and leads the development of new ideas to understand, estimate and minimize the financial impact of existing or emerging issues the business faces. Evaluates those ideas to determine viability and opportunity for success and follows through from implementation to value realization.

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required)

• 8+ years of experience in related field

• In lieu of degree, 10+ years of experience in related field

• Experience with Adaptive Planning and Workday – Highly Preferred

• Experience in Capital/Risk based modeling – Highly Preferred

• The opportunity to work at the cutting edge of health care delivery with a team that's deeply invested in the community.

• Work‑life balance, flexibility, and the autonomy to do great work.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage along with numerous health and wellness programs.

• Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacy assistance.

• Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education.

• 401k match including an annual company contribution.

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At Blue Cross NC, we take great pride in a fair and equitable compensation package that reflects market‑price and our starting salaries are typically planned near the middle of the range listed. Compensation decisions are driven by factors including experience and training, specialized skill sets, licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs. Our base salary is part of a robust Total Rewards package that includes an Annual Incentive Bonus, 401(k) with employer match, Paid Time Off (PTO), and competitive health benefits and wellness programs.

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• Finance

• Finance Strategy

• Financial Advising

• Financial Analysis

• Financial Execution

• Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

• Operational Process Improvements

• Portfolio Management

• Process Improvements

• Resource Management

• Strategic Planning

• Strategic Thinking

• Strategy Development

• Wealth Management