Finance Strategy & Governance Analyst

Beazley; West Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Parental leave 26 weeks

Home office stipend

Job summary

Beazley, a leading specialist insurer, seeks a senior Business Manager to support the North America Head of Finance in shaping strategic, governance and operational priorities across North America. The role offers senior exposure, interaction with management committees, and collaboration with boards across entities.

You will triage competing demands, translate board decisions into operational outcomes, and drive high-impact initiatives within a regulated, multi-entity environment.

Qualifications

• CPA (or equivalent) qualified.
• Proven experience in finance, corporate governance, reporting, or executive-level support within a regulated financial services environment.
• Strong working knowledge of financial and operational frameworks in complex, multi-entity or matrixed organisations.
• Experience supporting senior leaders with board reporting, governance processes, regulatory documentation, or cross-functional delivery.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to interpret financial and operational data to support strategic decisions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with a proven ability to influence at senior levels and synthesise complex information clearly and concisely.
• Analytical and structured thinker, capable of connecting detailed insight to broader business and strategic priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and operate effectively in uncertain or evolving environments, identifying what matters most and progressing action with clarity.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to anticipate challenges, connect operational activity to organisational goals, and enable alignment across teams.

Responsibilities

• Strategic and Operational Support – Driving the Three-Platform Model.
• Support the Head of Finance in managing North America’s entity-led responsibilities within the three-platform structure, ensuring effective financial governance across platforms.
• Monitor intra-group service provider performance and escalate issues as needed.
• Translate Head of Finance and board-level strategic decisions into operational outcomes, ensuring alignment with entity and platform priorities.
• Provide flexible capacity to support finance-wide or cross-functional initiatives that impact the North American entities.
• Financial Decision Support and Oversight – Provide timely and relevant decision support to the Head of Finance.
• Work closely with the Finance Business Partner and other finance functions to ensure high-quality MI across financial performance, cost, efficiency, and capital.
• Ensure and challenge the quality of outputs from intra-group service providers, providing oversight to ensure insights are clearly articulated and translated into meaningful messaging.
• Maintain oversight of the integrity and controls of financial information and MI used for entity-level and platform-level decision-making.
• Support investment cases, cost allocation, and capital & funding decisions aligned with North America’s commercial strategy and entity priorities.
• Governance and Board Support – Lead the preparation and coordination of high-quality board and committee papers, ensuring clarity, alignment, and timeliness.
• Act as a delegate for the Head of Finance in selected meetings and forums, supporting effective communication and follow-through on actions.
• Maintain awareness of regulatory and governance requirements relevant to North America.
• Track key governance and action points, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with entity responsibilities.
• Governance, Regulations and Control Environment – Act as Finance’s strategic liaison for regulatory oversight—ensuring proactive engagement and high standards across North America’s finance deliverables.
• Provide challenge and follow-through to ensure teams deliver timely and accurate regulatory submissions, governance actions, and documentation.
• Support the Head of Finance in maintaining a robust risk and control culture, including clarity on roles, governance structure, and oversight of finance processes and deliverables.
• Provide input to governance design and control effectiveness reviews, promoting continual improvement across the NA entities and driving consistent ownership and control expectations across functions
• Stakeholder Management and Liaison – Act as the primary link between the Head and key stakeholders across Finance, Risk, Compliance, Actuarial and other functions across Beazley.
• Engage with the Group CFO as needed to support activities linked to North America but with broader group-level implications.
• Support cross-entity coordination, particularly during finance transformation, regulatory projects, and governance change.
• Leadership, Transformation, and Process Improvement – Act as a strategic sounding board to the Head of Finance, offering insights on finance, strategy, operating model enhancements, and governance maturity
• Support delivery of finance transformation initiatives, such as Workday Financials and TOM implementation.
• Identify opportunities for process automation, efficiency gains, and clearer accountabilities.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Board reporting

Regulatory governance

Communication

Cross-entity collaboration

Finance transformation

Education

CPA or equivalent

Tools

Workday

Oracle

Hyperion

Job description

Beazley, a leading specialist insurer, seeks a senior Business Manager to support the North America Head of Finance in shaping strategic, governance and operational priorities across North America. The role offers senior exposure, interaction with management committees, and collaboration with boards across entities.

You will triage competing demands, translate board decisions into operational outcomes, and drive high-impact initiatives within a regulated, multi-entity environment.