Finance Transformation Leader — FP&A & Analytics

Aegon Global Business Solutions Center; Cedar Rapids (IA); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Transamerica is seeking an experienced FP&A leader to drive financial analysis, performance management, and finance transformation across the U.S. GAAP and statutory reporting.

You will guide data governance, reporting automation, and executive dashboards using Power BI while partnering with Actuarial, Investments, Technology, and Operations to implement scalable finance data solutions. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, strong leadership, and the adoption of cloud-based data

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or equivalent experience.
• 12 years of accounting/finance experience including eight years of management experience.
• Extensive knowledge of assigned business area (e.g. investments, premiums, corporate finance).
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate, orally and in writing, to diverse audiences.
• Organizational and prioritization skills.
• Advanced computer skills in MS Office, Excel and financial business systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the FP&A team’s financial business analysis, performance management, and finance transformation activities.
• Deliver actionable insights across U.S. GAAP, statutory, capital, and management reporting.
• Collaborate with FP&A, Actuarial, Capital Management, Investments, Technology, and leaders to execute transformation priorities.
• Provide leadership in adopting modern finance platforms, AWS-based data solutions, Power BI, and analytics tools to strengthen reporting and data governance.
• Analyze financial performance, trends, risks, and opportunities; translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Identify and implement process, automation, and reporting improvements that increase accuracy and efficiency.
• Oversee financial data quality, reporting tools, and analytical capabilities within FP&A.
• Lead finance process engineering initiatives to simplify, standardize, and automate planning, forecasting, and performance management.
• Serve as a Finance leader on transformation programs with Technology, Data, Actuarial, and Operations.
• Partner with data and technology teams to design and govern Finance data solutions, including AWS data lake environments.
• Guide the design of scalable financial data models supporting planning, forecasting, reporting, analytics, and performance.
• Establish and enhance data governance, lineage, and quality standards to improve reporting reliability.
• Lead the development of executive dashboards, management reporting, and self-service analytics using Power BI and other tools.
• Translate complex financial and operational data into dashboards and performance metrics for senior leaders.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Advanced Excel

Power BI

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Financial systems

Job description

Transamerica is seeking an experienced FP&A leader to drive financial analysis, performance management, and finance transformation across the U.S. GAAP and statutory reporting.

You will guide data governance, reporting automation, and executive dashboards using Power BI while partnering with Actuarial, Investments, Technology, and Operations to implement scalable finance data solutions. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, strong leadership, and the adoption of cloud-based data