FP&A Analyst

Fortegra-; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortegra is seeking an FP&A Analyst in Jacksonville, FL to support budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and financial analysis for insurance and services businesses.

You’ll maintain financial models, validate data, investigate variances, and prepare insights under the guidance of FP&A leadership. This role offers growth toward more analytical responsibilities for an early-career finance professional.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 0–2 years of relevant experience in financial analysis, FP&A, accounting, public accounting, investment banking, or related area; internships considered for entry-level candidates.
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, and pivot tables, with ability to maintain structured financial models.
• Foundational understanding of financial statements and accounting principles.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail; ability to validate data and investigate discrepancies.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills to explain findings to finance and business colleagues.
• Ability to organize work, meet deadlines, and manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to work on-site at Fortegra’s Jacksonville office.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports, dashboards, and review materials for FP&A leadership.
• Collect, consolidate, and validate AOP and reforecast inputs; track assumptions and items with business partners.
• Update and maintain financial models and program-level performance data with approved inputs and version control.
• Compare actual results with budget/forecast; research variances and explain trends.
• Analyze insurance and service business drivers: premiums, fees, loss/expense ratios, and program profitability; learn metrics with FP&A leadership.
• Coordinate with Accounting to reconcile reports to results and investigate discrepancies with Actuarial/Underwriting/Operations inputs.
• Assist with operating expense, headcount, and cost allocation analysis and identify risks or opportunities.
• Support scenario modeling, profitability analysis, and other ad hoc projects under FP&A leadership.

Skills

Excel

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Data validation

Pivot tables

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

Fortegra is a specialty insurance company and services provider headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. We work with distribution partners, managing general agents (MGAs), and program administrators to deliver insurance solutions and services. Our Finance team turns financial and operational data into insight that supports business decisions.

Role Overview

The FP&A Analyst supports budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and financial analysis for Fortegra’s insurance and services businesses. Working under the guidance of the Senior Manager or Director of FP&A, you will maintain financial models, validate data, investigate variances, and prepare insights that help the team understand business performance. This individual contributor role offers coaching and increasing analytical responsibility for an early-career finance professional.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports, supporting schedules, dashboards, and presentation materials for review by FP&A leadership.
• Collect, consolidate, and validate Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and reforecast inputs; track assumptions, submissions, and outstanding items with business partners.
• Update and maintain financial models and program-level performance data using approved assumptions, documented inputs, and version control.
• Compare actual results with budget, forecast, and prior periods; research variances, identify trends, and draft clear explanations for review.
• Assist with analysis of insurance and service business drivers, including written and earned premiums, fee revenue, loss ratios, expense ratios, combined ratios, and program profitability, as applicable. Learn the relevant metrics with support from FP&A leadership.
• Work with Accounting to reconcile reporting schedules to financial results and investigate discrepancies; gather information from Actuarial, Underwriting, and Operations to support analysis.
• Assist with operating expense, headcount, and cost allocation analysis and identify emerging risks or opportunities for manager review.
• Support scenario modeling, profitability analysis, and other strategic or ad hoc projects under the direction of FP&A leadership.
• Document recurring processes and data definitions; help improve reporting through Excel, business intelligence tools, and appropriate automation.
• Maintain accurate supporting documentation and protect confidential financial and business information.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 0–2 years of relevant experience in financial analysis, FP&A, accounting, public accounting, investment banking, or a related area. Relevant internships will be considered for entry-level candidates.
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, and pivot tables, with the ability to maintain structured financial models and develop modeling skills.
• Foundational understanding of financial statements, accounting principles, and the relationship between income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to validate data and investigate discrepancies.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to explain findings to finance and business colleagues.
• Ability to organize work, meet recurring deadlines, and manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to work on-site at Fortegra’s Jacksonville office.

Preferred

• Public accounting, investment banking, or corporate FP&A experience.
• Interest in or exposure to specialty insurance, reinsurance, warranty, or other financial services businesses.
• Exposure to planning and reporting systems such as Adaptive, Hyperion, Anaplan, or similar platforms.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Power Query, or SQL for reporting, data preparation, or analysis.
• Interest in responsible use of approved AI and automation tools to improve productivity, with validation of outputs and appropriate handling of confidential data.
• Progress toward or interest in pursuing a CPA, CFA, or MBA.

Core Competencies

Data accuracy and attention to detail; ownership and accountability; curiosity and openness to feedback; clear communication; time management; collaboration with business partners.

Work Location

This position is based on-site at Fortegra’s Jacksonville, Florida headquarters.

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