Hybrid Finance Transformation Leader - FP&A & Analytics

Transamerica; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Transamerica in the United States is seeking an experienced FP&A leader to guide the team’s financial analysis, performance management, and finance transformation initiatives. You will deliver insights across GAAP, statutory, capital, and management reporting while advancing data strategy, automation, and analytics capabilities.

You will partner with business leaders to support planning and decision‑making, oversee data quality and governance, and lead executive dashboards and self‑service

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

• Analyze financial performance, trends, risks, and opportunities, and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Partner with business leaders to support strategic planning, resource allocation, and decision‑making.
• Maintain effective financial controls, governance, and compliance processes.
• Identify and implement process, automation, and reporting improvements that increase accuracy, efficiency, and transparency.
• Oversee financial data quality, reporting tools, and analytical capabilities within FP&A.
• Lead Finance process engineering initiatives to simplify, standardize, and automate financial planning, forecasting, management reporting, and performance management processes.
• Assess end‑to‑end workflows to eliminate manual effort, strengthen controls, and improve the efficiency and scalability of Finance operations.
• Serve as a Finance leader on transformation programs, partnering with Technology, Data, Actuarial, and Operations to implement solutions that improve data quality, reporting, and decision support.
• Partner with data and technology teams to design and govern Finance data solutions, including cloud‑based repositories, AWS data lake environments, and integrated reporting architectures.
• Guide the design and implementation of scalable financial data models that support consistent planning, forecasting, reporting, analytics, and performance management across Finance.
• Establish and enhance data governance, lineage, and quality standards to improve reporting reliability and decision‑making.
• Lead the development of executive dashboards, management reporting, and self‑service analytics using Power BI and other data visualization tools.
• Translate complex financial and operational data into clear dashboards, scorecards, and performance metrics for senior leaders and business partners.
• Champion data visualization, automation, and advanced reporting solutions to expand business insight and shorten reporting cycle times.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Financial analysis

Data governance

Power BI

Financial modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Finance systems

Job description

Transamerica in the United States is seeking an experienced FP&A leader to guide the team’s financial analysis, performance management, and finance transformation initiatives. You will deliver insights across GAAP, statutory, capital, and management reporting while advancing data strategy, automation, and analytics capabilities.

You will partner with business leaders to support planning and decision‑making, oversee data quality and governance, and lead executive dashboards and self‑service