Life & Group Senior Financial Analyst

01460 Continental Casualty Company; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

CNA seeks a finance professional to develop performance analyses and support monthly reporting in a hybrid Chicago-based role, partnering with Actuarial and Accounting teams. The role emphasizes accuracy, strategic insight, and cross-functional collaboration across CNA's finance and operations groups.

You will build forecasting models, automate processes, and deliver clear recommendations to senior leadership, driving data-driven decision making and continuous improvement in a dynamic

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, economics, finance, accounting, or equivalent
• 3 or more years of finance experience or a related analytical field with progressively increasing levels of responsibility

Responsibilities

• Develop results analysis to contextualize performance against business unit financial and operational goals
• Prepare monthly financial reporting results packages and support analysis to explain income statement results in close collaboration with Actuarial and Accounting partners
• Prepare monthly management reporting results packages and supporting analysis in support of Claim and Operations leadership’s oversight of CNA's third-party administrators who manage CNA's claims and policyholder interactions
• Participate in annual financial planning process and reporting in close partnership with Actuarial and Operational teams
• Manage monthly expense forecast assembly and reporting to enable informed decisions and contextualize business trajectory
• Analyze company performance to generate insights relative to peer companies
• Leverage financial expertise to recognize and resolve emerging issues, independently investigate anomalies and variances in data
• Support decision-makers through effective verbal and written communication
• Synthesize key insights, clearly and concisely communicating them with actionable recommendations to senior leadership
• Drive process improvement and automation
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Advanced modeling

BI tools

AI in workflow

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, economics, finance, accounting, or equivalent

Tools

Tableau

PowerBI

Looker

SQL

Alteryx

Workday

Adaptive

Google Cloud

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION: Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Perform a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines:

• Develop results analysis to contextualize performance against business unit financial and operational goals
• Prepare monthly financial reporting results packages and support analysis to explain income statement results in close collaboration with Actuarial and Accounting partners
• Prepare monthly management reporting results packages and supporting analysis in support of Claim and Operations leadership’s oversight of CNA's third-party administrators who manage CNA's claims and policyholder interactions
• Participate in annual financial planning process and reporting in close partnership with Actuarial and Operational teams
• Manage monthly expense forecast assembly and reporting to enable informed decisions and contextualize business trajectory
• Analyze company performance to generate insights relative to peer companies
• Leverage financial expertise to recognize and resolve emerging issues, independently investigate anomalies and variances in data
• Support decision-makers through effective verbal and written communication
• Synthesize key insights, clearly and concisely communicating them with actionable recommendations to senior leadership
• Drive process improvement and automation
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Strong knowledge of corporate and departmental accounting/finance practices, procedures and principles as well as solid knowledge of an insurance organization and industry
• Advanced modeling skills including proficiency in Excel and analysis tools
• Track record of delivering results with a high degree of accuracy
• Ability to work independently and self-motivate in a rapidly changing environment
• Ability to work with senior business partners within established deadlines
• Familiarity with emerging AI technologies and a track record of incorporating them into workflows to enhance productivity and decision-making
• Experience with BI tools, such as Tableau, PowerBI, or Looker
• Experience with ETL tools, such as SQL or Alteryx, preferred but not required
• Experience with Workday, Adaptive, and Google Cloud, preferred but not required

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in business, economics, finance, accounting, or equivalent
• 3 or more years of finance experience or a related analytical field with progressively increasing levels of responsibility

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In certain jurisdictions, CNA is legally required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. In District of Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Washington, the national base pay range for this job level is $54,000 to $103,000 annually.

CNA offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to help our employees - and their family members - achieve their physical, financial, emotional and social wellbeing goals.

For a detailed look at CNA's benefits, please visit cnabenefits.com.

CNA utilizes AI-enabled technology during the recruiting process. For more information, please visit our careers page.

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We actively make a difference for the greater good through partnerships, sustainability, initiatives, and working together for a better tomorrow.

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