Manager, Financial Process Transformation
Job ID #: 51422
Location: DE-Wilmington (downtown)
Functional Area: Finance/Economics
Company Name: Alico
Employment Type: Full Time - Regular
Education Preferred: Bachelors
Experience Required: 6-9 years
Relocation Provided:


Position Description
Our Wilmington, DE location is seeking a Manager of Financial Process Transformation. This person will be responsible for developing and driving process improvements in the Global Financial, Planning & Analysis department. This role will involve looking to improve process in both the Operations/Analytics and the Expense Management Groups.

The Manager, Financial Process Transformation will lead projects designed to enhance the ability of FP&A to efficiently collect and analyze data. Qualified candidates will be able to work independently and make recommendations to department management in an effort to improve process and work flows. This role will have high visibility to the senior management of the ALICO financial function and the business partners of the FP&A organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Partner with FP&A Operations group to develop processes and models to improve the annual planning process, interim reforecast/outlook, and monthly analysis of actual results.
• Partner with FP&A Expense Management group to assess the company wide processes for deferred acquisition costs (DAC) and define/recommend enhancements that standardize the approach for all business lines. Align with appropriate U.S. GAAP deferral and recoverability accounting standards. Provide an improved analysis of product line profit and return on equity measurements. Requires significant collaboration with actuarial and accounting departments both in home office and within each region/country.
• Team with FP&A Expense Management to assess the global budgeting and forecasting process, recommend technology enhancements for 2010 budgeting cycle. This includes global resources, program spend initiatives & capitalized asset planning.
• Partner with FP&A and Financial Actuarial teams to ensure that planning and analysis workflows and outputs are integrated into processes capable of supporting public company reporting and a broad base of constituents.
• Work with Investment Department, Investment Accounting and FP&A to design and develop reports that analyze net investment income, provide portfolio yields, etc.
• Partner with global tax and treasury team to develop and implement a broad-base transfer pricing processes in order to support holding company cash flow needs
• Provide ad hoc analysis as needed, to senior finance management, regional leadership, and ALICO senior management

Position Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting; MBA preferred
• CPA a plus
• 5-7 years of directly relevant experience in a life insurance or financial services environment
• Prior experience working in a multinational environment
• Demonstrated track record of senior level finance responsibilities across the finance spectrum – financial reporting, analysis, tax, treasury, product and investments
• Must have a natural ability to quickly integrate financial data and analysis from various disciplines into meaningful information that drives management decisions.
• Results oriented and pragmatic management approach that is continuously focused on execution and problem solving while balancing speed and accuracy.
• A skill set and personal drive that is geared towards upward mobility within the organization.

About Us
Alico is a leading international life insurer with a unique heritage of serving customers across the globe for over 85 years. The company provides consumers and businesses with products and services for life insurance, accident and health insurance, retirement planning, and wealth management solutions. Through an extensive network of over 40,000 agents, brokers and financial institutions and 11,000 employees across 54 countries, Alico services 19 million customers worldwide.

Alico has branch offices, subsidiaries and affiliates in emerging, developing and developed markets in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Alico is domiciled in Wilmington, Delaware and has regional headquarters in Tokyo, Paris, Athens, Dubai, and Santiago, Chile.