At The Standard, you’ll join a team focused on putting our customers first.
Our continued success is driven by a high-performance culture. We’re looking for people who are collaborative, accountable, creative, agile and are driven by a passion for doing what’s right – across the company and in our local communities.
We offer a caring culture where you can make a real difference, every day.
Ready to reach your highest potential? Let’s work together.
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Director of Finance Strategic Projects, this role will contribute to a responsible execution of M&A deal integration for all finance and accounting functions. This role functions within a dynamic finance M&A integration team with continuously evolving day-to-day tasks to meet customer needs and project deliverables. Strong candidates are expected to have backgrounds focus on Corporate Accounting and FP&A, that seek to diagnose issues and drive resolution in a highly ambiguous environment.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provide end-to-end support for financial and accounting process implementation and/or process improvement in relation to M&A activities.
- Design of financial analysis to provide insights to customers, including qualitative narrative describing results.
- Lead business leaders in the development of financial related activities, ensuring alignment to enterprise-wide financial goals.
- Perform technical accounting due diligence and implementation of strategic projects.
- Assist in the set-up of opening accounting balances and subsequent accounting practices in relation to strategic projects and acquisitions.
- Drive the planning, forecasting, and business partnering necessary to ensure financial execution and operational cost stewardship.
- Communication and creation of supporting materials to ensure the executive management team can make high-quality decisions and take decisive action.
- Design of financial models to provide insights to company-wide leadership.
- Build thoughtful analysis and presentation appropriate for executive leadership to drive business decisions that align with the enterprise performance needs and strategy.
- Creation of strong partnership with key financial stakeholders to understand business needs, opportunities, and areas of support. Help influence leaders to reach optimal financial decisions for the organization.
- Drive process improvements by partnering with both up and downstream process owners and enhance current tools/systems related to financial management.
Skills and Background You’ll Need:
Education:Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, CPA a plus.
Experience:
- Progressive experience in corporate accounting, technical accounting, finance, planning, strategy, M&A, or equivalent. (For higher level roles specific experience in financial services or insurance is a differentiator as is familiarity with corporate structure and enterprise level accounting and FP&A.)
- Proficiency in MS Office and familiarity with financial systems (Workday, Oracle, SAP, or related). (Required)
- Experience in PowerBi, Tableau or other similar visualization software, as well as FP&A tools (Adaptive Planning, Hyperion). (Preferred)
- Based on existing skills and experience, candidates will be placed into one of two roles that reflect current progress along career track **
FSA III:Bring existing experience in accounting and/or FP&A to effectively complete work and iterate next steps for enhancement or solutioning with any given assignment. Demonstrate ability towards self-sufficiency through accounting and financial processes, systems, business partnering, or financial statement expertise.
FSA IV:Strong ability to self-develop accounting and FP&A specific analysis and comfort building nuanced, high-level relationships to generate progress. Ideate and manage project work while demonstrating mastery of company-wide accounting and finance ecosystem. Influence and guide leaders and other team members through processes to ensure execution of deliverables.
Key Behaviors:
- Customer-Focused – active listener who can interpret business needs and develop tangible outcomes to resolve issues across a wide range of personalities and requirements.
- Driving Success– approaches the preparation of all analysis, financial models, and reporting with a priority for cleanliness and precision. Ensures financial data included in deliverables are always complete and accurate.
- Adaptability – can take ambiguous tasks and align it to enterprise strategy while providing a tangible path towards achievement.
- Winning Together – making the well-being of the team a priority and ensuring team’s visions and goals are the primary objective.
Why join The Standard?
We have built an enduring legacy of stability, innovation and financial strength thanks to the contributions of the talented, creative and compassionate people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard you can expect:
- A rich benefits package including a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
- An annual incentive bonus plan
- Generous paid time off
- A supportive and responsive management approach
- Opportunities for career growth and advancement
- Paid time off to volunteer
- An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools
- Much more!
Please note - the salary range for this role is listed below. In addition to salary, our package includes incentive plan participation and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits, as well as an initial PTO accrual of 164 hours per year. Employees also receive 11 paid holidays and 2 wellness days per year.
- Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on various factors, including individual and organizational performance.
Salary Range:
$104,750.00 - $153,500.00
Positions will be posted for at least 5 days from original posting date.
Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Equities, Inc. and StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. The Standard offers a drug and alcohol free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on Standard property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation, employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.
