Remote Planning & Analysis Analyst (Finance)

Job Description
Overview

We are not just offering a job but a meaningful career! Come join our passionate team!

As a Fortune 50 company, we hire the best employees to serve our customers, making us a leader in the insurance and financial services industry. State Farm embraces diversity and inclusion to ensure a workforce that is engaged, builds on the strengths and talents of all associates, and creates a Good Neighbor culture.

We offer competitive benefits and pay with the potential for an annual financial award based on both individual and enterprise performance. Our employees have an opportunity to participate in volunteer events within the community and engage in a learning culture. We offer programs to assist with tuition reimbursement, professional designations, employee development, wellness initiatives, and more!

Visit our Careers page for more information on our benefits, locations and the process of joining the State Farm team!

Responsibilities

As a Planning & Analysis (P&A) Analyst within Financial Operations, you’ll be uniquely positioned with exciting opportunity to directly influence and enable enterprise leadership decision making through providing relevant, actionable, future-focused financial analysis. You’ll be a trusted advisor and strategic thought partner to Executive leadership, collaborating broadly with others across State Farm to enable execution of key enterprise priorities. You will enable the mission of State Farm, informing how we can help more customers in more ways.

As a P&A Analyst, your key responsibilities may include (but are not limited to):

Strategic enterprise planning, enterprise budgeting, target setting, and monitoring/reporting of company goals.
Proactive identification of market opportunities and trends to support the Agency sales function in maximizing opportunity to reach new customers.
Providing knowledge, insight, and enterprise perspective via financial analysis that facilitates operational and strategic decision making.

Collaborate across P&A, Financial Operations, and the Enterprise to develop ad hoc and routine analysis to enable informed decision-making, including analysis of results, proactive identification of trends, and impact analysis on changes effecting results trends.
Serve as a strategic thought partner for leadership and business areas and offer insights on Enterprise financial and growth results and trends.
Prepare accurate and relevant written financial analysis in a timely manner, communicating complex subject matter to the intended audience in a simplified manner that meaningfully informs decisions.
Represent P&A on projects and initiatives across the Enterprise.

Qualifications

Who you are:

You are a change agent. You seek new ways to solve problems, and you are relentless in your desire to see the business benefit from your work. You thrive in diverse, dynamic, fast-paced environments and are passionate at getting others to buy into your work and ideas. You are a natural collaborator, comfortable with questioning and being questioned. You are motivated to make a positive difference in the lives of others through your work and are energized at the opportunity to make a meaningful difference through your work.

Candidates applying for this position should meet the following qualifications:

Degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Mathematics/Statistics or a related field is preferred
Strong written and verbal communication skills and an ability to work with all levels of leadership
Demonstrated initiative and ability to dig deep into trends, learn business tools, and actively seek means to improve processes and controls
Broad business and financial acumen
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including utilization of advanced formulas and report automation techniques
Experience with business intelligence data systems, financial/statistical resources, and analytical software is a plus.

****Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity*****

HYBRID:  Qualified candidates (in or near hub locations listed below) should plan to spend time working from home and some time working in the office as part of our hybrid work environment.

REMOTE:  Qualified candidates (outside of hub locations listed below) may be considered for 100% remote work arrangements based on where a candidate currently resides or is currently located.

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