Nationwide Mutual Insurance

As a team member in the Finance department at Nationwide, the opportunities are endless! You can grow and learn in diverse areas across many disciplines such as Advanced Analytics, Investments, Actuarial, Accounting, Risk Management, Critical Business Advisor, Internal Audit, and so much more. Let Nationwide help create your career journey! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

Role Summary

This Financial Business Advisor role supports the financial planning and analysis for our Corporate Technology and Workplace Solutions team. You will provide financial consultation, planning, and analysis for major operations, particularly in the Corporate Technology portfolio, while coordinating operational forecasts and budgets to align with strategic goals. Your insights will support decision-making for technology investments, evaluating business cases and understanding their financial impact. You'll identify opportunities for process improvement, orchestrate large-scale processes with leaders and stakeholders, and support change management efforts. Finally, you'll build and share knowledge to drive superior results.

Finance Competencies

This role will regularly demonstrate our finance competencies, where you will lead through change, innovate to excel and adapt skillfully to change.

Lead

• Strategic Thinking: Drive initiatives aligned with our mission and vision, collaborating with stakeholders to establish a future vision.
• Courage: Face challenges head-on, act with accountability, take calculated risks, and foster a culture of growth.
• Connectivity: Build meaningful connections across the enterprise, valuing diverse perspectives and strengthening relationships.

Innovate

• Velocity: Make quick, data-driven decisions to maximize business impact and drive strategy to action.
• Curiosity: Embrace curiosity by trying new things, asking questions, and seeking answers to make valuable connections.
• Continuous Learning: Continuously seek opportunities to enhance knowledge and skills, mentoring the team and staying updated on industry trends.

Adapt

• Influence: Shape opinions and outcomes through active listening and understanding others' perspectives to foster collaboration.
• Agility: Anticipate and manage change swiftly, staying flexible amid ambiguity and acting as a catalyst for change.
• Presence: Display optimism, confidence, and composure, ensuring effective communication and emotional intelligence

Technical & Digital Skills

• Data Translation: You'll use and translate expense data into a concise story to drive conversations and decisions with business partners.
• Microsoft Suite Proficiency: You'll navigate the Microsoft suite of products, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and the Microsoft Power Platform, with ease.
• Preferred Tools & Upskilling: Experience with Hyperion Essbase / Smart View and Power BI is preferred but not required. You'll have opportunities to learn and master new tools, effectively upskilling yourself and contributing to the team's collective growth and expertise.

Additional Insights:

Hybrid role with 2-3 in-office days per week based in Columbus, OH. Current remote associates will also be considered

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Job Description Summary

Do you have a big picture point of view as well as a keen eye for details? Our success depends on staying ahead of the curve, making sure our businesses and leaders are on top of financial trends and changes. If you are a highly skilled business professional, who can develop and communicate financial information and forecasts, we want to hear from you!

As an Advisor, you'll provide financial consultation, planning and analysis for a major business operations (state, product, business unit, etc.). This includes coordinating the development of operational forecasts and budgets and reporting on financial income, loss and expense measures. You'll serve as a key member of leadership team.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Makes effective decisions in a timely manner within the context of own objectives with a view to seeking opportunities outside normal objective boundaries; seeks to understand how decisions can have an effect on other areas.
• Searches for ways to make existing processes more efficient while driving quality outcomes
• Communicates a logical view of own work streams effectively, in a way that helps others understand and feel how business outcomes will be different as a result of the project/decision; seeks to develop business options into recommendations
• Helps others to think about their work from a different angle; brings insights to team members based on expertise in areas they support.
• Asks the right questions to gain an understanding of the topic and attempts to get at root problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; shows ability to generate and evaluate alternatives
• Supports changes being employed to move organization toward the use of new technologies or into new endeavors; seeks to influence team members to understand and accept changes; offers to be part of the new changes within the organization.
• Keeps informed of new methods and technologies that will affect and improve own work and the work of team members; advocates for these new ideas that will move the team forward.
• Able to recognize team members' emotions around change; willing to modulate your own response as well as help others on the team to accept changes with a positive outlook.
• Works to build knowledge of organizational structure and products to drive superior results; shares knowledge with team members and encourages others to branch out of their organizational silo.

May perform other responsibilities assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to the Director/Officer. This is an individual contributor role.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate studies in finance, economics, accounting or statistics; advanced degree in financial field is desirable.

License/Certification/Designation: CPA preferred.

Experience: Typically, eight or more years financial experience including financial analysis, planning, forecasting, actuarial or auditing. Insurance industry background desirable. Prefer at least three years project leadership, management or supervisor experience.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: In-depth knowledge of statistical/financial analysis, financial statement and budget preparation. Knowledge of GAAP and statutory accounting practices and insurance/financial services business requirements. Project management concepts and techniques. Prefer familiarity with specific state, product or business unit operations.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)

Working Conditions: Normal working conditions.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

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