Strategic Finance & Analytics Lead

Strategic Finance & Analytics Lead

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Job Summary: At Farmers, we are committed to making smart, data-driven decisions that deliver value to our customers, agents, and business partners. We are seeking a Strategic Finance & Analytics Lead to play a critical role in shaping business strategy through advanced financial analysis, forecasting, business case development, and analytics-driven insights. This role combines strategic finance, business analytics, and cross-functional partnership to help leaders evaluate opportunities, prioritize investments, optimize performance, and achieve enterprise objectives. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable building complex financial models, analyzing large datasets, influencing senior leaders, and translating insights into actionable business recommendations. This position operates with a high degree of independence and serves as a trusted advisor on critical business initiatives.

Essential Task & Leadership Philosophy

Strategic Business Partnership: Evaluate business opportunities, investments, and strategic initiatives through financial and operational analysis. Partner with leaders to assess risks, prioritize initiatives, and support enterprise planning efforts. Deliver recommendations that drive growth, efficiency, and informed decision-making.

Financial Analysis & Modeling: Develop financial models, forecasts, and scenario analyses to support business decisions. Analyze performance trends, business drivers, risks, and opportunities. Create executive-ready reports, presentations, and actionable insights.

Analytics & Insights: Leverage advanced analytics to solve complex business challenges and identify opportunities. Transform large data sets into meaningful insights and recommendations. Build and maintain dashboards, scorecards, KPIs, and performance tracking tools.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner across Finance, Operations, Claims, Distribution, Technology, Marketing, and Product teams. Lead or support strategic initiatives with measurable business impact. Align analytical solutions to organizational priorities and stakeholder needs.

Leadership & Continuous Improvement: Promote data-driven decision-making and analytical best practices. Mentor business partners on financial and analytical concepts. Drive process improvements, innovation, and adoption of emerging tools, technologies, and methodologies.

First Year Success Factors

Within the first 12 months, a successful candidate can expect to have achieved the following: Own strategic projects end-to-end by defining the business problem, identifying relevant data, conducting analysis, and delivering actionable recommendations with measurable impact. Lead a high-impact Distribution-focused initiative, developing financial models and delivering concise, executive-ready insights that support business decisions. Serve as a trusted analytics partner by responding to ad hoc insight requests, objectively gathering and synthesizing data across teams, and translating findings into clear business narratives. Demonstrate strong critical thinking and business acumen, moving beyond reporting to identify root causes, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions. Build credibility through cross-functional collaboration, partnering effectively with Finance, Analytics, Distribution, and business leaders to drive data-informed decision-making.

Education & Career Experience Requirements

Candidates would ideally reflect the following professional qualifications and experiences: High School Diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, Analytics, Business Administration, Data Science, or a related field preferred. Minimum of 5 years of experience in Finance, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Data Analytics, Business Analytics, or a related field, with a demonstrated track record of supporting business decision-making. Experience developing and utilizing financial models for forecasting, planning, scenario analysis, and business performance management. Experience applying advanced analytics techniques, including predictive and prescriptive analytics, to identify trends, opportunities, and business insights. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial modeling, with the ability to synthesize complex data into clear and actionable recommendations. Strong analytical, problem-solving, critical-thinking, and communication skills, with the ability to translate data into executive-level insights. Proven ability to influence stakeholders, build cross-functional partnerships, and drive business outcomes in a matrixed environment. Experience supporting a Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance organization, particularly within Distribution, Sales, Agency Operations, or related business functions, strongly preferred. Professional certifications such as CPA, CFA, CMA, FLMI, FSA, CLU, or similar designations preferred. Demonstrated ability to independently lead projects from problem identification through analysis, recommendation, and implementation.

Benefits

Farmers offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, qualifications and location. o CA Only: $115,275 - $196,130 o CO & ME: $108,375 - $169,070 o HI/IL/MN/VT Only: $108,375 - $181,060 o MA Only: $108,375 - $181,060 o MD & VA: $108,375 - $181,060 o DC/NJ/NY/OH Only: $108,375 - $196,130 o Albany County, NY/Cleveland, OH: $115,275 - $169,070 o WA Only: $108,375 - $205,750 Bonus Opportunity (based on Company and Individual Performance) 401(k) Medical Dental Vision Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts Life Insurance Paid Time Off Paid Parental Leave Tuition Assistance

Job Location(s): R_US - United States, US - AZ - Phoenix, US - CA - WdlndHills-6301, US - CA - WdlndHills-6303, US - CA - Woodland Hills, US - CT - Hartford, US - CT - West Hartford, US - KS - Kansas City, US - MI - Grand Rapids, US - MO - Kansas City

Anticipated application deadline: At Farmers, the recruitment process is designed to ensure that we find the best talent to join our team. As part of this process, we typically close open positions within 8 to 21 days after posting. If you are interested in any of our open positions, we encourage you to submit your application promptly. Farmers will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance or other applicable law. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1033, Farmers is prohibited from employing any individual who has been convicted of any criminal felony involving dishonesty or a breach of trust without prior written consent from the state Department of Insurance. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Farmers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in any employer/employee relations based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military and veteran's status, or any other basis protected by applicable discrimination laws.