About the Role
As a valued member of the Technology & Strategy FP&A team, the Analyst will support the Digital & Technology (D&T) and Enterprise Strategy & Growth Initiatives (ES&GI) organizations, acting as a trusted business partner to stakeholders. The position is data, process, and analytically driven, aiming to provide valuable financial data and insights to D&T, ES&GI, and Finance leaders to drive decision-making, financial results, and planned earnings impact.
Responsibilities
- Support the end-to-end financial processes of D&T and ES&GI organizations, including planning, forecasting, variance analytics, and allocations.
- Analyze and deliver the 3-year financial plan, incorporating system transitions, staffing, market trends, strategic priorities, and implemented projects.
- Partner with key stakeholders by providing valuable insight into their monthly financial results, including projected results for the fiscal year.
- Convey and articulate the financial impact of decisions.
- Maintain staffing data and corresponding financial impacts, in partnership with D&T and ES&GI stakeholders and Human Resource business partners.
- Identify and deliver opportunities that enhance processes through automation, offshoring, or elimination.
- Drive insights and analytics that provide technology and strategy leadership transparency into risks and opportunities of departmental expenses and spending trends, providing recommendations on efficiencies and/or risk mitigation.
- Partner with Sourcing to effectively capture the fiscal impact of vendor spend and contractual obligations.
- Deliver Run/Change analysis to D&T and Finance leaders.
- Perform ad hoc analyses as required.
Requirements
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and work additional hours during peak sessions.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to multi-task, prioritize deliverables, and support multiple business partners.
- Ability to be a trusted business partner and to work in a team environment.
- Willingness to learn and grow on the job.
- Ability to make suggestions to management based on analysis and work independently.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship/support now or at any time in the future.
Skills
- Strong knowledge of financial analytics.
- Experience using Oracle, SmartView and Apptio a plus but not required.
- Strong Excel skills (Macros, V-lookups, X-lookups, Sumifs, etc.).
- Strong communication & organizational skills.
Location
- Hudson Yards, NYC
Work Type
- Hybrid
- 3 days in office
- 2 days WFH
Experience Level
- 2-5 years of finance/accounting experience.
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent work experience.
Salary/Compensations
- $70,930.00 - $106,390.00
Benefits
- Skill-building
- Leadership development
- Philanthropic opportunities
- Supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources
About the Company
- At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals.
- Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
- As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues.
- Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits.
- Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.
Equal Opportunity
- Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
- Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.
- Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.
- If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MyHR@glic.com.
- Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (e.g., such as an H-1B).
