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About the Role
The Manager, Operational Expense Management plays a critical role in leading centralized expense planning, forecasting, performance management, and expense optimization across the Personal Insurance business. The role oversees the consolidated Personal Insurance expense portfolio, including Family Insurance and Petline, serving as a trusted advisor to the senior leadership team.
Responsibilities
- Lead operating expense planning, forecasting, budgeting, financial modelling, and scenario analysis for Personal Insurance.
- Monitor and report on expense performance, trends, variances, risks, and opportunities, providing insights to senior leadership.
- Partner with Finance and business leaders to ensure accurate expense allocation, reporting, and workforce planning.
- Develop dashboards, scorecards, and performance metrics to track operational and financial performance.
- Drive expense optimization, productivity initiatives, benchmarking activities, and the realization of cost-saving opportunities.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on expense management, financial trade-offs, and business performance.
- Lead governance, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives across planning, forecasting, and analytical processes.
- Coach and develop the Expense Planning & Analysis team, fostering a high-performing and collaborative culture.
Requirements
- University degree in Business, Accounting, Economics, Finance, or a related field.
- CPA designation required.
- Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), expense management, forecasting, budgeting, and business performance management.
- Strong expertise in financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, and operating expense management.
- Proven ability to partner with senior leaders and executives, providing financial insights that support strategic decision-making.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build credibility across the organization.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to develop impactful analyses, reports, and executive-level presentations.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a track record of translating data into actionable business recommendations.
- P&C insurance industry experience is considered a strong asset.
- Successful clearance of background checks (including criminal checks and leadership references).
Skills
- Financial modelling
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Workforce planning
- Operating expense management
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Communication skills
- Presentation skills
- Stakeholder management skills
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Hybrid work schedule
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Minimum 5 years of progressive experience
Education Level
- University degree in Business, Accounting, Economics, Finance, or a related field
- CPA designation
Salary/Compensations
- $88,000-138,000
Benefits
- Hybrid work schedule for most roles
- Company share ownership program
- Incentive Program
- Pension and savings programs, with company-matched RRSP contributions
- Paid volunteer days and company matching on charitable donations
- Educational resources, tuition assistance, and paid time off to study for exams
- Focus on inclusion with employee groups, support for gender affirmation surgery, access to BIPOC counsellors, access to programs for working parents
- Wellness and recognition programs
- Discounts on products and services
About the Company
- Definity is the parent company to some of Canada’s most long-standing and innovative insurance brands, including Economical Insurance, Sonnet Insurance, Family Insurance Solutions, and Petline Insurance.
- Our ambition is to be one of Canada’s leading and most innovative property and casualty insurers.
- We embrace and encourage a culture that’s collaborative, ambitious, rewarding, and empowering.
- We offer a flexible, hybrid work experience where employees work from the office and virtually depending on the type of work they are doing and who they are working with.
- Definity was named by Great Place to Work® as one of the Best Workplaces™ in Canada for women, for youth, and for inclusion.
Equal Opportunity
- Our inclusive work environment welcomes diversity and supports accessibility. If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know by contacting accessibility@economical.com.
- As part of Definity’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that our work, meetings, and travel take place on the lands now known as Canada, and recognize the enduring presence, wisdom, and stewardship of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples who have long cared for these lands.
- We’re actively seeking diverse backgrounds and perspectives to help us make insurance better.
- At Definity, inclusion, diversity, and equity aren’t just “nice to have” — they’re essential to our success.