Head of Strategic Finance - MassMutual Strategic Distributors
The Head of MMSD Strategic Finance is the senior corporate finance associate who regularly works with the senior management team of MM Strategic Distributors. The role reports to the Head of Strategic Finance Business Partners, who reports to the CFO.?
MassMutual Strategic Distributors is MassMutual?s newly formed distribution organization focused on distributing life and disability insurance and annuities through third party relationships.
This role is responsible for leading the MMSD Corporate Finance team in:
- Preparing high quality analysis to influence key financial decisions, including developing and employing analytical models.
- Regularly working with the MMSD leadership team on the development and support of strategic playbook plan and the execution of initiatives and actions, and short-term and long-term management goals and objectives, appropriately balancing business partner and corporate stewardship responsibilities.
- Actively participating in driving business financial projects/initiatives.? Be a respected thought partner in the development and execution of strategies and initiatives to achieve MM175 aspirations, including active, ongoing involvement in pursuing the Strategic Planning and Delivery revenue enhancement and efficiency goals.
- Making available primarily and/or through dashboards high quality information to facilitate key financial decisions, working with FP&A, Controllers, Corporate Strategy and others.? This includes developing variance explanations and the channel financial performance story.
- Contributing to the development of driver-based forecasts of P&L elements for reasonableness and assessing overall reasonableness of earnings forecasts.
- Identifying and monitoring key performance drivers and risks, and timely communicating trends and observations
- Developing and maintaining strong knowledge of MMSD products, markets, competitors, key industry metrics.
- Being a central point for communication between MMSD and the CFO organization, leveraging work done throughout CFO to provide a holistic finance support to MMFA, and streamlining requests from CFO of MMSD.
Leadership Responsibilities:
- Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with key business and corporate leaders.
- Communicating complex information and analysis in clear, understandable terms with appropriate context, focused on actionable content.
- Inspire, lead and execute on CFO 2020 finance transformation initiatives, including data-driven financial analysis, automated?reporting, advanced analytics; and talent strategy.
- Create an environment that fosters a culture of empowerment and collaboration.
- Attract, retain, and develop top-tier diverse talent.
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
- Extensive (10+ years) experience with life insurance and annuity products and distribution
- Experience leading and developing high caliber teams
- Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP and statutory financial reporting requirements relating to life insurance products
- Exceptional relationship building and influencing skills
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to convey complex information in readily understandable terms.
- Demonstrated experience with creative problem-solving
- Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple deliverables
- Post-Covid, ability to travel between Boston and Springfield to appropriately meet business needs
- Must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future
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