Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Role Overview

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the CFO, CEO, and senior leadership team, providing forward‑looking financial insights to support enterprise decision‑making
• Translate business strategy into clear financial implications, scenarios, and trade‑offs, with an emphasis on capital efficiency, profitability, liquidity, and risk
• Lead enterprise‑level performance reviews, pacing discussions, and forecast updates with executive‑ready narratives and recommendations
• Act as the primary finance partner to business leaders, actuarial, investments, accounting, and transformation teams
• Own ERAC’s end‑to‑end planning, budgeting, and rolling forecast processes across GAAP, STAT, TAX, and Cash
• Ensure forecasts are tightly integrated with authoritative source systems (policy, claims, reserves, investments) rather than simplistic driver‑based models, consistent with ERAC’s FP&A operating model
• Design and maintain forecast governance, timelines, assumptions management, and change control
• Drive high‑quality variance analysis, trend analysis, and scenario modeling, translating complex financial results into concise, actionable insights
• Own management reporting packages, dashboards, and executive materials, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and consistency across reporting bases
• Establish and monitor KPIs that align financial outcomes with strategic objectives and operational drivers
• Leverage analytics, visualization, and automation tools to improve insight quality and speed
• Lead, develop, and mentor the FP&A team, fostering strong technical skills, business acumen, and executive communication capabilities
• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and results orientation
• Play a leadership role in ERAC’s Finance Transformation initiatives, particularly as they relate to FP&A process redesign, systems modernization, and analytics enablement
• Partner with Accounting, Actuarial, IT, and external vendors to implement future‑state FP&A capabilities

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• 10+ years of progressive FP&A, finance, or related experience
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-level forecasting, planning, and executive reporting
• Strong understanding of GAAP financials; experience with STAT, insurance, or reinsurance strongly preferred
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and communicate complex financial concepts with executive presence

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• Access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace
• Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
• Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
• Access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants
• Tuition assistance
• Adoption assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time-off for vacation or illness