Brighthouse Financial Hiring for Manager – Finance (Charlotte, NC (Hybrid) or Fully Remote) Job at Charlotte, NC Full Time

Work Location:

Charlotte, NC (hybrid), or Remote (U.S. only). We have a hybrid workplace model, which includes the option to work fully remote or occasionally in the office.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
At Brighthouse Financial, we’re fostering a culture where diverse backgrounds and experiences are celebrated, and different ideas are heard and respected. We believe that by creating an inclusive workplace, we’re better able to attract and retain our talent, provide valuable solutions that meet the needs of our advisors and their clients, and deliver on our mission of helping more people achieve financial security.

How This Role Contributes to Brighthouse Financial:
The Manager-Finance role manages the production/aggregation of stakeholder updates, financial metrics, and projections, with a focus on consistent and accurate reporting to senior leadership and to the Brighthouse Financial, Inc. Board of Directors. The role drives and takes full ownership of metrics and board reporting process coordination, adherence to deadlines and the Brighthouse Corporate Secretary’s guidelines, and manages communications/collaboration across multiple teams at the company, ensuring leader approval.

The role additionally drives the projections process, communications, and calendar through coordination with multiple input teams and stakeholders and produces Corporate & Other segment cash flows and GAAP/Statutory Corporate & Other segment projections. The role consolidates GAAP projections, reviews, validates, challenges, analyzes results, and produces reporting packages.

The role is responsible for analysis of actual and projected business trends, identifying key earnings drivers, and providing reporting packages to the CEO and CFO, as well as other senior finance leaders. The Brighthouse Financial leadership team uses this key reporting package to prepare for the quarterly earnings call. The position interacts and manages across several areas of the Finance organization as well as across other various areas of the organization.

In addition to managing the financial metrics package and associated reports, the role is responsible for the administration and reporting for the BPC Planning module of SAP. This includes uploading, validating, and reporting related to both GAAP and Statutory projections. The role is the administrator for the tool and ensures security, validity, and accuracy of data across modules within the application. This will require a great deal of coordination with IT partners. In addition, the individual supports the entire projections team for report building and analysis as well as aiding the Brighthouse Expense and Financial Projections teams.

This individual must have elevated levels of organizational skills, be meticulous, and able to communicate effectively and efficiently with various teams throughout the organization. The position requires not only robust financial analysis, coordination, and planning skills but also system administration knowledge and the ability to interact with senior and executive leaders and stakeholders.

In addition, the candidate should be professional, initiative-taking, and able to interpret and summarize complex data into meaningful financial reports and provide recommendations to management in order to strengthen and improve the profitability and financial position of the company. This position will provide robust financial analysis and planning critical to the improvement and achievement of operational and financial objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing and overseeing the aggregation and packaging of stakeholder updates in a timely and accurate manner, primarily related to financial metrics, planning and projections, including preparation of the presentation of the financial plan to the Brighthouse Financial, Inc. Board of Directors
• Responsible for regular financial metrics reporting to management
• Responsible for responding to ad hoc requests for data/information from management and external parties in a timely and accurate manner
• Have total accountability and clear, concise, and measurable objectives for area of total responsibility
• Initiate process improvement opportunities and approve and implement solutions
• Ability to change the methods and processes in which we conduct our business
• Set goals and targets for individual area of responsibility
• Interact with senior management of client/peer groups to fully understanding business initiatives and consequent financial reporting needs
• Provide appropriate data interpretations, recommendations, and education communications to senior, and executive, management based on financial analysis activities

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:

• 10+ years financial analysis experience in public or private company environment
• 4+ years leading people/projects
• BA/BS degree, preferably in Finance or Accounting
• Preferred, but not-required:
• CPA or MBA highly desired
• Financial services industry experience desired
• Self-motivated with the ability to take initiative
• Impressive understanding of industry issues and trends
• Understanding of project/process management techniques
• Exceptional and demonstrated analytical, interpersonal, communications, coaching, and prioritization, time, and project/process management skills
• Knowledge of other financial and business issues across company
• Ability to integrate enterprise-wide Finance knowledge into broader based strategies
• Ability to monitor progress against objectives

Compensation and Benefits:

• Compensation: Base salary ranging from $110,000 to $120,000 plus competitive performance-based incentives determined by company and individual results
• Flexible Work Environment: Work fully remote or occasionally in the office to better balance life’s demands
• Time Off: Minimum of 20 days of paid time off and 13 paid company holidays per full calendar year, plus paid volunteer time
• Financial Benefits : 401(k) savings plan with up to a 6% annual match and 3% annual company nondiscretionary contribution of eligible compensation, and employee stock purchase plan
• Family Focus: Up to 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents, back-up care program, dependent care flexible spending account, and adoption and surrogacy assistance
• Health and Welfare: Competitive medical, vision and dental plans, plus tax-free health savings accounts with potential company contributions up to $1,000 per family
• Wellness Programs: Wellness incentive platform, employee assistance program, financial counseling services, fitness center discounts and more
• Life & Disability Benefits: Company-paid basic life insurance and short-term disability

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