Senior Advisor | Senior Manager, FP&A (Finance)

This role plays a critical part in shaping the company's strategic direction by providing actionable insights, building scalable financial systems, and partnering with senior leadership to drive data-driven decision-making.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with strong financial acumen, excellent business judgment, and a proven ability to build and manage high-performing FP&A teams. This individual will oversee key planning cycles, deliver executive-level analysis and presentations, and continuously improve financial processes and tools to support business growth.

In this role, you will also collaborate cross-functionally to extend FP&A's impact across the organization. This includes partnering with Treasury and Tax teams to strengthen balance sheet and cash flow forecasting, as well as working closely with Investor Relations on investor presentations, external messaging, and financial guidance. As a strategic thought partner, you will play a key role in translating complex financial data into clear, actionable strategies that drive growth, operational efficiency, and long-term value creation.

Strategic Planning & Financial Management

• Lead the company's strategic planning, annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning processes in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Deliver timely and accurate financial reports, models, and analysis to support key decision-making by senior leadership.
• Continuously enhance the team's analytical and modeling capabilities, ensuring robust methodologies that support business objectives.
• Drive scenario analysis, ROIC evaluations, capital planning, and investment assessments to guide strategic priorities.
• Prepare and support presentations for executive leadership, the Board of Directors, and external stakeholders.

Business Partnership & Decision Support

• Act as a trusted advisor to business units by analyzing performance trends, identifying value drivers, and translating complex data into actionable insights.
• Compare actual performance to budget and forecast, investigate variances, and collaborate with business leaders to develop corrective actions.
• Work cross-functionally with Accounting during month-end close and collaborate with Financial Systems to optimize planning tools and processes.
• Partner with corporate functions to ensure assumptions and strategies are aligned with financial goals.
• Provide training and support to internal stakeholders on financial systems, tools, and planning processes.

Process Improvement & Systems Expertise

• Drive continuous improvement of FP&A processes, systems, and reporting capabilities to support business units and corporate functions.
• Leverage advanced Excel skills and planning systems (e.g., Oracle EPBCS, Anaplan, SAP, or similar tools) to improve data analysis and planning accuracy.
• Develop standardized reporting and forecasting templates to streamline decision-making and ensure consistency across the organization.
• Support integration activities and valuation modeling for M&A and other strategic initiatives as needed.

Other Responsibilities

• Present insights and recommendations to senior executives in a clear and compelling manner.
• Operate effectively under pressure, managing competing priorities across multiple projects.
• Represent the Finance team in cross-functional initiatives, promoting alignment and financial discipline throughout the organization.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field; MBA, CFA, or CPA strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, with a strong track record of driving strategic planning, forecasting, and business performance in a complex corporate environment.
• Exceptional analytical and modeling skills with the ability to distill large and complex data sets into clear insights and recommendations that support strategic decision-making.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, capable of preparing and delivering materials for senior executives, board members, and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success partnering with business leaders, finance, accounting, and corporate functions to drive financial alignment and accountability.
• Expertise in Excel and proficiency in financial systems and business intelligence tools (e.g., Oracle EPBCS, Anaplan, SAP, Tableau, Power BI); ability to improve and scale financial processes and tools.
• Intellectual curiosity and flexibility to navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and support strategic initiatives such as M&A, investment planning, and business transformation.
• A proactive, detail-oriented approach with a passion for delivering insights, driving efficiency, and enabling long-term business success.

About Us
For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through expertise and scale. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster.

At Verisk, you'll have the chance to use your voice and build a rewarding career that's as unique as you are, with work flexibility and the support, coaching, and training you need to succeed.

For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® for outstanding workplace culture in the US, fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and second consecutive year in Poland. We value learning, caring and results and make inclusivity and diversity a top priority. In addition to our Great Place to Work® Certification, we've been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best-Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World's Best Employer and Best Employer for Women, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.

We're 7,000 people strong. We relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation. And we are looking for people like you to help us translate big data into big ideas. Join us and create an exceptional experience for yourself and a better tomorrow for future generations.

Verisk Businesses

Underwriting Solutions - provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision

Claims Solutions - supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences

Property Estimating Solutions - offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient

Extreme Event Solutions - provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to extreme events.

Specialty Business Solutions - provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance

Marketing Solutions - delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing,relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement

Life Insurance Solutions - offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.

Verisk Maplecroft - provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger

Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

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