Chief of Staff, Manager - Personal Lines

GEICO is seeking an experienced Business Manager (BM) to support the Head of Personal Auto Lines and her leadership team. This role will report to the Auto CFO and will be part of the Finance organization.  Based on an end-to-end understanding of the business, the BM will partner with the CFO, business leaders and other key partners to manage priorities, and provide actionable business insights to enable effective decision-making. The BM role is an extension of the CFO function and is dedicated to supporting the Personal Auto Lines organization in driving, coordinating and executing work that is critical to the day-to-day running of the business. The BM will build and leverage positive working relationships that support execution of priority deliverables across the business.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Outline overall business priorities, goals and metrics and maintain related progress updates

• In partnership with Auto CFO, manage aspects of regular business reviews, financial/budget updates and other related reports and materials

• Manage business head’s travel/engagement plan including internal and external meetings and related materials; work closely with key functional partners including HR Business Partner and Communications partner

• Own business head’s management team agendas, with a lens on strategic planning and prioritization of topics, desired outcomes and guest participants based on business priorities and with input from key partners

• Coordinate execution of projects, analyses, deliverables that support Business Head and/or the broader Personal Auto Lines organization.  Make sure we have the right people working on the right projects.

• Track and help execute follow ups from key meetings

• Manage the planning and execution of leadership offsites, town halls and related events

• Draft messages/updates that Business Head may regularly send that fall out of scope for what the Communications organization would own/support

• Create and coordinate content and talking points for Business Head’s speaking engagements and presentations, both internal and external

• Own vendor management and related strategy, reviews, decision-making processes

• Manage distribution lists for organizational communications

• Recommend and manage an efficient and effective Administrative Assistant support model including ownership for hiring and training efforts

Qualifications
Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Finance, Business, Liberal Arts) and 6+ years of experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, or related role(s).

• Effective written and oral communications with ability to story-tell business and financial analytics and build executive-level reports and presentations

• Ability to manipulate and analyze large sets of data.

• Self-starter with strong collaboration skills, with proven ability to work across organizational and reporting boundaries to get things done.

• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage competing priorities in fast-paced and ambiguous environment; can adjust priorities, decisions, and actions to respond to multiple demands, unexpected events, and current information daily.

• Proven track record of identifying and implementing improvements that drive operational efficiency and effectiveness

• Strong Excel and MS Office applications skills with ability to create effective powerpoint presentations and excel analyses

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a business management or equivalent role in a complex operations organization that spans multiple US and/or international locations

 

Annual Salary

$99,802.95 - $149,694.35

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

 

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

 

Benefits:

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:

• Premier Medical, Dental and V