VP, Property & Casualty Finance Transformation

As a team member in the Finance department at Nationwide, the opportunities are endless! You can grow and learn in diverse areas across many disciplines such as Advanced Analytics, Investments, Actuarial, Accounting, Risk Management, Critical Business Advisor, Internal Audit, and so much more. Let Nationwide help create your career journey! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

Please Note: This position is open to working remotely in the United States for suitable candidates.

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Job Description Summary

As VP, Property & Casualty Finance Transformation, you will effectively design, create, and drive transformation across the P&C organization focused on performance management & analysis (PM&A) finance initiatives that significantly contribute to Nationwide’s objectives. You’ll have end-to-end accountability for the successful implementation of Finance Transformation, with a goal to improve the capabilities for greater analysis and improved decision making, and the optimization of processes, roles, and responsibilities. We’ll count on you to lead the modernization initiatives to leverage new and existing tools and technologies to transform the use of data, automation, advanced analytics, and reporting capabilities, and will advance capabilities in and develop opportunities for predictive analytics beyond dependence on Nationwide’s own historical experience.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:   

• Develops and executes the vision for the P&C Finance organization, leading teams to design and implement solutions that meet business needs and drive capability improvements. 

• Oversees the preparation and management of multi-year budgets and expense plans, ensuring alignment with P&C’s strategic and operational goals. Monitors and adjusts spending to support changing conditions and identify cost-saving opportunities. 

• Establishes and tracks performance metrics, targets, and leading indicators to monitor progress toward strategic goals. Leads expense benchmarking and long-term efficiency strategy planning and execution. 

• Leads the redesign of P&C Finance PM&A operations, tools, and platforms, optimizing processes, roles, and responsibilities. Acts as the business delivery executive for the PM&A Transformation program, leveraging technology to meet business needs. 

• Ensures the alignment and integration of individual work streams and projects to achieve overall program benefits. Partners with program leads to maintain consistency and integrity of business goals and processes. 

• Partners with product, strategy, and business leaders to establish strategic planning processes and support data flow and systems requirements. Provides thought leadership in system environment development, actuarial and financial methodologies, and complex process management. 

• Actively participates in and influences the product development processes and supports operational teams in the business decision process. Develops and validates all assumptions including expenses and customer behavior. 

• Develops and cultivates an engaging environment for associates that supports both personal and professional development and growth. Works across the organization on training, talent acquisition and development. 

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.   

 

Reporting Relationships: Reports to SVP, Chief Financial Officer – Property & Casualty.  Manages a team of four or more direct reports and fifty indirect reports.   

 

Typical Skills and Experiences:   

 

Education: Undergraduate studies in finance or accounting. MBA Preferred 

 

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