Manager, Financial Analysis Job Listing at Prudential in Scranton, PA

Insurance, Finance

Prudential Financial, Inc. is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.  Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time.  Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services. For more information, please visit www.prudential.com.
 
Prudential Retirement delivers retirement plan solutions for public, private, and non-profit organizations.  Services include state-of-the-art record keeping, administrative services, investment management, comprehensive employee investment education and communications, and trustee services.  With over 85 years of retirement experience, Prudential Retirement helps meet the needs of over 3.6 million participants and annuitants.  Prudential Retirement has approximately $239 billion in retirement account values as of 06/30/12. For more information, please visit http://www.prudential.com/retire/.
 
The Manager, Finance - Reporting & Analysis is responsible for the calculation, analysis, and internal reporting of Prudential Retirement's client based business results.  The position will be based in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
 
Primary Responsibilities:
  

• Support all facets of the End-to-end Monthly Reporting and Analysis process including:
  
  • Account Value and Net Flow reporting and analysis
  
  
  • Financial Reporting Database Close Cycle
  
  
  • Oversight of Department Controls and Documentation
  
  
  • Controllers Monthly Variance Analysis
  
  
  • Quarterly Book of Business Synopsis of Trends and Drivers
  
  
  • Revenue calculations at the client and fund levels. 


• Providing guidance, training, and development opportunities to staff


• Partner with colleagues across finance and accounting to ensure all internal calculations reflect current pricing structures, allocation algorithms, and volume levels.


• Lead Department Enhancements and Initiatives


• Conduct Strategic Projects as needed.

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field.  A technology or engineering background with strong financial experience would also qualify.
  
• 5+ years of business finance, accounting, or related discipline is preferred.   
  
• Expert level in MS Office Excel and a sound functional knowledge of relational database architecture.
  
• Operational experience and a strong working knowledge of business drivers, economics and market exposure within Financial Services/Retirement industry is preferred. 
• Ability to effectively prioritize competing demands, to communicate complex issues in a clear succinct way to peers and senior executives, and to partner effectively with Retirement business units and Prudential Corporate areas
• Management experience preferred; collaborative and team-oriented leadership style
  
• Highly motivated and creative problem solver; able to thrive in a fast-based, results oriented environment
  
• Ability to work overtime during peak periods