Financial Analyst, FP&A Analyst Team
What we look for:
Our exceptional and motivated employees are our greatest strength. Our employees provide the highest level of customer service and help maintain our position as a leader in the global marketplace.
Markel Style:
The Markel Style is what makes us stand out from our competitors. It's our core value which should underpin how we do business, while influencing our behavior and performance. We are looking for people who have potential and share our passion to live the Markel Style, which is described in more detail below.
If you think you have these core attributes we want to hear from you.
Job Summary:
This role participates in a broad range of financial planning and analysis activities to provide valuable insights, solutions and services to our internal customers. These include, but are not limited to, financial modeling, the development and generation of insightful financial analyses, reporting, the annual budget/quarterly forecast process and ad hoc initiatives. This associate must be an analytical thinker with strong communication skills.
Job Responsibilities:
- Develops and maintains models and tools to support effective and efficient analysis
- Provide decision support through valued added analysis and financial insights
- Work with multiple internal teams to gain a deeper understanding of financial data, to confirm assumptions, and validate output of analyses
- Supports the organization in opportunity identification, data-based decision-making and performance assessment
- Produce clear reports that summarize financial output, issues and recommendations
- Supports reporting needs of the broader organization to provide increased visibility of financial performance
- Identifies continuous process improvements
- Documents standard processes and process flows
- Supports the compilation and analysis of the annual budget and quarterly forecast
- Participate in ad hoc initiatives as they arise
- Travel to other Markel offices, conferences, etc. as required
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or a related discipline
- CPCU or other industry designations a plus
- 0-2 years of related experiences or applicable internships
- Understanding of financial processes and systems
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Must have strong Excel and data manipulation skills
- Ability to deliver outstanding customer service
- Organized with ability to multi-task
- Adaptable and comfortable with fast pace and shifting priorities
Please note: Markel has a phased approach for re-entry into our buildings that is designed to balance the ongoing health, safety, and well-being of our employees with operational considerations and regulatory/ governmental requirements and recommendations. Effective 10/1/21 we have implemented a hybrid return to work strategy that allows for three days in the office every week.