GIH Expense Lead

at  The Cigna Group

Description
As part of the GIH Finance Team you will be responsible for managing the Global Individual Health (GIH) operating and solicitation expenses.

Role Summary

• Take full ownership for the GIH quarterly forecasting cycle and monthly reporting for operating expense & solicitation costs
• Provide financial reporting and analysis for business partners to ensure cost effectiveness and optimisation
• Support the monthly financial close process, including analysis of actual results and forecasted outlook, working closely with our shared service and outsourced partners
• Support functional owners by evaluating financial results to determine improvements needed to meet committed objectives within budget
• Develop and implement risk management processes, and any other departmental processes to enhancement the efficiency of the monthly close process and reporting effectiveness
• Be the “go-to” financial expert for the GIH leadership team on any operating expense related items
• Collaborate with regional controllers to ensure accuracy of business allocation and recharges
• Continually enhance quarterly forecasting of expenses and allocations to improve the quality of forecasting and reporting of actuals
• Use of data systems (TM1 and Alteryx) to provide process improvement through automation and enhance reporting packs to enable effective decision making

Responsibilities

• Control budgeting, forecasting, and expense reporting for GIH
• Critically review, evaluate, and optimize functional/department level expenses
• Drive monthly financial close process working closely with outsourced resource ensuring timely and accurate monthly operating reporting
• Support the GIH Finance Team in meeting team objectives
• Work closely with the team and business partners to ensure full transparency of results and provide sound advice to aid decision making
• Implements policies and procedures to ensure proper business risk controls are in place

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
• Relevant Accountancy or Financial professional qualification
• Five or more years of financial analysis (or related) experience
• Expense control experience preferred

Key Skills/Competencies

• Core financial analysis skills
• Ability to communicate on multiple levels
• Strong influencing skills
• Proficient use of Microsoft suite products, including Excel
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Organisational Agility
• Priority Setting
• Problem Solving
• Use of TM1 and Alteryx systems or similar preferred but not essential

Primary Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Secondary Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Employee Status: Regular
Job Type: Standard
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Travel:

Role Summary

• Take full ownership for the GIH quarterly forecasting cycle and monthly reporting for operating expense & solicitation costs
• Provide financial reporting and analysis for business partners to ensure cost effectiveness and optimisation
• Support the monthly financial close process, including analysis of actual results and forecasted outlook, working closely with our shared service and outsourced partners
• Support functional owners by evaluating financial results to determine improvements needed to meet committed objectives within budget
• Develop and implement risk management processes, and any other departmental processes to enhancement the efficiency of the monthly close process and reporting effectiveness
• Be the “go-to” financial expert for the GIH leadership team on any operating expense related items
• Collaborate with regional controllers to ensure accuracy of business allocation and recharges
• Continually enhance quarterly forecasting of expenses and allocations to improve the quality of forecasting and reporting of actuals
• Use of data systems (TM1 and Alteryx) to provide process improvement through automation and enhance reporting packs to enable effective decision makin

Responsibilities

• Control budgeting, forecasting, and expense reporting for GIH
• Critically review, evaluate, and optimize functional/department level expenses
• Drive monthly financial close process working closely with outsourced resource ensuring timely and accurate monthly operating reporting
• Support the GIH Finance Team in meeting team objectives
• Work closely with the team and business partners to ensure full transparency of results and provide sound advice to aid decision making
• Implements policies and procedures to ensure proper business risk controls are in plac