WSP Vice President, Finance

## About Westfield Specialty Westfield Specialty is a startup segment within Westfield Group, an Ohio-based insurer that has been providing both personal and commercial lines insurance for 175 years. We launched operations in Q3 2021 with eight specialty products, and this product set is anticipated to expand over time. We're building something new and dynamic within an established organization, and we're looking for talented individuals who thrive in that environment. ## The Role We're seeking an innately curious, deeply analytical, and highly motivated individual to join our Finance team in our Berkeley Heights, NJ office. This role reports directly to Westfield Specialty's SVP, Finance and will position you as a key business partner to our product line leaders. You'll provide the financial planning, forecasting, and analytical support that drives our overall goals and objectives forward. You'll partner regularly with teams across the organization, both within Westfield Specialty and Westfield Corporate. ## What You'll Do Your responsibilities will span the full breadth of financial planning and analysis for our specialty segment. You'll partner with the SVP in developing the annual three-year operating budget, collaborating with business and functional leaders throughout that process. You'll update forecasts monthly based on new developments, changes in assumptions, and emerging business trends. Budget-to-actual variance analyses for monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting—at the segment, functional, and cost center levels—will be part of your regular cadence. You'll assist in creating and producing monthly operating reports for use in monthly business reviews with our segment President and leadership, as well as quarterly business reviews with Westfield Corporate and segment leadership. Strategic decision-making gets real support from you through financial modeling and pro-forma analyses, helping functional and department leaders evaluate day-to-day operations and new initiatives. You'll own and socialize our finance calendar with business leadership teams and Westfield Corporate to ensure business operations stay aligned with finance deliverables. Business development activities benefit from your financial modeling work on strategic partnerships, collaboration programs, and licensing activities. You'll assist with in-depth capital budgeting and investment analyses, build and evolve regular KPI and metric reporting to track results and identify trends, and develop sustainable financial systems and processes that support the Specialty segment effectively and efficiently. Of course, you'll leverage corporate resources as appropriate throughout. ## What We're Looking For You'll bring a minimum of 4-5 years of experience working in an FP&A capacity, preferably in the insurance industry. Beyond that, you'll need a minimum of 4 years of actuarial or insurance experience. A BA/BS in Business Administration, Finance, or Accounting is expected, with CPA and/or MBA preferred. ACAS or FCAS credentials are preferred, and we'll consider candidates who are currently taking exams. You have strong, working knowledge of accounting principles and financial concepts. Your ability to anticipate issues, ensure data integrity and accuracy of details, and interpret and explain findings at a higher level sets you apart. You bring a demonstrated history of financial modeling with a genuine business partner mindset—you don't just crunch numbers, you translate them into actionable insights. Your advanced Excel modeling skills are exceptional, and you have proficiency with Power. Point. You're mission-driven and enthusiastic about learning and growing. You're team-oriented with a positive attitude, capable of working collaboratively and influencing people at all levels of the organization. You make actionable recommendations and follow through on execution. Demonstrated problem-solving techniques and analytical skills are core to how you operate. You have excellent organizational skills and experience operating with candid transparency, professionalism, strong emotional intelligence, and the highest degree of integrity. Prior experience in a startup with an understanding of how to scale business systems is a plus. You work independently, take initiative, identify and resolve problems, and think creatively, strategically, and analytically. ## Our Commitment Westfield Specialty is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. --- _This job was found on [bandana.com](https://www.bandana.com/?utm_source=jd_attribution&utm_medium=repost)_