Sr. Financial Analyst - Technology (Hybrid)
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Also remove application instructions. The posting includes: - Intro paragraph: "Turn financial insight into better business decisions..." etc. That's about the role. - "What You'll Do" bullet list (actually paragraphs with sentences). Should be under Responsibilities. - "What You'll Bring" bullet list (qualifications). Should be under Requirements or Qualifications. - "What will help you stand out" maybe part of Qualifications or Skills? Could be under Skills or Additional. - "Internal Securian Financial job title for this position is Financial Planning & Analysis Consultant" maybe minor metadata; could be placed in a short
. - "Securian Financial believes in hybrid work..." schedule info: hybrid work, 3 days each week in offices if within commutable distance. That's schedule. - "Preferred Skills" list: Analytical Thinking, Budgeting, etc. That's Skills. - "The Estimated Base Pay Range For This Job Is $73,700.00 - $136,800.00 Pay may vary..." That's Pay. - Benefits: long list of benefits (PTO, leave programs, holidays, pension, 401k, health insurance, volunteer time, associate resource groups). That's Benefits. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /. Use
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We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to decide sections: About the role (intro paragraph), Responsibilities (What You'll Do), Requirements/Qualifications (What You'll Bring + maybe What will help you stand out?), Skills (Preferred Skills), Benefits, Pay, Schedule (Hybrid work). Possibly also a short meta paragraph for internal job title.
We must not repeat job title as heading. The page already shows it, so we don't need to output a heading for the title.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; none present.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them.
We need to be careful not to omit any details. Let's extract all substantive content.
Intro paragraph(s):
"Turn financial insight into better business decisions. At Securian Financial, Finance is more than reporting the numbers. Our Finance Business Partners work alongside leaders across the organization to understand what is driving performance, anticipate financial needs and turn complex data into insights that help the business make better decisions. We’re looking for an experienced IT Finance Business Partner to join our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. In this highly collaborative role, you’ll serve as a trusted financial advisor to leaders across our Information Technology (IT) organization and Enterprise Consulting & Project Management Office (ECPMO). You’ll bring together financial expertise, business acumen and strong relationship-building skills to help leaders manage expenses, evaluate investments, understand financial tradeoffs and make informed decisions. From annual planning and forecasting to technology cost management and business cases, you’ll have the opportunity to influence decisions that impact both Technology and the broader enterprise."
That's the About the role.
What You'll Do (Responsibilities) list:
- Partner with leaders and influence decisions
- Build trusted relationships with IT and ECPMO leaders, serving as a strategic finance thought partner and advisor.
- Translate financial data and complex analyses into clear, compelling insights that help leaders understand performance, risks and opportunities.
- Anticipate leaders' financial needs and develop tools, reporting and analysis that support better and faster decision-making.
- Strengthen financial acumen across the organization by coaching leaders on FP&A concepts, expense management and financial tradeoffs.
- Lead planning, budgeting and forecasting
- Lead financial planning, budgeting and forecasting activities for supported IT and ECPMO areas.
- Partner with leaders to understand strategic initiatives, staffing plans and investment priorities and translate them into financial plans.
- Analyze actual and forecasted results, identify key drivers of variance and help leaders develop strategies to address gaps against financial targets.
- Support quarterly close activities, including accrual reviews and analysis to ensure complete and accurate financial results.
- Drive effective technology expense management
- Provide insight into direct and allocated technology expenses and help leaders understand the financial impact of their decisions.
- Apply technology financial management concepts, including total cost of ownership, to support investment and expense decisions.
- Identify opportunities to optimize expenses and partner with Finance and business leaders on enterprise expense-management strategies.
- Develop and evaluate business cases, including cost-benefit analyses, to help leaders assess investments and competing priorities.
- Improve How Finance Works
- Collaborate across FP&A and Technology to improve financial reporting, analytics, dashboards and decision-support tools.
- Leverage technology, data and automation to simplify processes and deliver more meaningful financial insights.
- Bring external perspectives and best practices in technology finance and FP&A to continuously improve how we support the business.
- Help lead financial process and system changes by engaging stakeholders, driving adoption and supporting effective transitions.
What You'll Bring (Requirements/Qualifications) list:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Significant experience in financial planning and analysis, including budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling and variance analysis.
- Experience supporting Technology/IT financial management, with an understanding of technology costs, investments and total cost of ownership.
- Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to move beyond reporting results to identifying insights, implications and recommended actions.
- Demonstrated ability to build credibility and trusted relationships with senior business leaders and cross-functional partners.
- Strong communication, presentation and financial storytelling skills, including the ability to make complex financial information understandable and actionable.
- Experience developing or evaluating business cases and cost-benefit analyses.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and the ability to identify root causes and challenge assumptions.
- Experience using financial, analytics or business intelligence tools; experience with Apptio, SAP or similar platforms is valuable.
- Interest in leveraging data, technology and automation to improve financial processes, reporting and decision support.
- Ability to navigate change, competing priorities and ambiguity while working collaboratively across teams.
- A proactive, self-directed approach with strong organizational and time-management skills.
What will help you stand out (maybe a subsection under Qualifications or Skills). It says:
"You’ll be especially successful in this role if you enjoy operating at the intersection of Finance, Technology and strategy. You know how to dig into the numbers, but you’re equally comfortable stepping away from the spreadsheet to help a leader understand what the numbers mean, what choices they have and what action they should consider next. You bring curiosity, sound judgment and a consultative mindset—and you’re energized by the opportunity to make Finance an even stronger strategic partner to the business."
We could put that under a section like "Additional Qualifications" or maybe under "Skills". But we have a separate Skills section for Preferred Skills list. The "What will help you stand out" is more about mindset; could be under Qualifications or a separate section like "Preferred Qualities". Since we have a Skills section for the list of preferred skills, we could put this narrative under a section like "What will help you stand out" as a
under maybe "Qualifications". However the instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we should map content to those headings. The "What will help you stand out" could be part of Qualifications or Skills. I'd include it under Qualifications as a paragraph after the list.
Preferred Skills list: "Analytical Thinking, Budgeting, Cash Flow Management, Data Analysis, Data Management, External Communication, Financial Forecasting, Problem Solving, Statement Analysis". That's a list.
Pay: "The Estimated Base Pay Range For This Job Is $73,700.00 - $136,800.00 Pay may vary depending on job-related factors and individual experience, skills, knowledge, etc. More information on base pay and incentive pay (if applicable) can be discussed with a member of the Securian Financial Talent Acquisition team."
Benefits: long paragraph describing PTO, leave programs, holidays, pension, 401k, health insurance, volunteer time, associate resource groups, plus note to review Benefits page.
Schedule/Hybrid work: "Securian Financial believes in hybrid work as an integral part of our culture. Associates get the benefit of working both virtually and in our offices. If you’re in a commutable distance (90 minutes) you’ll join us 3 days each week in our offices to collaborate and build relationships. Our policy allows flexibility for the reality of business and personal schedules."
Internal job title: "*Internal Securian Financial job title for this position is Financial Planning & Analysis Consultant*". Could be a short
maybe under About the role or as a note.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. So we need to strip those at the end.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
About the role
Turn financial insight into better business decisions. At Securian Financial, Finance is more than reporting the numbers. Our Finance Business Partners work alongside leaders across the organization to understand what is driving performance, anticipate financial needs and turn complex data into insights that help the business make better decisions. We’re looking for an experienced IT Finance Business Partner to join our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. In this highly collaborative role, you’ll serve as a trusted financial advisor to leaders across our Information Technology (IT) organization and Enterprise Consulting & Project Management Office (ECPMO). You’ll bring together financial expertise, business acumen and strong relationship-building skills to help leaders manage expenses, evaluate investments, understand financial tradeoffs and make informed decisions. From annual planning and forecasting to technology cost management and business cases, you’ll have the opportunity to influence decisions that impact both Technology and the broader enterprise.
Internal Securian Financial job title for this position is Financial Planning & Analysis Consultant
Responsibilities
- Partner with leaders and influence decisions
- Build trusted relationships with IT and ECPMO leaders, serving as a strategic finance thought partner and advisor.
- Translate financial data and complex analyses into clear, compelling insights that help leaders understand performance, risks and opportunities.
- Anticipate leaders' financial needs and develop tools, reporting and analysis that support better and faster decision-making.
- Strengthen financial acumen across the organization by coaching leaders on FP&A concepts, expense management and financial tradeoffs.
- Lead planning, budgeting and forecasting
- Lead financial planning, budgeting and forecasting activities for supported IT and ECPMO areas.
- Partner with leaders to understand strategic initiatives, staffing plans and investment priorities and translate them into financial plans.
- Analyze actual and forecasted results, identify key drivers of variance and help leaders develop strategies to address gaps against financial targets.
- Support quarterly close activities, including accrual reviews and analysis to ensure complete and accurate financial results.
- Drive effective technology expense management
- Provide insight into direct and allocated technology expenses and help leaders understand the financial impact of their decisions.
- Apply technology financial management concepts, including total cost of ownership, to support investment and expense decisions.
- Identify opportunities to optimize expenses and partner with Finance and business leaders on enterprise expense-management strategies.
- Develop and evaluate business cases, including cost-benefit analyses, to help leaders assess investments and competing
for prose. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to decide sections: About the role (intro paragraph), Responsibilities (What You'll Do), Requirements/Qualifications (What You'll Bring + maybe What will help you stand out?), Skills (Preferred Skills), Benefits, Pay, Schedule (Hybrid work). Possibly also a short meta paragraph for internal job title. We must not repeat job title as heading. The page already shows it, so we don't need to output a heading for the title. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; none present. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them. We need to be careful not to omit any details. Let's extract all substantive content. Intro paragraph(s): "Turn financial insight into better business decisions. At Securian Financial, Finance is more than reporting the numbers. Our Finance Business Partners work alongside leaders across the organization to understand what is driving performance, anticipate financial needs and turn complex data into insights that help the business make better decisions. We’re looking for an experienced IT Finance Business Partner to join our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. In this highly collaborative role, you’ll serve as a trusted financial advisor to leaders across our Information Technology (IT) organization and Enterprise Consulting & Project Management Office (ECPMO). You’ll bring together financial expertise, business acumen and strong relationship-building skills to help leaders manage expenses, evaluate investments, understand financial tradeoffs and make informed decisions. From annual planning and forecasting to technology cost management and business cases, you’ll have the opportunity to influence decisions that impact both Technology and the broader enterprise." That's the About the role. What You'll Do (Responsibilities) list: - Partner with leaders and influence decisions - Build trusted relationships with IT and ECPMO leaders, serving as a strategic finance thought partner and advisor. - Translate financial data and complex analyses into clear, compelling insights that help leaders understand performance, risks and opportunities. - Anticipate leaders' financial needs and develop tools, reporting and analysis that support better and faster decision-making. - Strengthen financial acumen across the organization by coaching leaders on FP&A concepts, expense management and financial tradeoffs. - Lead planning, budgeting and forecasting - Lead financial planning, budgeting and forecasting activities for supported IT and ECPMO areas. - Partner with leaders to understand strategic initiatives, staffing plans and investment priorities and translate them into financial plans. - Analyze actual and forecasted results, identify key drivers of variance and help leaders develop strategies to address gaps against financial targets. - Support quarterly close activities, including accrual reviews and analysis to ensure complete and accurate financial results. - Drive effective technology expense management - Provide insight into direct and allocated technology expenses and help leaders understand the financial impact of their decisions. - Apply technology financial management concepts, including total cost of ownership, to support investment and expense decisions. - Identify opportunities to optimize expenses and partner with Finance and business leaders on enterprise expense-management strategies. - Develop and evaluate business cases, including cost-benefit analyses, to help leaders assess investments and competing priorities. - Improve How Finance Works - Collaborate across FP&A and Technology to improve financial reporting, analytics, dashboards and decision-support tools. - Leverage technology, data and automation to simplify processes and deliver more meaningful financial insights. - Bring external perspectives and best practices in technology finance and FP&A to continuously improve how we support the business. - Help lead financial process and system changes by engaging stakeholders, driving adoption and supporting effective transitions. What You'll Bring (Requirements/Qualifications) list: - Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred. - Significant experience in financial planning and analysis, including budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling and variance analysis. - Experience supporting Technology/IT financial management, with an understanding of technology costs, investments and total cost of ownership. - Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to move beyond reporting results to identifying insights, implications and recommended actions. - Demonstrated ability to build credibility and trusted relationships with senior business leaders and cross-functional partners. - Strong communication, presentation and financial storytelling skills, including the ability to make complex financial information understandable and actionable. - Experience developing or evaluating business cases and cost-benefit analyses. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and the ability to identify root causes and challenge assumptions. - Experience using financial, analytics or business intelligence tools; experience with Apptio, SAP or similar platforms is valuable. - Interest in leveraging data, technology and automation to improve financial processes, reporting and decision support. - Ability to navigate change, competing priorities and ambiguity while working collaboratively across teams. - A proactive, self-directed approach with strong organizational and time-management skills. What will help you stand out (maybe a subsection under Qualifications or Skills). It says: "You’ll be especially successful in this role if you enjoy operating at the intersection of Finance, Technology and strategy. You know how to dig into the numbers, but you’re equally comfortable stepping away from the spreadsheet to help a leader understand what the numbers mean, what choices they have and what action they should consider next. You bring curiosity, sound judgment and a consultative mindset—and you’re energized by the opportunity to make Finance an even stronger strategic partner to the business." We could put that under a section like "Additional Qualifications" or maybe under "Skills". But we have a separate Skills section for Preferred Skills list. The "What will help you stand out" is more about mindset; could be under Qualifications or a separate section like "Preferred Qualities". Since we have a Skills section for the list of preferred skills, we could put this narrative under a section like "What will help you stand out" as a
under maybe "Qualifications". However the instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we should map content to those headings. The "What will help you stand out" could be part of Qualifications or Skills. I'd include it under Qualifications as a paragraph after the list. Preferred Skills list: "Analytical Thinking, Budgeting, Cash Flow Management, Data Analysis, Data Management, External Communication, Financial Forecasting, Problem Solving, Statement Analysis". That's a list. Pay: "The Estimated Base Pay Range For This Job Is $73,700.00 - $136,800.00 Pay may vary depending on job-related factors and individual experience, skills, knowledge, etc. More information on base pay and incentive pay (if applicable) can be discussed with a member of the Securian Financial Talent Acquisition team." Benefits: long paragraph describing PTO, leave programs, holidays, pension, 401k, health insurance, volunteer time, associate resource groups, plus note to review Benefits page. Schedule/Hybrid work: "Securian Financial believes in hybrid work as an integral part of our culture. Associates get the benefit of working both virtually and in our offices. If you’re in a commutable distance (90 minutes) you’ll join us 3 days each week in our offices to collaborate and build relationships. Our policy allows flexibility for the reality of business and personal schedules." Internal job title: "*Internal Securian Financial job title for this position is Financial Planning & Analysis Consultant*". Could be a short
maybe under About the role or as a note. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. So we need to strip those at the end. Now produce HTML fragment. Structure:
About the role
Turn financial insight into better business decisions. At Securian Financial, Finance is more than reporting the numbers. Our Finance Business Partners work alongside leaders across the organization to understand what is driving performance, anticipate financial needs and turn complex data into insights that help the business make better decisions. We’re looking for an experienced IT Finance Business Partner to join our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. In this highly collaborative role, you’ll serve as a trusted financial advisor to leaders across our Information Technology (IT) organization and Enterprise Consulting & Project Management Office (ECPMO). You’ll bring together financial expertise, business acumen and strong relationship-building skills to help leaders manage expenses, evaluate investments, understand financial tradeoffs and make informed decisions. From annual planning and forecasting to technology cost management and business cases, you’ll have the opportunity to influence decisions that impact both Technology and the broader enterprise.
Internal Securian Financial job title for this position is Financial Planning & Analysis Consultant
Responsibilities
- Partner with leaders and influence decisions
- Build trusted relationships with IT and ECPMO leaders, serving as a strategic finance thought partner and advisor.
- Translate financial data and complex analyses into clear, compelling insights that help leaders understand performance, risks and opportunities.
- Anticipate leaders' financial needs and develop tools, reporting and analysis that support better and faster decision-making.
- Strengthen financial acumen across the organization by coaching leaders on FP&A concepts, expense management and financial tradeoffs.
- Lead planning, budgeting and forecasting
- Lead financial planning, budgeting and forecasting activities for supported IT and ECPMO areas.
- Partner with leaders to understand strategic initiatives, staffing plans and investment priorities and translate them into financial plans.
- Analyze actual and forecasted results, identify key drivers of variance and help leaders develop strategies to address gaps against financial targets.
- Support quarterly close activities, including accrual reviews and analysis to ensure complete and accurate financial results.
- Drive effective technology expense management
- Provide insight into direct and allocated technology expenses and help leaders understand the financial impact of their decisions.
- Apply technology financial management concepts, including total cost of ownership, to support investment and expense decisions.
- Identify opportunities to optimize expenses and partner with Finance and business leaders on enterprise expense-management strategies.
- Develop and evaluate business cases, including cost-benefit analyses, to help leaders assess investments and competing