Director, Financial Planning

**Description**:
**Who we need**

**The Director, FP&A**will be accountable to the overall responsibility of planning, budgeting, monitoring, and evaluating company performance. You will develop and manage financial analysis procedure, expense allocation tools, conduct annual expense study, as well as identify and prioritize recommended actions to meet organization objectives. In addition, you will support various strategic initiatives to drive business development and profitability.

**What you will do**:

- **Lead the financial planning and budgeting** process, develop, and maintain financial forecasting model and variance analysis;
- **Provide the decision support to management** including capital budgeting for new products and initiatives, investment analysis, analytics, benchmarking of initiatives, cash flow modeling comma and evaluating;
- **Manage Canada IFRS 17 expense allocation model**and work closely with Securian FP&A team to ensure Canada PA PM model works properly;
- **Collaborate with the actuarial team** and various departments on managing company annual expense study, and also work closely with expense accounting and an AP team to support company expense management;
- **Drive the preparation of financial reports** to meet IFRS 17 management reporting and regulatory reporting requirements;
- **Contribute to improve targeted inefficiencies**, with a focus on utilizing technology where possible to drive our business forward;
- **Actively participate in strategic initiative projects**and support ad hoc requests as needed or assigned;
- **Responsibly challenge the status quo**to achieve a business culture dedicated to continuous improvement and best practice;
- **Regularly and consistently encourage and inspire** a high level of performance;
- **Keep abreast of industry trends**, developments, and technology.

**What you will bring**:

- **The education.** FSA/FCIA/CPA designation;
- **The experience.** 10+ years of overall combined accounting and finance experience, including a solid understanding of insurance accounting, financial planning, and forecasting. Management experience and proven expertise in managing & developing teams. Experience presenting to and adapting messaging and presentations for executive leadership and the Board of Directors;
- **The knowledge.** Knowledge of IFRS17 (considered as an asset);
- **The skills.** Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate and present effectively. Collaboration and Influence, facilitating discussions that enable independent collaboration while shaping consensus, partnering with key decision-makers across the company, and being open to alternative views and ideas. Advanced Excel skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office.

**Why join?**:
When you’re a part of Securian Canada, you’re a member of an agile and innovative, high-performing, bright-thinking, make-things-happen culture - so that together, we can discover the art of possible.

At our company, we see your potential on day one and challenge you to grow your unique strengths as you create a career filled with opportunity, collaboration, and purpose.

You’ll also be part of a team that’s committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and who values diverse perspectives, so that you can be the person you want to be - both in, and outside, work.

Securian Canada offers a competitive total rewards program with a variety of perks and benefits, including:

- Flexible work arrangements with monthly financial allocations to support your work-life balance;
- Generous starting paid vacation time, plus additional vacation days for every year of service;
- Paid volunteer day so you can dedicate time to a cause you are passionate about;
- Paid personal and wellness days to support your total wellbeing;
- Educational assistance of up to $3,500 a year (with approval from your manager);
- Flexible health and wellness account (in addition to comprehensive drug and dental coverage)
to help pay for a wide range of wellbeing services that are meaningful to you;
- Up to 14% of combined contributions to the RRSP matching program;
- Family-friendly maternity/parental leave and,
- Many, more benefits, perks and programs.

If you have at least 70% of the qualifications we're looking for, want to work in a fast-growing, leading and progressive company, and feel driven to help Canadians and their families build secure futures - we want to hear from you

**About Securian Canada**:
**Who we are - and who we’re here for**

We’re here for all Canadians and their families - however they define family. Our practical, life-ready insurance and protection solutions are designed to help provide financial security, so that Canadians can spend more time making every moment count.

For more than 65 years, we’ve been giving Canadians the confidence to face life’s uncertainties. With offices in Toronto, Montreal, Burnaby, Waterloo and Winnipeg, Securian Canada brings together strong local