Company Overview

More than 35 years ago, SelectQuote was founded on one core promise: to help our customers protect the people they value most. We pioneered the way consumers shopped for term life insurance, and now, we also help people find home insurance, auto insurance, senior health insurance and more. Our quick and easy process saves consumers both time and money, and today, more than 2 million families trust us to help them with their insurance needs.

But what truly sets us apart is our people, and the opportunities to grow your career with SelectQuote are unmatched.

Job Description

 Sr. Finance Operations Manager

Job Summary:

The Sr. Finance Operations manager will work closely with finance leadership to understand organization challenges and use their technical and business experience to build systems and processes to overcome those challenges. This role will also be responsible for assessing and recommending third party solutions that will help the finance organization achieve its strategic objectives. This is a high profile role with exposure to the highest levels of finance leadership

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Independently develop and implement new finance technologies for a broad finance user group: enhance and provide new technology solutions that help automate/optimize processes and improve the analytic capabilities across all finance accounting treasury and tax functions; test and perform quality assurance on new processes and applications; provide training and support for new and existing processes and tools

Manage and maintain proprietary finance technologies ensuring the system accurately represents accounting general ledger data; supports all internal/external reporting and reconciliation requirements; adequate controls (including security and back-ups); operates in a stable and efficient manner and self-sufficiently mitigates issues as needed

Own key reporting & planning processes; perform routine month-end close functions some of which include: data versioning mapping table maintenance reconciliation and report creation/review; during planning cycles create and capture planning scenarios create planning templates/ reports serves as the escalation point for user support and trouble-shoot problems

Collaborate with non-Finance business units such as Sales Marketing Human Resources to identify process improvement opportunities; work with stakeholders to develop processes and systems to convert these process improvement opportunities into process improvement realities

Take ownership of complex projects and executes to completion

Skills/Abilities:

Advanced SQL skills Microsoft SSAS and SSIS Advanced Excel Skills MS Office Data Visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI or QuickSight or others Presentation skills.

Empathetic Self-starter

Problem solving mindset with an ability to translate technical speak into business speak.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required

10 years of experience working in finance / accounting or supporting finance / accounting in a technical role required

Experience working with general ledger / ERP systems required

Experience working with integrating data from disparate sources required

Experience working with data warehouses required

High level knowledge of GAAP principles desired

Experience working with senior executives required

Certificates/Licenses/Registration

N/A

Financial Responsibilities (budget revenue)

This position has no budget responsibility authority and/or level of control.

Physical Requirements:

Work is performed indoors with potential for exposure to safety and health hazards related to office work. Could periodically travel to other office and operational sites. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

SelectQuote Core Values:

Service: We create positive customer experiences.

Entrepreneurship: We create innovate & take risks.

Leadership: We build & invest in high-performing teams. Empowerment: We embrace a changing environment.

Courage: We challenge the status quo & drive continuous improvement.

Teamwork: We help support & celebrate each other.

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required.