What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Global Strategic Finance FP&A position at Asurion?
Position Overview
The Manager, Global Strategic Finance is a key member of the FP&A organization responsible for supporting enterprise forecasting, global financial consolidations, strategic analysis, and capital planning activities. Reporting to the Director, Global Strategic Finance, this role partners with regional finance teams and business leaders to provide financial insights that support planning, resource allocation, and executive decision-making.
The Manager will play a significant role in the monthly Americas close process, global forecasting and consolidation activities, annual operating planning, and long-range financial planning. This individual will lead critical workstreams, including global CapEx planning, financial modeling, and enterprise performance analysis, while helping to drive consistency and rigor across global FP&A processes.
This role combines strong analytical capabilities and process leadership to support Finance leadership and enterprise planning initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Global Forecasting & Consolidations
The Manager, Global Strategic Finance is a key member of the FP&A organization responsible for supporting enterprise forecasting, global financial consolidations, strategic analysis, and capital planning activities. Reporting to the Director, Global Strategic Finance, this role partners with regional finance teams and business leaders to provide financial insights that support planning, resource allocation, and executive decision-making.
The Manager will play a significant role in the monthly Americas close process, global forecasting and consolidation activities, annual operating planning, and long-range financial planning. This individual will lead critical workstreams, including global CapEx planning, financial modeling, and enterprise performance analysis, while helping to drive consistency and rigor across global FP&A processes.
This role combines strong analytical capabilities and process leadership to support Finance leadership and enterprise planning initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Global Forecasting & Consolidations
- Support enterprise forecasting, annual operating planning (AOP), and long-range planning processes.
- Coordinate forecast submissions, validate assumptions, and identify key risks and opportunities.
- Maintain and enhance enterprise forecasting and consolidation models.
- Partner with regional FP&A teams to improve forecast accuracy and consistency.
- Lead financial analysis supporting the monthly Americas close process.
- Prepare variance analyses, trend reporting, and management commentary.
- Partner with Accounting and FP&A teams to explain financial results and key business drivers.
- Support executive reporting packages and performance reviews.
- Own the Americas CapEx forecasting and planning process.
- Consolidate capital investment requests and monitor performance against plan.
- Support resource allocation analyses and strategic investment decisions.
- Develop financial models and business cases for investment opportunities.
- Support enterprise strategic finance initiatives through financial modeling and scenario analysis.
- Develop executive-ready analyses and presentations for Finance leadership.
- Conduct ad hoc analyses related to growth initiatives, cost optimization opportunities, and enterprise priorities.
- Translate complex financial data into actionable recommendations.
- Drive continuous improvement of forecasting, reporting, and planning processes.
- Improve automation, reporting efficiency, and financial data quality.
- Develop expertise in enterprise planning and reporting systems, including OneStream.
- Support implementation of new planning tools and reporting capabilities.
- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical skills.
- Experience with planning systems (OneStream, Anaplan, Hyperion, etc.) and BI tools.
- Ability to manage complex planning cycles and multiple stakeholder groups.
- Strong executive communication and presentation skills.
- Process-oriented mindset with focus on standardization, scalability, and automation.
- Proven ability to identify opportunities for operational improvement and drive execution.
- Forecast accuracy and consistency
- Timely delivery of planning and reporting cycles
- Executive satisfaction with reporting quality
- Adoption of standardized planning processes
- Reduction in manual reporting activities
- Automation and efficiency improvements delivered
- Cross-functional stakeholder effectiveness and influence
- A proven track record of academic and professional excellence
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in economics, finance, accounting, and/or analytics field
- MBA or CPA viewed favorably
- 5-7 years of related business experience
- In-depth financial planning, financial analysis, and business modeling expertise
- Attention to detail with focus on consistency and accuracy
- Deep intellectual curiosity to learn business and financial drivers
- Must be proficient in excel and financial modeling
- Demonstrated ability to leverage AI-enabled tools to improve financial modeling
- Experience with OneStream or Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Essbase is desirable but not required
- Intermediate to advanced technical skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and oral and written communication skills