What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance & Operations Analyst, LCARS position at Verisk?
Job Description
The Finance & Operations Analyst plays a key role in driving financial visibility and accountability across the Legal, Compliance, Audit, Risk, and Sustainability (LCARS) functions that report into Verisk’s Chief Legal Officer. This role will report to the Head of Operations for LCARS and will directly support all aspects of financial planning and analysis (FP&A), including budgeting, reforecasting, and spend optimization. A major focus for the Analyst will be vendor spend, particularly on outside counsel expenses.
The ideal candidate is a curious, detail-oriented problem solver who thrives on making sense of complex and disparate data. You will gather and reconcile information to produce a unified and accurate financial picture.
Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Analysis
For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through expertise and scale. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster.
At Verisk, you'll have the chance to use your voice and build a rewarding career that's as unique as you are, with work flexibility and the support, coaching, and training you need to succeed.
For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® for outstanding workplace culture in the US, fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and second consecutive year in Poland. We value learning, caring and results and make inclusivity and diversity a top priority. In addition to our Great Place to Work® Certification, we’ve been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best-Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and Best Employer for Women, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.
We’re 7,000 people strong. We relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation. And we are looking for people like you to help us translate big data into big ideas. Join us and create an exceptional experience for yourself and a better tomorrow for future generations.
Verisk Businesses
Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision
Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences
Property Estimating Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient
Specialty Business Solutions — provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance
Catastrophe and Risk Solutions — provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to catastrophic events.
Marketing Solutions — delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing,relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement
Life Insurance Solutions – offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.
Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger
Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.
Verisk invests in a benefits package for all employees that includes the following: Health Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Disability benefits, and a Paid Time Off program. We offer a competitive total rewards package that includes base salary determined based on role, experience, skill set, and location.
All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability. Verisk’s minimum hiring age is 18 except in countries with a higher age limit subject to applicable law.
https://www.verisk.com/company/careers/
Unsolicited resumes sent to Verisk, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Verisk business mailing address, fax machine or email address, or directly to Verisk employees, will be considered Verisk property. Verisk will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
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The Finance & Operations Analyst plays a key role in driving financial visibility and accountability across the Legal, Compliance, Audit, Risk, and Sustainability (LCARS) functions that report into Verisk’s Chief Legal Officer. This role will report to the Head of Operations for LCARS and will directly support all aspects of financial planning and analysis (FP&A), including budgeting, reforecasting, and spend optimization. A major focus for the Analyst will be vendor spend, particularly on outside counsel expenses.
The ideal candidate is a curious, detail-oriented problem solver who thrives on making sense of complex and disparate data. You will gather and reconcile information to produce a unified and accurate financial picture.
Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Partner with LCARS leaders to manage budgets, track spend, and reforecast quarterly expenses
- Support financial reviews, accrual reporting, and variance analyses
- Consolidate and reconcile data to create accurate and actionable financial reports
- Develop and maintain dashboards and summaries that communicate financial insights and trends to management and leadership
- Review and analyze outside counsel invoices and spend data
- Identify trends, cost drivers, and opportunities to reduce spend
- Partner with Legal and Finance teams to ensure compliance with billing guidelines and accurate financial reporting
- Support accrual tracking and reporting related to outside counsel and other vendors
- Work closely with the broader LCARS Operations team to identify process gaps or inefficiencies and recommend improvements
- Support the integration and consistency of data between LCARS operations systems and corporate finance platforms
- Contribute to strategic initiatives that enhance cost transparency and operational efficiency across LCARS
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
- 2–5 years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A, or operational analytics (prior exposure to legal operations, or supporting Compliance, Audit, Risk, and/or Sustainability functions, is a huge plus).
- Strong analytical and data-management skills, including advanced or expert level Excel proficiency (pivot tables, lookups, financial modeling).
- Comfort working across disparate systems and data sources to reconcile and produce clear, reliable insights.
- Excellent attention to detail, communication skills, and business judgment.
- Proactive, organized, and eager to contribute ideas for improving processes and systems.
- Proven ability to maintain strict confidentiality, as well as strong judgment and discretion.
- Prior experience in creating, maintaining, and evolving dashboards and reporting tools (using Excel and PowerBI).
- Superb track record of building collaborative relationships, earning trust, and fostering a positive, team-oriented work culture.
- Seasoned, knowledgeable and extremely comfortable with platforms / systems, as well as artificial intelligence. Tech advocate or tech-forward, and familiar or experienced with: Oracle or other ERP systems, SimpleLegal or other e-billing platforms, and Microsoft 365 suite of applications (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, Forms, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI).
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For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through expertise and scale. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster.
At Verisk, you'll have the chance to use your voice and build a rewarding career that's as unique as you are, with work flexibility and the support, coaching, and training you need to succeed.
For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® for outstanding workplace culture in the US, fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and second consecutive year in Poland. We value learning, caring and results and make inclusivity and diversity a top priority. In addition to our Great Place to Work® Certification, we’ve been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best-Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and Best Employer for Women, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.
We’re 7,000 people strong. We relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation. And we are looking for people like you to help us translate big data into big ideas. Join us and create an exceptional experience for yourself and a better tomorrow for future generations.
Verisk Businesses
Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision
Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences
Property Estimating Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient
Specialty Business Solutions — provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance
Catastrophe and Risk Solutions — provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to catastrophic events.
Marketing Solutions — delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing,relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement
Life Insurance Solutions – offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.
Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger
Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.
Verisk invests in a benefits package for all employees that includes the following: Health Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Disability benefits, and a Paid Time Off program. We offer a competitive total rewards package that includes base salary determined based on role, experience, skill set, and location.
All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability. Verisk’s minimum hiring age is 18 except in countries with a higher age limit subject to applicable law.
https://www.verisk.com/company/careers/
Unsolicited resumes sent to Verisk, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Verisk business mailing address, fax machine or email address, or directly to Verisk employees, will be considered Verisk property. Verisk will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
Verisk Employee Privacy Notice