Product Performance Analyst

<strong>At Emergent Holdings, we&rsquo;re creating an innovative environment where our employees belong authentically, contribute meaningfully, and thrive intentionally &mdash; both personally and professionally.</strong>

Southfield, USA

Emergent Holdings

<p class="p1"><strong>Emergent Holdings is driven by a singular goal &mdash; improving the health and safety of our customers and our communities. How do we do that? We create innovative insurance products, technology solutions, and services to support our key stakeholders &mdash; individuals, employers, providers, and strategic partners &mdash; improving the health and safety of the people and places we serve.</strong></p> https://emergentholdingsinc.com/

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Non-Manager

Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package

Overview: <br />The product performance analyst is responsible for tracking performance against a plan, analyzing business performance and market conditions to create forecasts, and helping management make tactical and strategic decisions by providing periodic reports. This includes assisting in the annual and long-term financial planning processes, supporting cost allocations to products and clients and analyzing monthly profitability reporting for key insights, and providing actionable reporting to leadership to make business decisions.<br /><br /> <p><strong>WORKING CONDITIONS:</strong></p> <p>Work is performed in both office and remote settings with no unusual hazards.&nbsp;</p>
Responsibilities: <br /> <ul> <li>Support cost allocations function, including allocation methodologies, driver changes, and required research and analysis</li> <li>Guide cost analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures; providing trends and forecasts; explaining processes and techniques; recommending actions.</li> <li>Analyze and provide insights on profitability reporting for products, clients, and projects.</li> <li>Produce monthly reports, which include key metrics, financial results, and variance reporting.</li> <li>Assist finance department with preparation of monthly reporting package and executive financial dashboards.</li> <li>Identify opportunities for performance improvement across the organization.</li> <li>Analyze financial and non-financial data and create&nbsp;<a href="https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/templates/financial-modeling/types-of-financial-models/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">financial models</a>&nbsp;for decision support.</li> <li>Report on performance and prepare for regular leadership reviews.</li> <li>Analyze past results, perform&nbsp;<a href="https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/accounting/variance-analysis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">variance analysis</a>, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements.</li> <li>Work closely with the finance department to ensure accurate financial reporting.</li> <li>Provide analysis of trends and forecasts and recommend actions for optimization.</li> <li>Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and&nbsp;<a href="https://courses.corporatefinanceinstitute.com/courses/excel-dashboard-and-data-visualization-course-online" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Excel dashboards</a>.</li> <li>Increase productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools.</li> <li>Enhance and maintain critical financial and non-financial reports, processes, and analytical tools in alignment with company and departmental needs and priorities.</li> </ul>
Requirements: <br /> <p><strong>EDUCATION:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or a related field.&nbsp;</li> <li>Master&rsquo;s degree in a related field preferred.&nbsp;</li> <li>Relevant combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of degree.&nbsp;</li> <li>Continuous learning, as defined by the Company&rsquo;s learning philosophy, is required.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <br /> <p><strong>EXPERIENCE:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Seven (7) years experience of progressive responsibility in a related environment with demonstrated technical knowledge that provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities required.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <br /> <p><strong>SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES (SKA) REQUIRED:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Ability to work effectively in a team environment.</li> <li>Strong working knowledge of Excel and financial modeling</li> <li>Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills</li> <li>Attention to accuracy and detail required</li> <li>Excellent organizational, planning, verbal, and written communication skills.</li> <li>Ability to understand and perform financial calculations such as proportions, percentages, profit margins.</li> <li>Ability to develop and manage cost allocation methodologies.</li> <li>Ability to effectively present financial, budgetary, and/or cost information, and respond to questions as appropriate.</li> <li>Competence to analyze financial and non-financial data</li> <li>Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.&nbsp;</li> <li>Ability to effectively exchange information, in verbal or written form, by sharing ideas, reporting facts and other information, responding to questions, and employing active listening techniques.</li> <li>Ability to work independently, within a team environment, and communicate effectively with employees at all levels</li> <li>Excellent knowledge and use of existing software packages (Visio, Minitab, Power BI, Tableau, PowerPoint, Excel, Word).</li> </ul>