Job Description

Argo Group is a leader in specialty insurance with a vibrant culture built on respect, equality, wellness and opportunity. We’re an innovative organization that’s small enough to be agile and big enough to make a difference in our industry.  

Our flexible workplace is continuously evolving to ensure all employees feel: 

Comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. 
Confident that they will be treated respectfully. 
Recognized for their performance and provided with equal opportunities to succeed. 

At Argo, skill meets opportunity. If you’re wired to raise your hand and ask, “Where can I help?”, you’ll thrive with us. 

Argo Group currently has a challenging opportunity for a Financial Planning Analyst. The position can be located in New York City, Chicago, Richmond or San Antonio, TX.  This self-motivated individual will support the planning, forecasting and analysis of financial activities at the corporate level and report to Group FP&A.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Assist in analytical review of actual results versus prior year, plan, and forecast at varying levels of the organization for support functions and business segments.

Interact with business department leaders across Argo Group, communicating a clear point of view and providing analytical support.

Provide expense oversight, reporting, and variance analysis to key business partners.

Partner with business teams by providing financial expertise for key business decisions in a timely, accurate and actionable manner.

Assist business leaders in financial planning and forecasting activities.

Work closely with business teams to create financial models and analyses that provide intelligence for key business decisions.

Ability to coordinate and manage multiple projects and priorities.

Ability to consolidate and model large amounts of data to work with business owners to answer key business questions.

Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree, Accounting, Finance, or equivalent analytical discipline.

Strong relationship building, interpersonal communication and collaboration skills.

Track record of working with business owners to develop and define key business questions and build datasets to answer those questions.

Experience building complex and dynamic ad hoc models, clearly identifying assumptions and drivers.

3+ years of experience in planning, forecasting and financial modeling.

Experience with Oracle, Cognos BI and Cognos Planning or Hyperion is preferred.

Property & Casualty insurance industry experience is preferred.

Advanced analytical skills.

Proficient in the use of computer programs, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.