[Hiring] Director, FP&A Modeling & Strategic Initiatives @CNO Financial Group, Inc.

Role Description

CNO Financial Group’s Finance Department is hiring a Director, FP&A Modeling & Strategic Initiatives to provide complex financial data analysis and modeling for strategic business decisions and Enterprise initiatives. This highly collaborative role serves as the FP&A lead for Enterprise projects and influences and shapes decisions by translating data into actionable insights for senior leaders, driving outcomes through strong project management.
• Serve as the FP&A project lead and primary point of accountability for enterprise strategic initiatives, including acting as the business lead for FP&A and EPM tool implementations.
• Lead project-based modeling and analysis to support large corporate initiatives, strategic transactions, and capital investments.
• Own advanced financial and capital modeling, including analysis of key drivers of free cash flow and their impact on business performance and strategic decisions.
• Deliver high-quality financial analysis that goes beyond aggregation, focusing on interpretation, insights, implications, and clear recommendations for senior leadership.
• Partner directly with senior leaders to develop assumptions, scenarios, and projections supporting annual planning, forecasting, and long-range initiatives.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, timelines, and deliverables to ensure accurate, timely, and decision-ready financial outputs.
• Maintain strong financial governance, documentation, and controls across FP&A processes and enterprise initiatives.

Qualifications
• Possess advanced financial analysis, modeling (including consolidated plan), and reporting expertise.
• Excel as a business partner, translating processes and data into meaningful insights and value-added recommendations for senior leaders.
• Act as a dynamic people leader with experience building, training, and developing high-performing FP&A or analytical teams.
• Are highly collaborative, results-driven mindset with strong problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills.
• Manage multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining quality, accuracy, and timeliness.

Requirements
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 5 years of people management experience.
• 10 years of relevant experience.

Benefits
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Short-term & long-term disability insurance.
• Paid time-off and corporate holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• Company paid life insurance.