[Remote] Director, Finance

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Aegon seeks a Director of Financial Planning & Analysis to provide decision-useful financial insight across the company. The role leads enterprise FP&A, reporting, forecasting, financial data management, and analytics while partnering with leaders and teams across finance, technology, actuarial, and business units.

Responsibilities

• Build an inclusive, high-performing FP&A environment through clear priorities, coaching, collaboration, and accountability
• Lead enterprise FP&A activities that translate financial and operational performance into clear, actionable insights for senior leaders and business partners
• Partner with Finance, Technology, Actuarial, and business teams to identify, source, organize, and optimize financial and operational data for reporting and decision support
• Drive the development and maintenance of scalable data structures that support management reporting, executive dashboards, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic analysis
• Deliver accurate and timely analysis of US GAAP results, capital considerations, and operational KPIs, highlighting trends, risks, opportunities, and decision implications
• Establish and continuously improve modern finance platforms, reporting frameworks, data flows, and governance practices that strengthen transparency, consistency, and scalability
• Partner with leaders across business units to connect business drivers with financial outcomes and support coordinated planning
• Develop integrated forecasts, scenarios, and performance views that reflect the needs of our company
• Provide constructive challenge to assumptions, explain performance drivers, and frame alternatives in a balanced, fact-based manner
• Promote common definitions, controls, and quality standards for management information while partnering effectively with relevant accounting, capital, risk, data, and operational teams
• Communicate complex financial topics in accessible language tailored to varied executive, finance, and business audiences
• Collaborate with stakeholders across business units, including international operations, to support reporting, analytics, and evolving business needs
• Serve as a subject matter expert and strategic advisor on financial data management, reporting processes, and analytics best practices
• Participate in budget planning and overall expense management
• Provide direction and mentorship to team members while fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Serve as SOX process owner; understand processes and controls to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Oversee treatment of reporting errors and control deficiencies
• Serve as a point person for ad hoc requests, strategic projects, and executive-level reporting needs

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, or equivalent experience
• 12 years of accounting/finance experience including eight years of management experience
• Extensive knowledge of assigned business area (e.g. investments, premiums, corporate finance)
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Ability to effectively communicate, orally and in writing, to diverse audiences
• Organizational and prioritization skills
• Advanced computer skills in MS Office, Excel and financial business systems
• CPA, MBA, Master's degree in Finance, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, or related field
• Experience leading enterprise data transformation, reporting modernization, or finance analytics initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to work across finance, actuarial, technology, and business functions to deliver data-driven solutions
• Experience with financial data warehousing, data aggregation, and enterprise reporting environments
• Strong knowledge of business intelligence and reporting tools such as Power BI
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and executive decision-making processes
• Familiarity with cloud-based data environments such as AWS and enterprise planning platforms such as Oracle
• Experience working with complex, multi-source financial and operational data
• Exposure to AI-enabled analytics, data discovery, or reporting solutions
• Insurance, financial services, actuarial, or related industry experience preferred
• Experience partnering with geographically dispersed or international business teams

Benefits

• Hybrid (In Office: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays)
• Typically eligible for an Annual Bonus based on the Company Bonus Plan/Individual Performance and at the Company’s discretion.

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