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Hartford, Ct, Us

Hartford, Ct, Us

Rocky Hill, Connecticut, United States

Manage resources and deliver global segment financial results to senior management. Support the production of the annual financial business plan across all departments and geographic locations. Prepare insightful analysis to support the commercial decision making process. Oversee program and portfolio management of the Health Reinsurance Managing General Agent. Oversee and evaluate the end-to-end management of the underwriting, binding, policy administration, claims, distribution, auditing, and reporting through the Health Re Managing General Agent.

Rocky Hill, Connecticut, United States

Driving the development of strategic approaches and organizational planning goals for the Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) and Reinsurance Executive Committee. Prepare and implement best practice methodologies and tools to drive continuous business improvement initiatives across Aspen Re. Lead cross-functional projects to deliver on corporate, strategic, financial, and business objectives, while maximizing productivity, accountability, and quality. Manage relationships with Reinsurance Executive Committee and members of Aspen's leadership teams to achieve business performance and financial results aligned with plan objectives, including progress on significant milestones. Monitor market conditions and competitor behavior to determine potential impact on Aspen Re's strategy and appropriate actions.

West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Product owner for team of data analysts / scientists charged with improving customer experience, profitability, and operational efficiency. Used Agile-based strategy and prioritization setting for in-flight and pipeline projects. Developed and refined project pipeline by understanding department needs and how team’s skill set could create effective solutions. Analyzed in-force blocks of business through multiple lenses and evaluated opportunities for impacting short-term and long-term profitability. Drove multiple artificial intelligence (AI) applications from ideation through deployment for actuarial, operational, and compliance divisions, saving hundreds of manual hours, via web scraping, ML, automation, and data visualization.

Windsor, Connecticut, United States

Primary finance lead for IT function with operating budget of $XXXM and team of 7 finance professionals. Conducted monthly reconciliation of actual IT expenses with detailed variance analysis across functional and allocated business line splits and quarterly expense forecasting. Owned capital planning for IT function, with insights on upcoming financial impacts provided to IT and business leads. Conducted periodic allocation analysis and recommendations from IT function to business lines. Reviewed cost / benefit assumptions on large-scale strategic projects and integration of plans into larger forecast. Partnered with IT leaders to shape strategic plans and define cost management goals.

Windsor, Connecticut, United States

Led all financial reporting aspects related to Information Technology expenses. Delivered monthly expense allocation reports to business segment leaders and variance reporting to corporate and business segment finance teams. Facilitated executive-level presentations and data visualization dashboards of forecasted expenses and allocated impacts to business segments. Partnered with IT leaders regarding messaging of expense drivers and long-term strategic intent.

Windsor, Connecticut, United States

Controlled program-level expenses for $350M strategic initiative – involved projects across business segments and functional areas, including monthly expense accruals and reconciliation for projects with detailed variance analysis. Provided quarterly commentary to Investor Relations team for expenses and prepared Q&A for quarterly earnings presentations.

Windsor, Connecticut, United States

Oversaw requirements for completed reinsurance deals, including serving as CFO / Director for Langhorne, a captive entity holding Stable Value liabilities. Provided monthly settlement updates of post-execution reinsurance deals to drive cashflow payments between cedant and reinsurer. As CFO of Langhorne, delivered quarterly updates and recommendations to Board of Directors on Langhorne company’s risk profile, asset sufficiency, and capital requirements, and meetings with reinsurers and consultants to explore potential future deal opportunities.

Windsor, Connecticut, United States

Led several aspects of $X.XB reinsurance transaction: data diligence, proforma financial projections, and deal operationalization. Transaction closed, leading to $XXXM distributable earnings benefit. Managed $XB reinsurance transaction, including acting as key contact for counterparties and developing strategies for preparing and presenting product block for counterparty review. Produced $XXM in distributable earnings benefit. Completed $XXB reinsurance transaction, allowing for up to $XXXM of statutory reserve relief. Led and helped to lead project teams related to accounting, financial projection, and investment guidelines.

Windsor, Connecticut, United States

Led pricing / financial support for product pricing overhaul, driving increases in Corporate Market product line annual sales by $XXXM+. Created flexible expense model, allowing variable pricing for more aggressive sales approach for large client targets.

Windsor, Connecticut, United States

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Awarded membership, Beta Gamma Sigma

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Mathematics