VP Finance Strategy & Transformation

VP Finance Strategy & Transformation

Requirements

• 10+ years of technical/professional experience, including 5+ years in a senior leadership or management role
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred)
• Experience in insurance, reinsurance or financial services industry preferred
• Certifications such as PMP, CPA, or MBA strongly preferred
• Extensive experience in finance transformation, FP&A, and enterprise data strategy
• Strong background in enterprise-wide project management, process optimization, and strategic planning
• Experience with finance data architecture, data governance, and modern data platforms (e.g. Athena, AWS, Postgres, Python, PowerBI/Tableau, Oracle Enterprise Business Suite)
• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate with senior executives, operational leaders, and technical teams

Responsibilities

• Drive the delivery of Athene’s quarterly, annual, and medium-term financial goals through world-class business performance management processes, systems, and capabilities
• Align transformation efforts with business objectives to reduce costs and improve overall financial performance
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive transformation roadmap aligned with enterprise-wide strategic goals and evolving business requirements
• Identify opportunities to optimize processes, enhance automation, upgrade technology infrastructure, and improve data quality and governance, including short-term tactical improvements when appropriate
• Partner with data engineers and analytics teams to establish robust data pipelines, models, and warehouses to support advanced reporting and forecasting within a complex financial ecosystem
• Lead the implementation of data governance frameworks and controls to ensure accuracy, consistency, and security of financial data
• Position the Finance function as a key enabler of enterprise data strategy through clean, accessible, and actionable data
• Lead large-scale, cross-functional, and enterprise-wide transformation initiatives with significant business impact
• Facilitate the prioritization, management and resourcing of projects across the Finance team based on evolving functional needs, resource capacity, risk exposure, and strategic interdependencies
• Act as a change agent, driving cultural adoption, organizational alignment, and innovation across multiple business units
• Partner with executive and functional leaders to ensure transformation initiatives are aligned with company-wide goals and consider interdependencies between the insurance companies, the affiliated investment manager and asset manager and parent company
• Coordinate with technology, operations, and business stakeholders to ensure end-to-end integration of new processes and tools
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling to support strategic initiatives
• Manage the annual budget process and lead month-end close and forecasting cycles for project costs
• Deliver insights and recommendations to drive informed financial decisions
• Mentor and lead high-performing finance and transformation teams through complexity and change
• Foster a culture of partnering with business users to understand their needs and challenges, and collaborating with them to develop and deliver appropriate solutions with agility, accountability, and continuous improvement

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in insurance, reinsurance or financial services industry preferred
• Master’s degree preferred
• Certifications such as PMP, CPA, or MBA strongly preferred