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Job of the Day: Prudential Needs a Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis

Posted on by Caleb Newquist

Thumbnail image for Need_a_job.jpgYes, The Rock needs your help. In Hartford, not Spain.
And they’d prefer if you have a CPA, MBA, or CFA. What’s that you say? You’ve got all three? You’re a shoe-in.
Check out the details for a Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis at Prudential in Hartford, CT after the jump.


Company: Prudential
Title: Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis
Location: Hartford, CT
Minimum experience: 5 years
Description: This position is responsible for forecasting all capital requirements, net customer flows (plan sales, plan lapses, and participant contributions and withdrawals), earnings, and investment cash flows for the Full Service segment. Additionally, this position is responsible for analyzing and communicating data and trends that will drive business decisions regarding participant activity, capital positions/flows and investment results. This position has significant interaction with Senior Finance Management within the division.
Responsibilities: Maintain and enhance Full Service planning models consistently and efficiently while meeting deadlines; Manage all aspects of cash flow forecasting and analysis; including monthly cash flow forecasts to senior management and quarterly/annual cash flow forecasts to business partners; Responsible for various forecasting and attribution analysis of specialized items including investment income and equity market appreciation
Skills/Requirements: Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, Actuarial Science or related field. MBA, CFA, or CPA preferred; Minimum of 5 years experience in financial planning or reporting; Strong analytical skills including the ability to identify interrelationships between components of financial information in order to identify key drivers of earnings and other significant trends; Financial services industry experience a strong plus, especially in retirement and/or investments; Advanced Excel skills required; Experience with relational databases (Access) strongly preferred.
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Dear GC,

As I’m sure anyone with their resume on LinkedIn can attest to, I get a plethora of emails from recruiters. I’m currently not looking for another job, but I’ve always heard it is a good idea to find a recruiter to get to know so they’ll have a good feel for the opportunities that are right when that time comes.

I have friends who have used recruiters to obtain positions post-Big 4 but none of them were especially impressed. Do you have any advice for finding the right fit? In my case, I’m interested in getting my MBA and going the IB/PE route and would want to work with someone who has good relationships with local boutiques.

Thanks.


Advanced apologies – I normally don’t write posts before my afternoon whiskey…

Many people hold recruiters in the same light as real estate brokers: sure, they can be forceful, demanding, short with their time, and generally annoying, but they hold the metaphorical (and sometimes, literal) keys to your future. Ideally, you’d like to find one that you can trust. The firm at which the recruiter works at is more important than the recruiter themselves. Why? Because the firm represents clients, and clients means interviews, and interviews mean getting the hell out of your current sitch.

Your recruiter might have two clients (firms, companies, etc.) that are his/her responsibility, but as one of their candidates, you are eligible to receive an interview at any client represented by the firm. Do your homework – try to work with an industry-specific firm that matches up with your background. Ask about their recent placements. Anyone from your firm? Follow up with those people to see what their experience was like.

Sometimes, you will build a great relationship with your recruiter, recommend them to your friends, and invite them to your birthday party. Other times, they are simply a means to an end.

One more thing – start off the conversation by telling the recruiter that you’re interested in the MBA to IB/PE track. Why? Because this is not 2007 when a widget auditor could get a job at Goldman. The recruiter won’t be able to help you, at least not in the way that you think they can. They can’t just snap their fingers and land you on the emerging markets desk trading Brazilian bonds.

Why doesn’t it work that way? Ummm, do you READ the news? Unemployed bankers might as well be the new currency. Recruiters are beating disgruntled/underpaid/unemployed bankers away with sticks right now, all of whom (whom?) are more qualified than your undergraduate degree and 3 parts of a passed CPA exam.

Whiskey, stat.