Come join one of America’s fastest-growing insurance companies. Since 1848, National Life Group has aimed to keep our promises, providing families with stability in good times and in bad. Throughout that history, we have provided peace of mind to those families as they plan their futures.

Our mission extends beyond the insurance and annuities policies that we offer. We strive to make the world a better place through our grants from our charitable foundation, paid volunteer time for our employees, environmentally sustainable and healthy workplaces, and events that promote the work of nonprofits in our own backyard.

We foster a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and encourage our associates to live our values: Do good. Be good. Make good.

Please note that we do not offer visa sponsorship for this position.

Role Summary

The Distribution Finance team is responsible for the financial health of NLG’s life and annuity sales– providing financial leadership through insights and recommendations, monitoring trends and driving National Life Group to be a culture of fact-based decision makers. This position provides financial support to key business partners across the organization including financial planning and analysis, financial and operational metrics, and financial forecasting. This is a multi-faceted project and operational support role that focuses on National Life’s selling customers. To provide an outstanding experience to our customers, it is critical that we have timely, accurate, and impactful insights and analysis. We are seeking an analyst to generate and deliver value that will drive improvements, and enable smart decision making, in a pay for performance environment. In this role you will work with a broad set of data sources, analytical tools and visualization software to help the business solve real problems and drive desired results.

A successful candidate will display strong analytical as well as interpersonal skills, and a deep interest in understanding our business. The ability to develop strong relationships with our internal and external customers, fully understanding their needs, and using data to drive business impact will be paramount. This position will work as part of a team on the day-to-day enterprise distribution finance processes and have the ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

This position currently offers an onsite hybrid work schedule, with the expectation that you are in the office four (4) days per week during onsite core days. Our current onsite core days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The work schedule type and core days are subject to change with advance notification and manager discretion.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Modeling and computation of Distribution incentive and compensation programs
Analysis and implementation of enhancements to incentive programs and compensation structures, capitalizing on behavioral drivers and achieving Distribution goals
Partnering with Distribution to establish and maintain strong relationships with business leaders to understand their focus and related incentives. Develop a ‘thinking partner’ relationship with them in achieving Distribution goals, bringing modeling, data, and analysis to recommend and illuminate their decision-making
Develop and maintain incentive forecasting and program effectiveness tools to assist in the evaluation of Distribution financial health and expense management
Build cross-functional partnerships and collaborate with other business units throughout the organization to maintain financial consistency and awareness

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Data Analytics, or a related field
Strong financial and analytical background, with the desire to think critically
Exceptional data organizational skills, including proficiency in excel
Caring curiosity, demonstrated in proactive & reactive solutioning, asking questions, learning this business, knowledge building connected to the outcome and the impact on others