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The VP Finance, Commercial Risk & Human Capital at Aon will play a pivotal role in driving financial decision support and strategic insights for the Commercial Risk and Human Capital business leaders. This position requires credible strategic and analytic ability to lead financial performance analysis, strategic portfolio financial analysis, and investment optimization, ensuring Aon's continued success in a competitive market.
Aon is in the business of better decisions
At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.
As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.
What The Day Will Look Like
- Decision Support and Leadership for the Solution Line leads in Commercial Risk and Human Capital as well as the Global Regions leader
- Lead the strategic plan on opportunities with the highest growth opportunities and the solution line investments need to bring together the opportunities
- Provide input into the operating plan / strategic planning from a solution line perspective, to achieve financial objectives that lead to top tier market performance
- Lead all aspects of the budget for product development and investments
- Analyze market trends by sub-products within each solution line (i.e. pricing, limit in financial lines) and support strategies to respond to hard and soft markets
- Establish the leading and lagging critical metrics to predict and measure product success
- Cross functional collaboration with the Regional CFOs and distribution teams
- Improve the analytics
- Product profitability - pricing, soft market items (talent products, wealth products)
- Client segment profitability
- Product Investment optimization
- Responsible for financial performance analysis of monthly results and forecast across respective solution lines
- Strategic portfolio financial analysis including:
- Product Profitability
- ROI / ROIC
- Competitive analysis around profitability
- Strategic assessment and insight around M&A
- Partner with the Business, ABS, and Finance to drive the right data architecture and capabilities to enable a step change in the strategic financial analysis described above
Skills and experience that will lead to success
- Top-tier strategic and analytic ability
- Executive presence and credibility
- Ability to build CEO and Board ready materials with minimal direct supervision
- Strategic agility and a proactive ability to garner a deep understanding of the content to “connect dots” across functions and workstreams
- Ability to take an unstructured problem and break into its component pieces
- Experience in segment strategic analysis at a business unit and corporate level
- Strong background in financial modeling and theory including but not limited to: DCF valuations, capital structure and capital markets analysis, multiples analysis, ROIC analysis
- Solid understanding of accounting, cash management, and tax
- Business insight through business experience or close partnership with business divisions
- General project management skills - project plans, risk assessment, etc.
- Attention to detail and execution mentality
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field; MBA or CPA preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in finance, with a focus on financial planning and analysis, business case development, and decision support.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Proven leadership and team management experience.
- Proficiency in financial modeling and analysis tools.
- Ability to lead a team and achieve world-class employee engagement results
- Experience in a sophisticated matrix organization
In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage an inclusive workforce. Plus, our agile environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions for our colleagues as well.
Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.
Aon values an innovative and inclusive workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status. People with criminal histories are encouraged to apply.
We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email
For positions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record in accordance with local Fair Chance ordinances.
Aon is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position. If you are a search firm, you will not be compensated in any way for your submission of a candidate, even if Aon hires that candidate.
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Pay Transparency Laws
The salary range for this position (intended for U.S. applicants) is $225,000 to $275,000 annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant’s geographic location.
This position is eligible to participate in Aon’s annual incentive plans in addition to base salary. The amount of any incentives varies and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan.
Aon offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and regular part-time colleagues, including, but not limited to: a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions; an employee stock purchase plan; consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aon’s discretion; medical, dental and vision insurance. This role does not accrue vacation. Rather, this role is eligible to take paid time off at the discretion of the employee and management in accordance with company policy and practices. Various other types of leaves of absence; paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, health savings account, health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts, employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance; optional personal insurance policies, adoption assistance, tuition assistance, commuter benefits, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.
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