Latest Job Opening for Accounting & Finance  Job #01103 About our client Our client is a leading financial service institution. Position Location Assistant Vice President, Strategic Planning Aliso Viejo, California Responsibilities 1) Direct the strategic planning and financial analysis function, including development and maintenance of tools and analytics to track and analyze financial performance against plan 2) Make long term projections of financial plans including measuring the growth of the enterprise through Embedded Value techniques, while also establishing and tracking tactical programs and projects (TPPs) and measuring their effectiveness through ROI 3) Coordinate, collaborate and work closely with other Life Division departments, especially Product Development, to ensure product pipeline management is successfully managed to meet long term strategic and financial goals 4) Work with established practices, tools and analysis to tightly manage and analyze Division expenses 5) Build solid relationships with Financial Reporting departments, Budget and Cost teams, to develop the necessary tools and analysis to provide on-going reporting on expense management at the Division, cost center, department and product level 6) Manage direct reports in development of the planning and analysis, as well as manage other departments input, specifically the Financial Modeling and Projections department (FMP) and Valuation departments data input Requirements 1) Degree in finance, accounting or a related field plus an advanced degree or CPA 2) 10+ years of strategic planning experience including experience in the life insurance industry 3) Strong leadership skills, analytical abilities and excellent communication skills 4) Ability to be an effective leader strategically as well as hands-on 5) Proven track record of managing, developing and mentoring a professional staff of finance and accounting professionals