Lead Financial Strategy Associate

Protective Life

Finance Strategy Lead with deep finance expertise shaping strategic initiatives for Protective. Focus on implementation and problem-solving across high-impact projects.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeBirmingham • Alabama • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $99,500 - $145,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner closely with Finance leadership to shape, prioritize, and drive execution of high-impact strategic initiatives.
Bring deep finance and actuarial domain expertise and plays a hands-on role in problem diagnosis, solution design, and decision-making.
Operate across strategy formulation through execution, ensuring initiatives deliver measurable business outcomes while balancing value, risk, and operational feasibility.
Typical initiatives include finance and actuarial data transformation, reporting modernization, regulatory enhancements, system migrations, and cross-functional process redesign.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Actuarial Science, or a related field.
8 years of experience in accounting, finance, actuarial science, or related functions.
Proven ability to partner with senior Finance leaders as a trusted strategic advisor.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
Demonstrated experience owning outcomes across strategy formulation through execution.

Benefits

Comp & perks

We aim to protect the wellbeing of our employees and their families with a broad benefits offering.
Offering comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance.
Support emotional wellbeing through mental health benefits and an employee assistance program.
Work/life balance is important and offers a variety of paid time away benefits (e.g., paid time off, paid parental leave, short-term disability, and a cultural observance day).
Contributions to healthcare accounts, a pension plan, and a 401(k) plan with Company matching.
Encouraged to engage in ProHealth Rewards, Protective’s platform to improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards.

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Hard Skills & Tools

financeactuarial scienceaccountingdata transformationreporting modernizationregulatory enhancementssystem migrationsprocess redesignproblem diagnosissolution design

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solvingcritical thinkingstrategic advisingcollaborationdecision-makingexecutionprioritizationcommunicationleadership