Job Description

Salary Range: $115,000 - $160,000

Job Posting End Date: Monday, April 6, 2026

We’ve Got You Under Our Wing

We are the duck. We develop and empower our people, cultivate relationships, give back to our community, and celebrate every success along the way. We do it all… The Aflac Way .

Aflac, a Fortune 500 company, is an industry leader in voluntary insurance products that pay cash directly to policyholders and one of America's best-known brands. Aflac has been recognized as Fortune’s 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity and as one of World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere.com.

Our business is about being there for people in need. So, ask yourself, are you the duck? If so, there’s a home, and a flourishing career for you at Aflac.

Worker Designation – This role is  hybrid . This means you will be expected to report to one of our Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA for at least 60% of the work week. You will work from your home (within the continental US) for the remaining portion of the work week. Details of this schedule will be discussed with your leadership. 

What does it take to be successful at Aflac?

• Acting as a Champion for Change
• Acting with Integrity
• Communicating Effectively
• Demonstrating Initiative
• Developing Talent
• Managing Performance
• Pursuing Self-Development
• Serving Customers
• Supporting Change
• Supporting Organizational Goals
• Working with Diverse Populations

What does it take to be successful in this role?

• Strong functional skills in financial planning and forecasting, management reporting, data mining/analytics, and data management

• Strong presentation skills

• Experience in multiple core functions/services (e.g., general accounting/transaction processing, Planning, Reporting & Analysis)

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with attention to detail and accuracy

• Excellent project management skills

• Demonstrated creativity in problem solving skills to enable sound decision making

• Excellent verbal and written communication and relationship building skills

• Ability to prioritize, collaborate and reach common agreement with a variety of internal stakeholders

• Ability to influence the organization to implement new policies, procedures and programs

• Serves as a change agent with the ability and drive to effect meaningful and lasting change

Education & Experience Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline
• 8 years of experience in financial planning, analysis and/or operations, preferably in the insurance industry
• 4 years in a leadership/senior/supervisory capacity

Or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Education & Experience Preferred

• CPA, MBA,, or other professional designation preferred

Travel

Less than or equal to 10%

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Leads, manages, and coaches the Corporate FP&A Systems team to develop and maintain FP&A planning and projection systems and to provide certain system administration of SAP Analytics Cloud that enables Corporate FP&A and US FP&A to compile budgets, forecasts, variance analysis and management reporting

• Oversees day-to-day maintenance and operation of Corporate FP&A systems, such as SAP BPC, SAP SAC, etc.; leads application support for Corporate FP&A customers including US FP&A, and other Budget owners outside of FP&A; support includes troubleshooting tools used for data input and reporting

• Oversees the system projects impacting FP&A systems ensuring adherence to project management best practices to drive successful implementation

• Ensures the team provides customer-centric focus to identify and communicate business needs; works to employ best practices in leveraging technology to drive innovation, automate routine processes, improve current applications, and develop new applications that work together to increase the value Corporate FP&A drives for the organization

• Coordinates project initiatives for business users to include blueprinting input / review and testing, review of cutover plans; ensures successful delivery of project expectations, including but not limited to timeliness of completion, establishment of clear objectives that meet the needs of internal and external customers, and facilitation of group discussion and decision-making

• Ensures all program activities comply with relevant legal and regulatory policies, standards, and requirements; provides corrective action as needed to address non-compliance issues

• Stays abreast of current trends and best practices related to process improvements and project management; recommends improvements in processes and procedures to achieve business goals; participates in key management activities and committees; maintains appropriate communications within area of responsibility, advising division senior management accordingly

• Collaborates with Corporate FP&A, US FP&A and operations leaders to install processes and analyses in support of the annual financial planning process

• Monitors program performance metrics and KPIs, provides analysis on trends, issues, and project status; ensures management of program budgets, forecasting, expense tracking, return on investment analysis, and the overall maximization of resource utilization

• Identifies and implements continuous process improvement opportunities in processes and technology across FP&A to drive efficiency, including report development and/or refinement, automated system calculation (“drivers”) development/refinement, and training on new features and functionality

• Maintains and enhances FP&A projection and reporting systems to include model reviews and enhancements, building of driver-based projections, and development of system functionality to drive further projection automation such as predictive analytics

• Works with FP&A Leader to translate business / customer needs into specific action plans for FP&A associates, and to balance workload and resource allocation to meet business needs

• Works with operations business partners to identify business drivers and potential “what-if” scenarios for planning / forecast models

• Represents Corporate FP&A in systems-related work with Corporate IT/COE and any other relevant business partners to facilitate effective communication and appropriate prioritization of issues; Leads UAT efforts on behalf of Corporate FP&A for any new application development and system upgrades

• Meets regularly with US Operations FP&A Business lead to ensure the cadence, breadth and consistency of strategic project reporting continues to meet business unit requirements

• Works to ensure all systems' processes are documented and that the team is sufficiently trained and cross-trained to meet high standards

• Participates in process post-mortems and assists in documenting findings to improve overall performance

• Performs other duties as assigned

Total Rewards

The salary range for this job is $115,000 - $160,000. This range is specific to the job and salary offers consider a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including, but not limited to: education, experience, licensure, certifications, geographic location, and peer compensation. The range has been created in good faith based on information known to Aflac at the time of the posting.

At Aflac, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for the role to allow for future and continued salary growth, and compensation decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each case. This salary range does not include any potential incentive pay or benefits, however, such information will be provided separately when appropriate.

In addition to the base salary, we offer an array of benefits to meet your needs including medical, dental, and vision coverage, prescription drug coverage, health care flexible spending, dependent care flexible spending, Aflac supplemental policies (Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity offered at no costs to employee), 401(k) plans, annual bonuses, and an opportunity to purchase company stock. On an annual basis, you’ll also be offered 11 paid holidays, up to 20 days PTO to be used for any reason, and, if eligible, state-mandated sick leave (Washington employees accrue 1-hour sick leave for every 40 hours worked) and other leaves of absence, if eligible, when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being. Aflac complies with all applicable leave laws, including, but not limited to, sick and safe leave, and adoption and parental leave, in all states and localities.

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