Senior Associate, Technical Business Mgt Office at Prudential Ins Co of America in Newark, New Jersey

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Technology - Project Mgmt/Business Analysis
Prudential’s Global Technology team is the spark that ignites the power of Prudential for our customers and employees worldwide. Our organization plays a critical and highly visible role in delivering customer-driven solutions across every area of the company. The Global Technology team is made up of diverse, agile-thinking, and highly-skilled professionals; we use our combined capabilities to enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency. 
The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA. When you join the Global Technology organization at Prudential, you’ll unlock a challenging and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions.

Job Description:
As a member of the Technical Business Management Office (TBMO) you will be a key contributor in providing the technical leadership team with comprehensive views and analytical insights on technology spending, resource utilization, performance of technical operations and strategic initiative portfolios across the Global Technology - Enterprise Digital Technology (EDT) and U.S. Insurance & Retirement (USIR) organization. This will involve tracking of the multi-year financial forecast of operational, strategic, and future of work investments in technology, reporting/validation of technology spending and outcomes against plans, and clear articulation of accomplishments, challenges and risks across the technology portfolio. Your mission is to provide the leadership team with the information and insights required to effectively manage the technical operations and drive decision-making.

Job Responsibilities:
• Contribute in all aspects of collecting, validating and presenting key data points, performance measures and insights with accuracy, timeliness and consistency, for the purpose of providing a comprehensive viewpoint into the health of Global Technology EDT/USIR operations and strategic initiatives portfolios
• Support monthly financial reporting processes, including data analysis, identification of key trends and resolution of expense reporting inconsistencies
• Support the Global Technology EDT/USIR management and Finance teams in the development and tracking of the multi-year financial budget/forecast
• Develop, analyze, and articulate an in-depth understanding of expense drivers and key performance measures that enable a consistent view across the EDT/USIR Technology organization to drive decision-making and facilitate management actions
• Effectively prioritize and complete significant ad hoc requests from various stakeholders
• Resolve technology, finance and business partner inquiries related to technology spend
• Drive continuous improvement within operational and financial reporting policies and procedures to ensure information is derived in an accurate, timely and consistent manner across the Global Technology EDT/USIR organization
• Assist the development of management presentations to ensure key messages are captured and action steps are well defined to enable swift decision-making

Qualifications:
• Bachelors Degree with background in IT preferred
• 1-3 years of relevant experience in Planning, Business Analysis and/or Project Management
• Excellent analytical skills with strong aptitude for proactive problem solving
• Proven strong attention to detail and follow‐through skills
• Strong Microsoft Suite skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access); PowerBI & Tableau experience is a plus.
• Highly organized, collaborative, creative, and adept at handling multiple, changing priorities
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written) to work effectively with team members, leadership, and other departments, with ability to translate complex topics into easily digestible messages
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to partner effectively with all levels including senior management
• Discretion to deal with confidential/financial information
• Sense of urgency – Priorities may require quick turn-around for senior management preview and presentations
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while working on multiple tasks with competing priorities both independently and within a team construct
• Embodies a continuous improvement mindset, with ability to proactively identify, analyze, and improve upon existing processes for optimization

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.

We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status , medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law. 

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates.

Note that this posting is intended for individual applicants. Search firms or agencies should email Staffing at staffingagencies@prudential.com for more information about doing business with Prudential.

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