Expense Lead, Evernorth Behavioral Health - Hybrid at Cigna in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Role Summary:

Evernorth Behavioral Health is a growth engine for the Evernorth segment and for The Cigna Group.It is leading the way to create new health services and bring them to new markets.It is also at the forefront of making mental healthcare more accessible and more impactful for the people we serve. This new role will serve as the Lead Expense Controller for Evernorth Behavioral Health, responsible for augmenting and accelerating insights into the business' operating expenses. This will entail budget management, expense pricing, and expense analytics. This role will also manage valuation and business case analysis for the Behavioral investment portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the Finance Lead for all Behavioral-related expenses ($200M annually).Collaborate with business partners to understand the business needs, set budgets, and track expenses.Act as a trusted advisor to the extended Behavioral Leadership Team.


• Manage the monthly and quarterly expense reporting process.Analyze and explain the fundamental drivers of variance. Develop and communicate clear executive-level talking points.Design and implement meaningful summary exhibits and presentations. Continuously monitor and update.


• Leverage systems and tools to develop meaningful new OpEx insights.Create automated and flexible reporting processes that can efficiently deliver updates that guide the business.


• Create strong connections between Behavioral products and the Behavioral budget. Oversee modeling and analysis to assign cost estimates to new and existing products.These insights will be critical for Behavioral's product development and go-to-market pricing decisions.


• Support Behavioral strategy and investment portfolio decisions by developing business cases for all of Behavioral's portfolio projects. Incorporate investment expenses into the broader budgeting and expense reporting process.


• Manage a team of 2 financial analysts.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Math, or related field preferred


• MBA, FSA, ASA, CFA, CPA or other advanced certification preferred


• 5+ years of experience in finance or related field


• Highly analytical with the ability to translate large amounts of data and information into strategic and actionable insights and business recommendations


• Goal oriented and personally accountable; resourceful and self-directed


• Ability to work in a matrix environment, developing strong working relationships with a wide range of business partners

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.