Investment Finance Rotational Program
- Employer
- Allstate Insurance Company
- Location
- Northbrook, Illinois
- Salary
- Not Specified
- Closing date
- Sep 23, 2019
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- Category
- Financial Services
- Job Type
- Not Specified
- Career Level
- Not Specified
Job Details
Where good people build rewarding careers.
Think that working in the insurance field can’t be exciting, rewarding and challenging? Think again. You’ll help us reinvent protection and retirement to improve customers’ lives. We’ll help you make an impact with our training and mentoring offerings. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to expand and apply your skills in ways you never thought possible. And you’ll have fun doing it. Join a company of individuals with hopes, plans and passions, all using and developing our talents for good, at work and in life.
Job Description
Allstate is a Fortune 100 company and industry leader offering a competitive salary with extensive benefits, including:
- Ample opportunity for career movement across the enterprise
- Tuition reimbursement
- Flexible schedules with work/life balance
- Generous paid time off
- Diverse and inclusive work environment
Allstate Investments manages approximately $90 Billion of assets. Our goal is to provide sustainable, competitive, risk-adjusted investment returns and investment related services for the benefit of The Allstate Corporation. Investment performance for our portfolios has consistently provided excess returns for our customers, and we attribute that success in large part to the quality of our people. The size of the investment group exceeds 300 individuals across a variety of investment disciplines including, fixed income, equities, private securities, commercial mortgages and derivative asset classes, as well as, finance and technology. We recognize that our employees are our ultimate advantage and we seek to attract and retain highly qualified individuals with strong academic backgrounds, a deep interest in investments and a desire to be challenged.
Job Description and Responsibilities
After completing a robust onboarding and training program, you will join Investment Finance, the finance, accounting and operations functions for Allstate’s investment manager. You will gain knowledge of specific investment strategies and goals and how they relate to the overall Investments priorities. In addition, you will develop an understanding of Allstate’s diverse investment portfolio and how various areas of Investments partner with each other and the other Business Units. We work across multiple areas to provide critical analytics, technical accounting, insightful reporting and consultative support to drive optimal business performance. We recommend creative solutions that guide strategy and improve operating results. Our financial reporting, deep-dive analytics and focus on financial projections is essential as we collaborate with senior leadership across the corporation.
- Three 8-month rotations in different areas within Investments Finance
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The Analyst will be a key member of the team, focused on building a broad foundational knowledge through phased rotational assignments with responsibility for the following items:
- Collaborate with business partners to identify emerging issues and assist in implementation of strategies
- Isolate key drivers, quantify impacts, and forecast implications to the business
- Prepare and help build storyline for financial updates
- Analyze and report financial results, utilizing multiple data sources, to influence and drive action within finance and our business partners
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree completed by no later than June 30, 2020
- BA or BS in Finance, Accounting, Investments Economics, Mathematics, Business or related area of study
- Minimum 3.25 GPA
- Strong work ethic, including ability to follow-up, focus on details and take initiative
- Analytical skills to compile information
- Oral and written communication skills to work effectively across the organization
- Interpersonal skills to collaborate in a team environment
- General understanding of financial and accounting concepts
- Time management and organization skills with a shown ability to multi-task
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel required. Working knowledge of Power Point and Word
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
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As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary – but that’s just the beginning. Our Total Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k). Plus, you’ll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life -- including a generous paid time off policy.
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Company
- Website
- https://www.allstate.com/
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