Geico

Manager, State Analytics & Decision Support (Auto Finance)

Geico$115K — $189K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related field; MBA and/or CPA preferred.
  • 5+ years in FP&A/Finance.
  • Experience in P&C insurance is necessary.
  • Strong skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • PowerBI experience is preferred.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
  • Demonstrated strong business acumen and stakeholder understanding.
  • Strong analytical skills to use data for decision-making.
  • Ability to adapt to changing expectations and priorities.
  • Experience in a leadership role.

Responsibilities

  • Lead financial analysis and decision support for state portfolios.
  • Evaluate drivers of new business growth and retention.
  • Analyze rate impacts and underwriting measurement.
  • Assess profitability and manage expense dynamics.
  • Generate and maintain state-level analytics for policy and profitability.
  • Deliver insight-driven narratives linking financial outcomes to operations.
  • Enhance analytics processes and frameworks for decision support.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with three days in the office requirement.
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship.
  • Collaborative workplace culture with cross-functional teams.
  • Potential for high visibility among senior leaders.
  • Engagement in impactful decision-making processes across the organization.
Full Job Description

Role Purpose

The Manager, State Analytics & Decision Support serves as a strategic finance partner to Product State Managers andrelated leaders, translating financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights that support profitable growth. This role sits at the intersection of Financeand Product, with a primary focus on state-level performance, tradeoff analysis, and forward-lookingdecisionsupport.

KeyResponsibilities:

State-Level Financial Leadership

Own Financial analysis and decision support for our portfolio of states, including:

  • New business growth, retention, and mix

  • Rate and underwriting impacts/measurement

  • Profitability and expense dynamics

  • Partner closely with Product State Managers to:

  • Evaluate performance drivers and emerging trends

  • Quantify tradeoffs between growthand profit-driven actions

  • Support data-backed decisions at the state-level

Analytics & Insight Generation

Develop andmaintainstate-levelanalytics, including:

  • Policy, premium, and profitabilityresults/outlooks

  • Sensitivity analyses tied to rate, marketing, or underwriting changes

  • Move beyond reporting to deliver insight-led storytelling that connects financial outcomes to operational levers

  • Develop analytical frameworks and tools that enabledecision-focused insights and storytelling

  • Identifyopportunities to improve analytical frameworks, data usability, and insight timeliness

Senior Leader &Stakeholder Partnership

Serve as a trusted thought partner to:

  • Product leaders

  • State Management support teams

  • Cross-functionalpartners (e.g., Marketing, Competitive Intelligence)

  • Supportfinancial and businessreadouts by distilling complex analyses into clear, decision-ready narratives

  • Anticipate questions and proactively surface risks and opportunities at a state level

Process Improvement & Capability Building

  • Enhance consistency and rigor across finances state analytics

  • Contribute to the evolution of FPAtoward a high-level advisory, forward-looking model

  • Collaborate with peers to share best practices and elevate analytics maturity across the organization

People Leadership & Development

  • Lead, mentor, and developteam memberssupporting state-level analytics

  • Set clear expectations around analytical quality, business partnership, and ownership

  • Build bench strength by coaching team members toward broaderunderstanding of the business,economics, and trade-offs between decisions


Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree in Finance or related field (MBA and/or CPA preferred).
  • 5+ years in FPA/Finance.
  • Must have experience working in PC insurance.
  • Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • PowerBI experience preferred.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong business acumen and proven track record demonstrating ability to deeply understand the needs of the business stakeholders.
  • Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to justify assumptions and develop business cases.
  • Agility to manage changing expectations and priorities.
  • Previous experience as a people leader required.

Location: Chicago, IL or Bethesda, MD; This is a hybrid role with a 3-day in office requirement


Annual Salary

$115,825.00 - $189,625.00

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidates work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.


About Geico

GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is an American auto insurance company with headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It is the second largest auto insurer in the United States, after State Farm. GEICO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway that provides coverage for more than 24 million motor vehicles owned by more than 15 million policy holders as of 2017. GEICO writes private passenger automobile insurance in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The insurance agency sells policies through local agents, called GEICO Field Representatives, and over the phone directly to the consumer, and through their website.
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