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Role Value Proposition:

On MetLife’s Data & Analytics Strategy, Planning, and Portfolio Management team, what you build here matters. We view our solutions through the eyes of the customers, striving to transform and simplify their experience. Whether your focus is on keeping our customers’ and employees’ data and information safe, developing best-in-class digital and cloud solutions, or leveraging data and analytics to transform customer insights into customer-first solutions, you make an impact for the customers we serve. We each play an integral role in bringing MetLife’s purpose of building a more confident future to life.

This newly created role offers an exciting opportunity to support financial planning, workforce tracking, vendor governance, and operational reporting across the U.S. D&A organization. Reporting directly to the Director of Expense and Vendor Management, you’ll gain hands-on experience in enterprise financial operations and vendor management while helping to build and standardize processes that improve transparency and scalability across teams.

This role is a great fit for someone looking to grow into a Senior Financial Analyst or Vendor Management Lead role over time.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Reporting:

* Assist in key processes related to preparing, submitting, and reconciling monthly financial forecasts and annual budgets

* Contribute to the creation of variance analyses and commentary.

* Help with the tracking of cost centers, billing activities, forecast changes and budget transfers.

* Support the development of consolidated financial views for leadership reporting.

Workforce & Operational Support:

* Maintain accurate records of FTE and FTC headcount across D&A pillars.

* Partners with Team leads to reflect workforce changes in planning tools.

* Support reporting needs for labor cost tracking and capacity planning.

Process Improvement & Collaboration:

* Contributes to the development of standardized templates and reporting frameworks.

* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistency and scalability in financial operations.

* Participate in tool enhancements and automation initiatives to improve reporting efficiency.

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:

Required:

* 3-5 years of experience in financial planning, analysis, or workforce planning.

* Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or relevant experience.

* Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills, including pivot tables and advanced formulas.

* Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

* Strong communication, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills.

Preferred:

* Willingness to learn financial systems such as Apptio and other enterprise tools.

* Curiosity and openness to using automation and AI tools (e.g., Copilot) to improve workflows

At MetLife, we’re leading the global transformation of an industry we’ve long defined. United in purpose, diverse in perspective, we’re dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our customers.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Disability/Veterans

If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.

MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.