Finance Manager, North America Aon Global Risk Consulting

Aon is in the business of better decisionsAt Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed. What the day will look like Financial Planning and Forecasting * Lead the annual operating plan, periodic forecast, and long-range planning processes for North America AGRC. * Develop clear revenue, salary, operating expense, and operating income outlooks based on current performance, business assumptions, pipeline activity, hiring plans, and operational drivers. * Partner with AGRC leaders to evaluate forecast risks and opportunities and translate them into actionable plans. * Maintain transparent bridges between actual results, forecast, operating plan, and prior-year performance. * Assess the timing and financial impact of growth investments, replacement hiring, attrition, and other workforce changes. * Ensure that forecast assumptions are supported by appropriate business drivers and are consistently reflected in financial systems and management reporting.Business Partnership and Decision Support * Serve as a trusted finance partner to North America AGRC leadership and the broader Commercial Risk finance organization. * Provide financial insight on business performance, growth priorities, investments, productivity, and resource allocation. * Develop business cases for proposed investments, including expected revenue, cost, utilization, timing, payback, and margin implications. * Challenge business assumptions constructively and help leaders distinguish between baseline performance, committed growth, and incremental investment opportunities. * Coordinate with regional, practice, controllership, workforce planning, and global finance teams on issues that cross organizational or geographic boundaries. * Translate complex financial topics into concise, decision-oriented recommendations for senior leadership.Performance Management and Reporting * Lead monthly and quarterly financial reviews for AGRC, including revenue, compensation, operating expense, margin, and operating income performance. * Prepare insightful management reporting and presentation materials for AGRC and Commercial Risk leadership. * Identify and explain material variances, emerging trends, and changes in the outlook. * Develop and maintain relevant financial and operational metrics, including revenue growth, margin, revenue-to-salary relationships, headcount, hiring progress, and investment performance. * Improve the clarity, consistency, and efficiency of financial reporting while maintaining sufficient detail for business decision-making. * Support QBRs, forecast reviews, planning reviews, and other leadership forums.Revenue, Expense, and Allocation Management * Develop a detailed understanding of AGRC's revenue model, including directly billed services, services embedded within broader client arrangements, intercompany activity, and allocations across regions and practices. * Partner with Controllership and business teams to support accurate revenue and expense recognition. * Review and coordinate recurring or complex revenue and expense allocations, including corporate, national, regional, intercompany, and cross-border activity. * Analyze the impact of allocation methodologies on regional and practice results and recommend improvements where appropriate. * Support review and approval of accruals, reclasses, and other financial entries affecting AGRC. * Maintain clear supporting documentation and appropriate controls for significant financial adjustments.Process Improvement and Financial Governance * Strengthen forecasting, reporting, allocation, and planning processes through better standardization, documentation, and automation. * Improve the quality and traceability of assumptions,