What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Leadership Program (FLP) - full-time MBA rotational program position at Fidelity Investments?
Job Description:
FIDELITY FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
ASSOCIATE, FULL-TIME ROLE
The Financial Leadership Program (FLP), a two-year leadership development program, is designed to prepare high-performing, high-potential talent from diverse backgrounds for leadership roles in Fidelity’s Finance organization. The program, which was founded in 1998, combines four challenging, six-month assignments across multiple business units, workshops and training sessions to further develop your critical leadership, business, and analytical skills.
Each FLP associate is matched with a sponsor who helps to ensure that you are successful in achieving your goals. Sponsors are senior finance leaders who serve as your mentor and manager throughout the program. The sponsor guides the selection of assignments, provides business insight, feedback and coaching.
Fidelity Finance hosts a series of day-long trainings, many of which are unique to the FLP. These events are designed to broaden your understanding of Fidelity’s businesses and prepare you for a leadership role in Finance.
The relationships you build through the program’s extensive alumni, the Finance organization, and business partners will help provide you with the guidance and opportunities necessary for your continued growth and development during your career at Fidelity.
HOW YOUR WORK IMPACTS THE ORGANIZATION
During your rotations, you will work on strategic, high-priority projects addressing the critical initiatives of the business unit and Fidelity Finance community. Through these projects, you will have the opportunity to work alongside senior finance leaders to assess their business challenges/opportunities, provide value added analysis to drive decision-making, and develop strategies to meet the team’s objectives. Typically, these projects focus in the areas of pricing, product, customer, cost and business driver analysis, and financial planning and analysis. Your ability to take on a leadership role and build meaningful relationships with business partners will drive your project to a successful completion and deliver a long-lasting impact to the organization.
THE VALUE YOU DELIVER
- Leading strategic initiatives through project planning, project management, in-depth analysis and the delivery of key findings with recommendations when appropriate
- Creating and operating complex financial models to inform business decisions, identify opportunities for improvement and to ultimately drive the decision-making process
- Preparing final deliverables and materials summarizing the analytical findings of your work, along with actionable recommendations for senior finance and business leaders THE EXPERTISE WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- Four-to-six years of significant work experience with increasing responsibility
- MBA required
- Ability to work in Boston, MA and Smithfield, RI site locations based on rotational assignments and final placement
- An unrestricted right to work in the US on a permanent basis THE SKILLS YOU BRING
- Your strong financial, analytical, modeling and strategic thinking skills
- Your excellent project management, communication, collaboration and influencing skills
- Your demonstrated leadership capabilities and ability to influence and manage change
- Your ability to work independently, quickly assess situations, analyze problems, complete a project or analysis and move on to a new project
- Your potential to become a senior finance leader
COMPANY OVERVIEW
At Fidelity, we are focused on making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associate for their unique perspectives and experiences.
For more information about the program and working at Fidelity, please check out our website: https://jobs.fidelity.com/page/show/students
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Finance
