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Prudential Financial, Inc. is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services. For more information, please visit www.prudential.com.

The Vice President, Annuity Product Management will create and execute against a strategic vision for the annuity product line. The incumbent will be the owner of the annuity product line and will be responsible for managing the entire product line - identifying new product opportunities, maintaining existing products and understanding the competitive marketplace. The successful candidate must possess a strong working knowledge of the annuity market and be able to effectively partner with customers to create unique product solutions and maintain the integrity of the product line. This position will assume ultimate responsibility for all annuity initiatives and will have direct reports that will assist in managing these development efforts.
Responsibilities:
* Fully understand all aspects of annuity products, systems, pricing, legal infrastructure and administrative policies.
* Serve and be accountable as business owner for cross-functional development teams for new product initiatives.
* Strong understanding of pricing and the variables impacting profitability.
* Supervise and champion compliance with state regulatory updates and issues Stay abreast of market landscape including competitive issues and challenges.
* Work closely with all functional leaders including Sales, Customer Service, Marketing, Legal, Actuarial and Operations in all product related issues and in responding to technical inquiries from investment professionals or investors.
* Understand the issues and agendas of different departments.
* Assist in the mentoring and development of staff - specifically increasing leadership capabilities, industry knowledge, product knowledge and product management skills.
* Possess extensive knowledge of how the people and organization function.
* Initiate, research, and create project proposals and business plans for annuity product related initiatives.
* Provide annuity product line prioritization recommendations
* Determine resources required for annuity product line initiatives.
* Develop strategic alignment and business rationale around product plans and initiatives.
* Completely understand competitor and industry products and practices. Analyze marketplace to determine and present our product competitive opportunities.
* Design of new annuity products or enhancements to existing features or policies with an emphasis on understanding key competitive, administrative and regulatory issues.
* Manage the following aspects of the product development lifecycle - research, design, prioritization proposal, implementation and post-launch maintenance. The emphasis for this position is as the leader of the more strategic or complex variable product line initiatives.
* Develop solid understanding of the pricing and administration of each product within the annuity product line.
* 7-10 years Product Management experience focused on financial services product management
* Bachelor's Degree required. Master's degree desired.
* FINRA Series 6 or 7 required within 3 months and 26 within 6 months of hire.
The Prudential Insurance Company of America and its affiliates, Newark, New Jersey are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers and are committed to diversity in our workforce.

Any applicant selected for this position will be required to submit to an extensive background screening and a credit check. Failure to comply will eliminate an applicant from consideration for this position. Any negative information obtained as a result of the background screening may result in the disqualification of the applicant from this and any other position in Prudential, including their current position if they are an internal applicant.

Prudential is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity unless contracted with Staffing. Agencies must work with Staffing as the primary point of contact and follow the Prudential application process to be considered for business. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Prudential via-email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at Prudential in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Prudential, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Prudential as a result of the referral or through other means. Note: Any search agreement entered into with Prudential before January 2004 is null and void. Search firms are essential to the recruitment and staffing efforts at Prudential and we value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. For this reason, Prudential has established and regularly maintains a preferred vendor list. Please note that even preferred vendors need to have a written search agreement signed by the Director, Recruiting Programs, Staffing at Prudential in place for the specific position in order for a fee to be paid for any candidate referrals.

SUMMARY
Lead expansion of existing and develop new Wealth Management and First Interstate relationships through a comprehensive financial planning approach. The individual will lead a relationship team and may be responsible for the supervision and motivation of team members.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Expand and enhance existing Wealth Management and Bank relationships to high-valued clients through a comprehensive financial planning approach designed to achieve client goals and objectives.
• Shall deliver Wealth Management and Bank solutions for asset protection, asset management, retirement/IRA, and banking.
• Design, implement, update, and monitor client’s comprehensive financial plan.
• Retention of high-valued client relationships through customer service that meets Wealth Management and First Interstate’s standard for service and retention evolving in First Interstate serving as the client’s “Trusted Advisor”.
• The leader for sales activities, client relationship management, problem resolution and other account related issues for their Team.
• Perform all duties and responsibilities consistent with First Interstate, Wealth Management, Broker/Dealer, SEC, NASD, State Insurance, State Banking, and federal rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Actively participate in Bank officer, staff, call meetings, and sales training and professional education and development as determined appropriate by supervisor.
• Participate in assigned committees and teams for the Wealth Management and First Interstate.
• Actively participate in community organizations that enhance the individual’s and bank’s visibility within the community, state and nation.
• Other duties that may be assigned.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES REQUIRED.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Extensive understanding of banking and wealth management products and services. Excellent leadership and management skills. Excellent analytical skills. Team oriented. Ability to prioritize workload and remain adaptable under pressure. Experience with Windows XP, MS Word & MS Excel required. Experience with MS PowerPoint helpful.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE.
BS or BA required. MBA or Juris Doctor a plus. Ten or more years of financial planning, trust or investment experience required. The ideal candidate will have: (1) professional designations such as CTFA, CPA, CFP, CFA or CIMA; (2) completed or enrolled in trust school curriculum or wealth management program; and, (3) NASD securities licensing including 7, 66, and Insurance licensing.

LANGUAGE SKILLS REQUIRED.
Ability to read, analyze and comprehend complex issues. Ability to apply policies and procedures. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one or large group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization. Ability to effectively communicate with supervisor.

REASONING ABILITY REQUIRED.
Ability to review, analyze and resolve complex problems. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out day-to-day issues. Ability to deal with problems involving several variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The position will be involved in some travel that will be primarily focused in Wyoming and Montana. In-state and out-of-state travel may occur to perform job and to obtain and/or enhance knowledge and skills.

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW:
The ACLU was founded by Roger Baldwin, Crystal Eastman, Albert DeSilver and others in 1920. We are nonprofit and nonpartisan and have grown from a roomful of civil liberties activists to an organization of more than 500,000 members and supporters. We handle nearly 6,000 court cases annually from our offices in almost every state.

The ACLU is supported by annual dues and contributions from its members, plus grants from private foundations and individuals. It does not receive any government funding. It is entirely non-partisan, criticizing and working with Democrats and Republicans alike and establishing coalitions with groups as diverse as the NAACP and the NRA.

The mission of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is to preserve and guarantee:

Your First Amendment rights - freedom of speech, association and assembly; freedom of the press, and freedom of religion.
Your right to equal protection under the law - equal treatment regardless of race, sex, religion or national origin.
Your right to due process - fair treatment by the government whenever the loss of your liberty or property is at stake.
Your right to privacy - freedom from unwarranted government intrusion into your personal and private affairs.
We also work to extend rights to segments of our population that have traditionally been denied their rights, including immigrants and people of color; lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people; women; mental-health patients; prisoners; people with disabilities; and the poor.

More information can be found on the website: www.aclu.org

POSITION OVERVIEW:
The ACLU seeks an experienced professional for the newly created position of Associate Director of Finance. He/she will be one of the key employees of the organization and will report to the ACLU Senior Staff member responsible for all Administrative and Finance Systems. The Associate Director of Finance will also work closely with the ACLU Executive Director. As the senior finance executive, the Associate Director of Finance will have management oversight and responsibility for all financial functions and will oversee ACLU’s revenues, costs, capital expenditures, and debt.

The Associate Director of Finance will partner with the leadership of the ACLU and work with the Board of Directors’ Finance, Audit & Investment Committees to efficiently and effectively manage the finances of the organization. As this is a new position, he/she will have the opportunity to help define the role through effective partnering and engagement with the senior leadership team.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Associate Director of Finance will be responsible for:

• Overseeing all comptroller and accounting personnel and functions; producing internal and external financial reporting; overseeing investment management and functions.
• Partnership with the ACLU - proactively develop processes, procedures and systems that provide useful information and support decision making.
• Revenue and Cost Management - understand the financial dynamics of the ACLU, strategies for maximizing investment returns and cash management; and lead opportunities for improved cost management consistent with the ACLU’s mission and values.
• Financial Management - have ultimate responsibility for the financial systems needed to process transactions that represent the activity of the ACLU, and translate that data into useful, actionable information by partnering (see above).
• Audit Committee Relations - lead the reporting necessary for the Board of Director’s Audit, Finance & Investment committees and work with the audit function of the ACLU to meet its regulatory and fiduciary obligations to regulators.
• Communications - effectively communicate the ACLU’s business objectives and financial results to multiple constituents – directors, leadership, members, foundations, and donors (potential and active).
• Employee Engagement - oversee the management of finance resources for the organization consistent with being a “best employer,” and develop staff who can take leadership roles.