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At Enact, we understand that there’s no place like home. That’s why we bring our deep expertise, insightful offerings, and extra mile service to work every day to help lenders put more people in homes and keep them there. We’re looking for a Senior Manager, Strategic FP&A in Raleigh, NC to join us in fulfilling our mission, while utilizing our values of excellence, improvement, and connection. In this role, you will lead the modernization and ongoing management of Enact’s enterprise financial model, enabling more effective forecasting, strategic planning, scenario analysis, and business decision-making. You will serve as a critical partner to Finance leadership and business stakeholders, helping the organization evaluate strategic initiatives, model potential acquisitions and growth opportunities, and leverage technology to improve financial planning capabilities. LOCATION Enact Headquarters, Raleigh, NC – Hybrid Schedule YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES • Serve as the primary owner and steward of Enact s enterprise financial model, ensuring alignment across forecasting, planning, long-range outlooks, and strategic decision-making processes. • Lead the redesign and modernization of the Company s financial modeling capabilities, simplifying existing structures and developing scalable, sustainable solutions that support future business needs. • Build analytical frameworks that connect operational, financial, and strategic drivers across the business, improving visibility into performance and future outcomes. • Establish documentation, governance, and modeling standards that improve transparency, consistency, and long-term sustainability of the Company s planning framework. • Evaluate and recommend technology solutions that enhance forecasting, modeling, analytics, and planning capabilities, supporting the evolution toward more automated and integrated FP&A processes. • Develop advanced scenario modeling and strategic planning capabilities to assess business performance, capital deployment alternatives, growth opportunities, and emerging risks. • Partner with Finance, Accounting, Risk, Corporate Development, and other business leaders to evaluate mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments, and diversification opportunities, translating findings into enterprise planning and forecasting processes. • Collaborate with FP&A leadership to ensure business forecasts, strategic plans, and enterprise scenarios are grounded in a consistent and reliable financial modeling foundation. • Support executive leadership by developing analyses, presentations, and recommendations for critical strategic decisions. • Lead special projects and strategic initiatives as assigned. YOUR QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Business, or a related field. • Advanced degree or professional certification demonstrating financial expertise. • 10 years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate finance, financial modeling, investment banking, consulting, or related analytical roles. • Experience leveraging automation, AI-enabled tools, and advanced analytics to improve financial planning processes. • Extensive experience developing, enhancing, and governing complex financial models that support forecasting, planning, scenario analysis, and strategic decision-making. • Strong understanding of financial statements, capital planning, and the interdependencies across the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement. • Advanced analytical, financial modeling, and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex analyses into actionable insights and recommendations for senior leadership. • Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives, influencing stakeholders, and managing multiple priorities in a matrixed environment. • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and financial planning, business intelligence, and data visualization tools. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS • Experience within investment banking environment highly preferred • Experience within financial services, insurance, mortgage insurance, banking, or a similarly regulated industry. • Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, integrations, or strategic investments. • Experience evaluating or implementing enterprise planning, forecasting, or financial modeling platforms. This role is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. COMPANY Enact Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACT), operating primarily through its wholly owned subsidiaries, is a leading publicly traded U.S. private mortgage insurance provider, offering borrower-centric products that enable lenders and other partners across the U.S. to help people responsibly achieve and maintain the dream of homeownership. By empowering customers and their borrowers, Enact seeks to positively impact the lives of those in the communities in which it serves in a sustainable way. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, we play an active role in supporting a prosperous Triangle community. We also support our colleagues’ philanthropic efforts in their home communities across the U.S. Enact values all perspectives, characteristics and experiences, along with providing a positive and inclusive culture for employees to grow and succeed. We strive to create an environment where employees can bring their full, authentic selves to work to help each other and their customers. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and all hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. WHY WORK AT ENACT • We bring innovative thinking to the situations at hand • We seek out and incorporate diverse views to strengthen our outcomes • We work on challenging and rewarding projects • We offer competitive benefits: • Hybrid work schedule (in-office days Tues/Wed/Thurs) • Generous Time Off • 40 Hours of Volunteer Time Off • Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Repayment • Paid Family Leave and Flexible Spending Accounts • 401k with up to 5% employer match • Fitness and Emotional Wellness Reimbursements • Onsite Gym

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Enact Headquarters, Raleigh, NC – Hybrid Schedule
Serve as the primary owner and steward of Enact s enterprise financial model, ensuring alignment across forecasting, planning, long-range outlooks, and strategic decision-making processes.
Lead the redesign and modernization of the Company s financial modeling capabilities, simplifying existing structures and developing scalable, sustainable solutions that support future business needs.
Build analytical frameworks that connect operational, financial, and strategic drivers across the business, improving visibility into performance and future outcomes.
Establish documentation, governance, and modeling standards that improve transparency, consistency, and long-term sustainability of the Company s planning framework.
Evaluate and recommend technology solutions that enhance forecasting, modeling, analytics, and planning capabilities, supporting the evolution toward more automated and integrated FP&A processes.
Develop advanced scenario modeling and strategic planning capabilities to assess business performance, capital deployment alternatives, growth opportunities, and emerging risks.
Collaborate with FP&A leadership to ensure business forecasts, strategic plans, and enterprise scenarios are grounded in a consistent and reliable financial modeling foundation.
Support executive leadership by developing analyses, presentations, and recommendations for critical strategic decisions.
Lead special projects and strategic initiatives as assigned.
Bachelor s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Business, or a related field.
Advanced degree or professional certification demonstrating financial expertise.
10 years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate finance, financial modeling, investment banking, consulting, or related analytical roles.
Experience leveraging automation, AI-enabled tools, and advanced analytics to improve financial planning processes.
Extensive experience developing, enhancing, and governing complex financial models that support forecasting, planning, scenario analysis, and strategic decision-making.
Strong understanding of financial statements, capital planning, and the interdependencies across the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement.
Advanced analytical, financial modeling, and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex analyses into actionable insights and recommendations for senior leadership.
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives, influencing stakeholders, and managing multiple priorities in a matrixed environment.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and financial planning, business intelligence, and data visualization tools.
We bring innovative thinking to the situations at hand

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Experience within investment banking environment highly preferred
Experience within financial services, insurance, mortgage insurance, banking, or a similarly regulated industry.
Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, integrations, or strategic investments.
Experience evaluating or implementing enterprise planning, forecasting, or financial modeling platforms.

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