The continued success of our Company relies on the strength of our leadership – those who lead with their ingenuity, hard work, integrity and dedication, each and every day. That’s why Securian invests in its future management, offering positions in Management Development, a customized career track for emerging leaders.

Beginning with your role as an assistant analyst in the Management Development Center, you will gain business, consulting and project-management skills, and learn to supervise. You’ll partner with internal clients to develop solutions to business challenges, and help clients from all strategic business units improve quality service through analysis of workflow, staffing and productivity.

As a Management Development assistant analyst, you’ll steadily work towards a rewarding leadership position with our large, multifaceted corporation, ready to tackle any business situation and capable of providing coaching and direction to other associates.

What to expect
In order to meet the business needs of clients in all strategic business units, assistant analyst responsibilities are varied and include:

• Evaluating and initiating quality improvement
• Conducting cost justification studies
• Recommending effective methods and procedures
• Facilitating participative problem solving
• Providing staff planning assistance
• Performing organizational analysis

Management Development Center career path
Supervisory position	Other managerial position
Job rotation
Training
Management Development Center

Management Development Center Career development
If a leadership role interests you, but you’re unsure of where to begin, the Management Development Center provides an ideal starting point. The training and hands-on business experience you’ll receive is designed to further enhance your organizational, communication and leadership skills along with many opportunities to strengthen your presentation, writing and technical skills. After spending approximately eight weeks training in the Management Development Center, you’ll move into a job rotation schedule.

Our job rotation schedule provides you with an excellent opportunity to develop management skills and professional competence while becoming familiar with the Company. Assistant analysts are placed into different areas of the Company for each four-month rotation, based on their interests and experience, and business need.

Job rotation samples
	September	January
Sample 1	Retirement Savings Workflow analysis, process improvement	Asset Management Benchmarking, developing, customer service standards
Sample 2	Financial Services Temporary assignment supervision	Group Insurance Developing training and documentation for system implementation

After your training and rotation program is complete, you may pursue a supervisory or other professional career within the Company.

• Supervisory career positions are available within departments, such as Administrative Services, Individual Customer Service, Mortgage Administration or Retirement Savings Administration.

• If your interests lie in other professional areas, a wide range of positions are available within departments, such as Asset Management, Human Resources, Marketing, Underwriting and Securian Financial Services, our broker-dealer.

Internship opportunities
In addition to full-time positions, Securian also offers internships in Management Development. Our internships offer qualified candidates hands-on experience and the opportunity to preview actuarial job responsibilities, learn about the Company, its culture and the responsibilities that accompany full-time work at Securian. It also helps the Company ensure that candidates we hire for full-time positions are a good fit.

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Meet some of our Management associates

Barb Second Vice President, Securian Financial Services College of St. Benedict; Collegeville, MN Majors: Organization Leadership and Spanish University of St. Thomas; St. Paul, MN Masters of Business Administration

Barb joined the Company in 1990 as a participant in our Management Development Program, a customized career track for emerging leaders. And in 1992, she moved to Securian Financial Services. In her current role with the division, Barb is responsible for the marketing, administration and technology associated with products distributed through our bank and credit union clients – lines of business that account for over $120 million in annual revenue for the Company. Securian is the market leader for mortgage optional insurance sales and is the second leading writer of credit insurance in the credit union market.

Barb has earned her Fellow of Life Management Institute and Associate of Customer Service designations. She is active in her community, serving on the Board of Directors of LifeWorks, a nonprofit organization serving people with disabilities. She is also involved in her church, running the program for engaged couples, leading baptism preparation classes, and volunteering in the nursery.

“At Securian we do business the right way. We make good business decisions based on a core set of values that are in the best interest of our stakeholders."

Jerry Financial Planning Analyst, Securian Financial Services Gustavus Adolphus College; St. Peter, MN Major: Business Management Minor: Communication Studies

Heavily involved in community leadership while at Gustavus, Jerry worked as coordinator for the Hmong Revealed Workshops and chaired the Hmong Art Committee. On campus Jerry served as treasurer for the Asian Cultures Club and represented off-campus college-owned housing to the Gustavus Student Senate. He was also a member of Lambda Alpha Nu Business Fraternity and actively participated in the Investment Club.

Successfully completing an internship with Securian’s Management Development Program in 2003, Jerry returned to the program full-time in 2004 as an assistant analyst. In 2005, he was promoted to financial planning analyst with Securian Financial Services. Jerry also serves as a mentor with the Multicultural Excellence Program, is involved with Toastmasters and is part of Securian’s Hmong Welcoming Committee.

“I accepted a position with Securian because of the great experience I had as an intern. Through its Management Development Program, Securian is truly committed to offering me the opportunity to develop my leadership, management and professional skills.”

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