BACKGROUND
We are supporting one of our insurance clients in delivering a large-scale finance transformation that will include changing the technology of its accounting and actuarial systems. Beyond the technical changes, the business process will change with increasing levels of automation using digital tools. The intended outcome of the transformation is to have approximately the same number of finance experts in the business, but focussing their attention on good business management, not on ‘pushing buttons’. This role is for several people, some focussing on accounting change, some on actuarial change, some on linking the two.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Recording current best-practise process and recording differentiation around other business units. Agreeing the process across the business.
- Identify pinch-points in the process on opportunities to optimise.
- Agree the user requirements (accounting or actuarial) for the IT implementation experts.
- Participate in or lead the re-design of ledger/journal infrastructure or modelling architecture
- Translate either the ledgers/journals or models across from the legacy systems to the new platforms.
- Test and resolve bugs on the new systems.
- Develop and automate the processes for users using digital tools.
- Work with operational users to optimise the processes across the business and introduce optimised ways of working.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
- Minimum 5 years of accounting or actuarial change experience, with at least 10 years overall work experience.
- Experience of linking disparate systems.
- Professional qualification in accounting, actuarial science, business analysis or project management.
- Capable of optimising ledgers or models.
- Capable of defining optimised processes.
- Good at maintaining relationships with different teams in different countries to balance the business requirements and user needs.
- Good critical thinking, big picture as well as detail. Open minded, proactive and keen to learn.
- Able to communicate effectively with senior executives and working level teams, including communicate complex issues clearly and simply.
- Able to work in collaboration with others and accept delegated responsibility.
- Proficient in English and excellent in business writing.
- Experienced in Insurance/Banking industry, and knowledgeable in people, process, systems and data change management.