at QBE The Americas in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Primary DetailsTime Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
The Opportunity
The Senior Analyst, Global Financial Systems will take a lead role in resolving any issues and changes that arise in QBE's end-to-end financial data flow to ensure it meets the requirements of the finance teams. These teams are dependent on accurate and timely data on which to report QBE's financial result to our internal stakeholders, our shareholders and to our various regulators. The Senior Analyst, Global Financial Systems will understand the issues in the current estate, and partner with the various teams across IT, Finance and the wider business to lead testing and ensure changes to the existing architecture meet the requirements of finance consumers and issues are rectified. This role will be responsible for ensuring accounting rules, mapping and designs within the Global FIAB Architecture adhere to global design principles. The role is part of the QBE's Global Finance Systems Support team which serves as the primary interface between IT and the Finance organisation, ensuring alignment between the Finance strategy and IT, and driving continuous operational improvement and efficiencies.
Primary Responsibilities
Bring a deep technical understanding to the financial data flow from source policy, claims and outwards reinsurance systems through to the calculated financial result. Deploy this knowledge to resolve issues and drive efficiencies in the current architecture.
Undertake investigations into complex problems and business change to assess risk and ensure delivery of projects/programs.
Drive the continuous improvement and development of processes and systems across finance and accounting aligned to strategic objectives.
Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the Department and wider local and Global functions to determine requirements and understand issues.
Drive the measurable refinement of process, procedures, and systems to continuously improve the efficiency of activities within the Finance Department.
Engage with our stakeholders to understand what Finance need from their data and how it can be delivered through correcting and enhancing our data architecture and systems logic.
Work directly with members of the Finance Systems team, our third-party technology partners and other members of the IT and Data teams to perform root cause analysis of data errors, design appropriate solutions to resolve these errors and support delivery through to final deployment.
Look for opportunities to optimize how we run and deliver change to financial data and systems, to ensure we can offer the best possible service to our stakeholders.
Support Finance and IT in the management and closure of internal and external audit control findings.
Represent the Global Finance Systems team in engaging with key programs and projects looking to enhance the wider QBE estate by providing subject matter expertise in the design and delivery of these change initiatives. Where necessary, draw together plans and drive Finance Systems owned workstreams.
Model a culture of continuous improvement, motivation, collaboration, empowerment, and entrepreneurialism within the IT team and embrace our wider organization's efforts to adopt agile ways of working.
Liaise and, where relevant, manage key relationships across Finance, Actuarial and IT, notably: EO & APAC Financial Accountants, Finance Change Managers, IT Application Development Leads (ADLs), Data Governance SMEs, IT Risk Teams, Architecture and Operations Change Teams.
Contribute to developing awareness of data across the business in order to ensure the highest standards of compliance. This includes highlighting Data Quality issues & Data Governance best practice
Comply with all legal and regulatory requirements to ensure obligations are met.
Participate in all internal meetings, as required, to share and develop strategy, knowledge and best practice.
Create a structured environment for data element change management, centralized security and workflow administration, and limit customization to those approved by management.
Implement finance reporting tools to maximize functional usage and capabilities while balancing maintainability and optimal system performance.
Create training curriculum and reference documentation, align training with system access release for new users, and develop working sessions to ensure optimal ERP... For full info follow application link.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The companies of QBE North America are committed to equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, marital or parental status, national origin, citizenship, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status. All personal information contained in this application will be kept confidential as required by law.
