Overview

The role spans the Finance Value Stream and sits as a direct report to the Head of Core Value Streams as a member of the Group Enterprise Systems (GES) function. The remit includes all business applications within the Finance function, which includes our core finance suite Oracle and the wider ecosystem of finance technologies and tools. Building on a period of substantial technology investment in rolling out new finance systems, the Finance Value Stream now needs to build out, and deliver, continuous improvement roadmaps for the finance systems. They also need to continue to deliver a first class level of maintenance and support for the critical systems that they have responsibility for. There currently exists a significant Finance function support team within GES. This includes operations and data engineering as well as testing, environment management, DevOps, and Service Management.

Responsibilities

• Resilience: ensure the provision of all Finance applications to meet the quality, resilience and usability of all user groups.
• Customer Liaison: collaborate with functional leadership teams to set and drive the strategic agenda for all applications within the Finance function to ensure they support the group technology goals to Simplify, Protect and Enable the wider business.
• Technical Consultant: nurture ideas and solutions to existing Finance function problems, determine roadmaps for the applications, work closely with the support teams to achieve goals and objectives.
• Ensure: All Finance function applications are robust, secure, scalable and comply with regulatory mandates and standards.
• Manage, inspire, and develop the team. Ensure they have necessary capabilities/training to perform their roles to the highest standards.
• Promote a commercially oriented culture where the support team recognise their importance to Hiscox's commercial aims and work to enhance and enable them.
• Provide relevant strategic management information to stakeholders as required to help assess project progress, service levels and key decisions.
• Adopt a value focused approach to technology leadership, maximizing commercial return on investment, whilst effectively managing a finite budget.

Qualifications & Experience

• Previous experience working with Oracle ERP & EPM in a product owner, product manager, program manager or change lead role would be highly advantageous.
• Experience working within an insurance or reinsurance organisation with exposure to reserving, capital modelling, business planning & reserving would be beneficial.
• Whilst a technical background in either data or software delivery is valuable for this role, the following capabilities are more important:
  • Strategic thinking: strong analytical skills and complex problem solving; the role supports a significant transformation programme over the next 3-5 years to enable the Finance function to respond to evolving business needs.
  • Leadership: ability to communicate a product vision, set objectives, and deliver change through teams (internal and third party).
  • Communication & stakeholder management: ability to influence at multiple levels and manage complexity in prioritisation and stakeholder management; strong written, verbal, and listening skills.
  • Programme management: lead across vendors and internal teams, comfortable with traditional and agile methodologies in a multi-faceted application estate.
• Technical Capabilities: in-depth understanding of Finance function tools and technologies, strong knowledge of Agile principles and processes, experience with Value Streams and/or product development.

Working culture & Benefits

At Hiscox we care about our people. We hire the best people for the job and we're committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success.

Working life doesn't always have to be in the office, so we have introduced hybrid working to encourage a healthy work life balance. This hybrid working model is set by the team rather than the business to enable you to manage your own personal work-life balance. We see it as the best of both worlds; structure and sociability on one hand, and independence and flexibility on the other.

Our benefits package includes a bonus, contributory pension, 25 days annual leave plus 2 Hiscox days and a 4 week paid sabbatical with every 5 years' worth of service, private medical for all the family and much more. Work with amazing people and be part of a unique culture.

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.