Description
Key Relationships:
- Finance Leadership Team
- Financial Performance Team
- Group Reporting and Tax
- Support Function Heads and Business Managers
- Modernisation Delivery Leads
- Corporate Development & other Business Users
Job Summary:
The role involves supporting Senior Adaptive Modellers in the continuous improvement and maintenance of a complex Workday Adaptive solution. Key responsibilities include providing technical support for BAU activities, maintaining and updating modelling solutions, assisting Super Users with data mappings, integrations, and system maintenance, and performing system health checks. Additionally, the role involves facilitating the development of the product roadmap, collaborating with the platform architecture team to develop and release end-user requirements, and providing technical expertise for system enhancements. Documentation and maintenance of system design and configuration notes are also essential aspects of the job.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Responsible for supporting the Senior Adaptive Modellers in the delivery of continuous improvement and maintenance of a complex Workday Adaptive solution.
BAU Support:
- Working with the Senior Adaptive Modellers to provide technical support to BAU activities within a complex Adaptive solution in a post-production environment.
- Maintain updates and changes to modelling solutions to facilitate resolution of support tickets as well as feature enhancements.
- Assist Super Users in performing data mappings and integrations.
- Assist Super Users in maintaining versions, access & permission rules, assumptions, sheets.
- Perform system health-checks; enhance model configuration processes.
- Proactively leverage Workday Adaptive Planning’s bi-annual upgrades as appropriate.
Roadmap Enhancements:
- Facilitate development of product roadmap:
- Work with Senior Adaptive Modellers for each use case to develop maintain release end-user requirements in collaboration with wider platform architecture team.
- Provide technical expertise to execute design/configuration of system enhancements in Adaptive Planning.
- Document/maintain system design/configuration notes.
Centre of Excellence Documentation:
- Review education:
- Show active listening; participate in team standups/planning sessions/retrospectives driving strategic conversations (pros/cons/issues/obstacles/dependencies/value).
- Evaluate feasibility stakeholder requirements; translate complex technical adaptive concepts into non-tech recommendations.
- Ensure all functions/processes/capabilities/guidelines are known by main stakeholders; quality/change control standards met from tech perspective.
Core Competencies:
Core Competencies In Addition To Those Noted As Specific Requirements For The Role And Which Are Considered To Be Pertinent To The Team Are As Follows:
1. Analytical Thinking: Logical analytical approach rapidly changing data/situations considering wider implications across functions/scenarios at Beazley.
2. Professionalism: Consistently demonstrates integrity; highly credible/respectful/trustworthy representing expense team professionally while building successful relationships.
3. Learning And Development: Identifies strengths/weaknesses seeking performance improvement; recognizes/takes responsibility for mistakes learning from them while seeking self-development opportunities engaging regularly self-assessment giving/receiving feedback enhancing personal awareness.
4. Adaptability: Effectively manages changing priorities dynamic environment seeking training opportunities understanding new working methods proving resilient uncertain/difficult situations adapting approach/plans/style as required.
5. Responsibility And Accountability: Assumes full responsibility consequences own behavior decisions delivering commitments clients demonstrating reliability dependability admitting mistakes taking responsibility correcting them.
6. Communicating Effectively: Timely communication new information relevant parties adapting communication style/form appropriate audience illustrating understanding experience needs conveying complex information clearly concisely persuading uncovering shared benefits/outcomes looking mutually satisfactory solutions.
7. Demonstrating Teamwork: Seeks collaboration sharing knowledge/best practices helping others when asked acknowledging increased pressure on other members volunteering support while maintaining own task responsibility teaching/coaching new team members identifying collaboration opportunities.
8. Innovative Approach: Independently finds solutions advanced problems identifying potential barriers providing alternatives challenging assumptions embracing change communicating benefits change others.
Integrity And Control:
Use business knowledge identify potential errors financial impact taking steps prevent/correct such errors highlighting necessary management acting conduit between Core Workday Development Team Finance department other departments maintain financial data integrity producing maintaining procedures documentation own tasks.
General Expectations:
It Is Important That Within All Your Interactions Both Internally And Externally You Adhere Beazley’s Core Values – Being Bold Striving For Better Doing The Right Thing:
1. Comply With Beazley Procedures Policies Regulations Including Code Of Conduct Undertake Training On Beazley Policies Procedures Delivered By Line Manager Culture People Assurance Teams (Compliance Risk Internal Audit) Either Directly Via E-Learning Or Learning Management System Display Business Ethics Upholding Interests Customers Ensuring All Interactions Focused Delivering Fair Outcomes Having Right Products Needs Comply With Specific Responsibilities Necessary Role Outlined By Line Manager Culture People Assurance Teams Keeping Up-To-Date Developments Areas Including Amongst Others Underwriting Control Standards Claims Control Standards Other Standards Customer Relationship Management Carry Out Additional Responsibilities Individually Notified Either Through Objectives Learning Management System Membership Any Committees Working Groups.
Personal Specification:
We Are Proud To Offer A Flexible Working Environment Where Employees Able Work Location Considered Most Appropriate Tasks Undertaking Requirement Attend Office Based On Business Need Empowered Work Teams Establish Model Works Well Individuals Stakeholders.
Education And Qualifications:
Essential Qualifications & Capabilities Required Include:
1) Essential Experience
– Minimum two years’ experience work day adaptive,
– Minimum three years’ experience finance IT
2) Preferred Qualifications
– Good understanding insurance industry terminology associated accounting standards,
– “Workday adaptive platform” certified (not need currently active),
– Any work day financials or work day prism certifications or experience,
– Certified accountant (CIMA ACCA ACA) part qualified accountant industry experience,
Capabilities Required Include:
Essential Capabilities Include Good Understanding Common Financial Reports Accounting Principles Great Attention Detail Well Structured Independent Proactive Work Ethic Team Environment Little Supervision Against Timelines Deadlines Goals Ability Attitude Act Agile Comfortable Fast Paced Environment Willing Roll-Up Sleeves Learn Fast Take Responsibility Day One Strong Clear Effective Written Verbal Communication Skills Across Levels Analytical Conceptual Thinking Problem Solving Decision Making Creativity Innovation Adaptability
Preferred Capabilities Include Proven Track Record Complex FP&A System Development Administration Of Adaptive Planning Experience Using EPM Tool End User Perspective Experienced Gathering Requirements Estimation Effort Deliver Requirements Strong Service Mentality Focus Building Solutions Improve Stakeholder Experience Stakeholder Management Relationship Building Understanding Controls Frameworks Including Documentation