Finance Systems Project Manager

Since Aspen was founded in 2002, we have become a leading, diversified specialty insurance and reinsurance company. We respond thoughtfully and creatively to find the best outcomes for our clients and business partners through carefully-tailored solutions.

We believe the way we work is just as important as the work we do, and we are guided by our core values of respect, honesty, trust and professionalism.

Aspen is a great place to develop your career offering an exciting and challenging environment where achievement is rewarded.

Role Purpose  

• Work closely with the Senior Finance Change Project Manager to engage with requires business and IT stakeholders to establish, build and lead co-ordination of project and deliverable delivery plans. 

• Supporting the management of the change request impact assessment process for assessing end to end change impact implications for the business both upstream and downstream – this will support the business with appropriate prioritisation, benefits identification and resourcing. 

• Gain a strong understanding of finance operations and accountancy practices within Aspen to support with challenging and advising on best practice change. 

• The Finance Systems Project Manager will be key in the delivery of engaging with all team across the whole of our finance department to drive the critical delivery of priority projects set by our finance leadership team or regulator, this will be done via engaging with key finance and technical stakeholders. 

• Working closely reviewing business processes and change implementations that are supporting the business to meet global objectives. 

• Our Aspen Values are expected to be reflected in the delivery and performance of every role 

Key Results Areas   

Strategy and Planning  

• Contributes to and advises on the plan developments and changes in order to ensure relevancy, compliance and optimal delivery of key programme workstream objectives. 

• Assists and contributes towards production of critical enhancement and change impact assessments to support with overall timeline delivery planning prioritisation. 

• Identification and escalation where required the delivery of key dependencies, risks and potential issues relating to requirements gathering against  

• Management of delivery outcomes which could impact overall timelines or direction of delivery scope/outcomes. 

• Determines own work priorities and activities in line with agreed plans to ensure the achievement of the programme and workstream objectives. 

• Comply with all legal and regulatory requirements to ensure obligations are met. 

• Engages with key stakeholders internally and externally to the programme to draw out any dependency mapping requirements 

Policy, Process and Procedures  

• Assists in the extraction, articulation and documentation of key change, risks, issues, dependencies and resourcing. 

• Assists in the design, approval and implementation of the finance end state architecture and remediation activities and procedures to ensure these enable the achievement of workstream and programme goals. 

• Reviews policies and procedures on regular basis to ensure relevant links to regulatory reporting process as part of reporting requirements/proposal building. 

• Reviews assigned business processes from end-to-end to identify and address operational, financial and technological risks and improvements to efficiency. 

• Develops and details process and system changes as required, gaining business agreement and documenting as appropriate. (inc cross programme engagement) 

• Adheres to standards and good practice to minimise risk and maximise efficiency in line with process-control time frames. 

• Ensures that files are maintained in a logical and accessible manner and/or other issues are clearly documented. 

• Ensures awareness of and compliance with regulatory and legislative requirements. 

Environmental Awareness/Customer Focus  

• Establishes, strengthen, develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders to support their needs, maximise influence, and achieve business objectives 

• Analyses the needs of internal Aspen clients and pro-actively ensures resolution of issues and queries within agreed timeframes. 

• Responds to internal and external stakeholder requests in accordance with service standards. 

• Demonstrates an understanding and awareness of change appetite and change control to enhance business performance and acceptance 

Technical Performance  

• Acts as a systems delivery expert to troubleshoot risks, issues and resourcing constraints to resolution 

• Acts as a systems delivery to support the identification of opportunities within area of expertise. 

• Championing continuous Financial Systems improvements 

• Where appropriate support the review and creation of training material and deliver user training as necessary 

• Management of resources to continually review and update procedures and support documentation 

• Provide support across other Finance Systems applications as required 

Knowledge 

• Hands-on knowledge of technology and system/project lifecycles. 

• Knowledge of documentation of user requirements. 

• Working knowledge of high-level finance systems architecture and systems. 

• Good knowledge of industry and best practice. 

• Good understanding of company objectives and how own role contributes to these. 

Skills  

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.. 

• Good organisational skills. 

• Ability to resolve issues quickly and independently. 

• Proficient in MS Office applications e.g. Excel and other relevant software packages. 

• Able to manage conflicting priorities to achieve deadlines. 

• Able to plan effectively and efficiently. 

• Strong customer orientation skills. 

• Ability to collaborate effectively within a team environment. 

• Strong attention to detail.  

• Strong analytical skills. 

• Strong investigative skills. 

Experience  

• Specific professional qualifications at a level of degree or equivalent (e.g. Business or Computer Science). 

• Relevant professional/industry-related experience and courses e.g. International Institute of Business Analysis UK (IIBA) or The Chartered Institute for IT (BCS) or equivalent. 

• Extensive experience of business analysis, development or IT operations, preferably gained in a financial services organisation. 

At Aspen we know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce is good for our people, good for our business and good for the environments in which we operate.  We therefore welcome applications from people which allows us to draw on diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences.