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• 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 support teams to achieve goals and objectives.

Ensure:

• All Finance function applications are robust, secure, scalable, and compliant 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 recognizes their importance to Hiscox''s commercial aims and works 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.

Candidate Profile

Previous experience working with Oracle ERP and EPM in a product owner, product manager, program manager, or change lead role would be highly advantageous.

Experience working within an insurance or reinsurance organization with exposure to reserving, capital modeling, business planning and reserving would be beneficial.

While a technical background in either data or software delivery is valuable, the key capabilities that the successful candidate needs to demonstrate are more important than a strong technical background:

• Strategic thinking : Our current application estate is set to undergo a significant transformation over the next 3-5 years to better respond to evolving business needs, specifically in the Finance function. Strong analytical skills and complex problem solving are paramount to the success of this role.

• Leadership : Ability to communicate a product vision, set objectives, and deliver change through teams (both internal and third-party) is essential.

• Communication and stakeholder management : The role requires strong communication skills and the ability to influence at different levels of the organization, from individual developers to heads of functions. Managing complexity in prioritization and stakeholder management, along with excellent written, verbal, and listening skills, is crucial.

• Programme management : Lead across vendors and internal teams, comfortable working with both traditional and agile methodologies in a diverse application estate with various tools and technologies.

• Technical Capabilities : In-depth understanding of Finance tools and technologies, strong knowledge of Agile principles and processes, experience working with Value Streams and/or product development.

Diversity and Benefits

At Hiscox, we care about our people. We hire the best for the job and are committed to diversity and creating an 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 model is set by the team to enable you to manage your personal work-life balance effectively.

We see it as the best of both worlds: structure and sociability, and independence and flexibility.

Our benefits include a bonus, contributory pension, 25 days annual leave plus 2 Hiscox days, a 4-week paid sabbatical every 5 years of service, private medical insurance for the whole family, and more.

Join us to work with amazing people and be part of a unique culture. Job ID R0017782.#J-18808-Ljbffr