Job Description & Person Specification

Adaptive Modeller - 12 month FTC

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:

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 the BAU activities within a complex Adaptive solution in a post-production environment:
Maintain updates and changes to modelling solutions to facilitate the resolution of support tickets, as well as feature enhancements and new feature design.
Assist Super Users in performing data mappings and integrations
Assist Super Users in the maintenance of versions, access & permission rules, assumptions, and sheets
Perform system health-checks and enhance model configuration and processes
Proactively, leverage Workday Adaptive Planning’s bi-annual upgrades as appropriate

Roadmap Enhancements

Facilitate the development of the product road map:
Work with the Senior Adaptive Modellers for each use case, to develop, maintain and release end-user requirements, in collaboration with the wider platform architecture team.
Provide technical expertise to execute the design and configuration of system enhancements in Adaptive Planning.
To document and maintain system design and configuration notes.

Centre of Excellence

Documentation, review, and education:
Show active listening and participate in team standups, planning sessions and retrospectives to drive strategic conversations (pros, cons, issues, obstacles, dependencies, value associated)
Evaluate the feasibility of stakeholder requirements and translate complex technical Adaptive concepts into non-technical recommendations
Ensure that all system functions, processes, capabilities, guidelines are well-known to main stakeholders as well as quality and change control standards are met from a technical perspective
Develop your own network and stay up-to-date with the Adaptive community & Workday for any system upgrades and support queries.

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:

Analytical Thinking: Logical analytical approach to rapidly changing data and situations. Considers wider implications across functions and varying scenarios to Beazley.
Professionalism: Consistently demonstrates integrity, is highly credible, respectful and trustworthy and represents the expense team in a professional manner. Builds and maintains successful working relationships and is seen to go the extra mile
Learning and development: Identifies strengths and weaknesses and seeks to improve performance. Recognises and takes responsibility for mistakes and learns from them. Continually seeks self-development opportunities. Regularly engages in self-assessment and gives/receives feedback to enhance personal awareness
Adaptability: Effectively manages changing priorities in a dynamic environment. Seeks training opportunities to understand new working methods. Proves resilient in uncertain and difficult situations and adapts approach/plans/style as required.
Responsibility and Accountability: Assumes full responsibility for the consequences of own behaviour and decisions. Delivers on commitments to clients demonstrating reliability and dependability. Admits mistakes and takes responsibility for correcting them.
Communicating Effectively: Timely communication of new information to relevant parties. Adapts communication style / form as appropriate to the audience and illustrates an understanding of their experience and needs. Conveys complex information clearly and concisely. Persuades through uncovering shared benefits and outcomes, looking for mutually satisfactory solutions.
Demonstrating Teamwork: Seeks collaboration as appropriate and shares knowledge/best practise and helps others when asked. Acknowledges when other members of the team are under comparatively increased pressure and volunteers to support them while maintaining responsibility for own tasks. Teaches new team members & coaches others; identifies opportunities for collaboration
Innovative approach: Independently finds solutions to advanced problems and identifies potential barriers to solutions and provides alternatives. Challenges assumptions and “the way we have always done it”. Embraces change & communicates the benefits of change to others.

Integrity and Control

Use business knowledge to identify potential errors with financial impact and take steps to prevent and/or correct such errors, highlighting where necessary to management.
Act as a conduit between the Core Workday Development Team, the Finance department and other departments in order to maintain financial data integrity.
Produce and maintain procedures documentation for own tasks.

General

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. We also expect Beazley employees to:

Comply with Beazley procedures, policies and regulations including the code of conduct
Undertake training on Beazley policies and procedures as delivered by your line manager, the Culture & People or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) either directly, via e-learning or the learning management system
Display business ethics that uphold the interests of all our customers
Ensure all interactions with customers are focused on delivering a fair outcome, including having the right products for their needs
Comply with any specific responsibilities necessary for your role as outlined by your line manager, the Culture & People or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) and ensure you keep up to date with developments in these areas. This may include, amongst others, Beazley’s underwriting control standards, Beazley’s claims control standards, other Beazley standards and customer relationship management
Carry out additional responsibilities as individually notified, either through your objectives or through the learning management system. These may include membership of any Beazley committees or working groups

Personal Specification

We are proud to offer a flexible working environment, where our employees are able to work from the location that they consider most appropriate for the tasks they are undertaking. There will still be a requirement to attend the office based on business need, but our people are empowered to work with their teams to establish a model that works well for the individuals and for stakeholders.

Relevant qualifications and capabilities are listed as follows:

Education and Qualifications

Essential Criteria:

2+ years of experience with Workday Adaptive
3+ years of experience in Finance & IT
Good understanding of common financial reports and accounting principles.

Preferred:

Good understanding of the Insurance industry, terminology and associated accounting standards.
“Workday Adaptive Platform” Certified (need not be currently active)
Any Workday Financials or Workday Prism certifications or experience
Certified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) or Part Qualified Accountant with industry experience

Capabilities

Essential:

Great attention to detail, a well-structured, independent and proactive work ethic in a team environment with little supervision against timelines, deadlines and goals
Ability and attitude to act agile, feel comfortable within a fast-paced environment, are willing to roll-up your sleeves, learn fast and take responsibility from day one
Strong, clear, effective written and verbal communication skills across all levels
Analytical and conceptual thinking
Problem solving / Decision making
Creativity / Innovation
Adaptability

Preferred:

Proven track record in complex FP&A System Development and Administration of Adaptive Planning
Experience in using an EPM tool from an end-user perspective.
Experienced in gathering of requirements and the estimation of effort to deliver those requirements
Strong service mentality and focus on building solutions to improve experience of stakeholders
Stakeholder management and relationship building
Understanding of controls frameworks including documentation

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Adaptive Modeller - 12 month FTC