Financial Systems Analyst - FP&A

We are seeking a highly motivated, eager to learn FP&A Financial Systems Analyst to help develop and manage the future of finance. This role is a unique opportunity to drive meaningful impact in the Chubb International business across finance and technology through future-state systems development, maintenance, and strategic decision making. This is a critical role in our Central FP&A team, and you will work closely with cross-functional teams to support our firm’s growth trajectory and learn critical skills to support your own career growth trajectory.

Successful candidates will receive the opportunities of working in a dynamic environment of a global business and diversified product portfolio, and exposures to the leading financial technologies and tools. Additionally, we provide a strong training program and will equip you with the tools and resources for your career success.  

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Systems Optimization and Innovation: 

• Participate in decision making forums with high-level stakeholders to discuss and prioritize enhancements in current technology, and investments in new technology to help streamline forecasting / reporting processes

• Work side-by-side with the Finance Transformation team to ensure development work is fit for purpose including Design, User Stories / Wireframes, Acceptance Criteria, Test Scripts, UAT, and transition to BAU

• Identify opportunities that automate existing workflows / processes to improve system functionality, ensuring scalability and adaptability to our business needs
   

Innovation-To-Production Management and Maintenance: 

• As projects are transitioned to production and integrated into our financial ecosystem (BAU), become the product owner of several initiatives including maintaining the daily operations and data integrity within the system

• Manage backlog of enhancements for owned initiatives, liaison larger scale changes with the Global Finance Organization, and own development for small system upgrades / solutions

• Assist in development of enhancements and maintenance of legacy workflows built within our existing technology to drive operational efficiencies

FP&A Cycle Support: 

• Provide a level of ownership and support to our Central Finance team including assisting in execution of processes in current technology (TM1/PAW) and other platforms for activities such as system readiness, maintenance, reconciliation of existing data, and ad-hoc requests

• Support FP&A Financial Systems Manager to triage and rectify issues identified by our stakeholders including root-cause identification and interim solution implementation, ensuring deliverables can be complete in a timely and accurate manner 

• Provide some level of end-user technical support and training on systems as needed

• At a minimum, an end-user understanding of an enterprise performance management software (ex: IBM Planning Analytics (preferred), Oracle, Anaplan, OneStream, SAP, etc.) with a use-case in your current or previous role(s)

• Knowledge of systems architecture from raw data ingestion to end-user reporting (i.e. data, inputs, systems, calculations, outputs)

• Development experience in an EPM tool is a plus, but not required

• An understanding of project life cycles for technology related developments from initial business/data requirements to post UAT production deployment

• Ability to trouble shoot systems issues (i.e. data reconciliation), work independently to find resolutions, and identify areas of improvement in data processes 

• Ability to think of the ‘big picture’ when solving issues, and create actionable plans to implement changes in systems and/or current business processes

• Ability to analyze large amounts of data to provide and test hypothesis for various scenarios, and to synthesize various conclusions to provide recommendations to management team

• Must be able to learn and operate new systems quickly 

• Can apply logic to problem solve complex business problems

• Ability to take early abstract ideas, frame technical concepts and deliver tangible work-products

• Team player and strong communicator

• Passion for innovation and strong interest to understanding and developing cutting edge finance solutions

Professional Experience

Typical experience may include, whilst not limited to: 

• Minimum of 1 - 3 years of accounting, financial planning & analysis, or financial systems / computer science experience
• Insurance industry experience is a plus but not required
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Data Science or related field; finance-related software certifications are a plus, but not required
• Experience implementing or leveraging technology as an end-user in your professional experience (preferably within an enterprise performance management platform) is required, and the willingness to learn new technology
• Exposure to an FP&A lifecycle (planning, budgeting, forecast, enterprise-wide KPI & reporting framework, profitability/cost analysis)