Deputy Manager, Chief Accounting and Capital Office

The Anaplan Model Builder is a critical role focused on development, maintenance and support of all Anaplan models. This role within the Finance Architecture, Chief Accounting and Chief Capital Office function is responsible for the execution of Strategic and BAU initiatives in Anaplan as well as Finance Architecture and ensuring operational excellence across Finance systems. In addition to Anaplan knowledge, this role requires extensive Insurance & Reinsurance Finance and FP&A knowledge.

What youll be DOING

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Provide technical expertise and work on model building, configuration and develop technical solutions for business problems.
• Enhancement and maintenance of all existing automated calculations in Anaplan.
• Maintenance of various Models by partnering with model owners and ensuring smooth processing of business (e.g. FP&A for Insurance Accounting, Re-insurance Accounting, IGRs, LE Controllers, Expense Allocations, Division Controllers, FBPs, Ceded Re, Actuarial, etc).
• Perform Anaplan admin activities: Root cause analysis, size impact of solution and fixes, Investigation and analysis of any variances or reconciliation issues for inputs and outputs,Data Loads and Validation, Upload rankings, Maintain system settings.
• Perform unit testing for any enhancements and provide defect resolution.
• Provide support in the analysis of the system and business requirements for testing, development of test cases and test data and ensuring the development of quality deliverables.
• Provide support in communication to business regarding root cause analysis and resolution.
• Be part of the solution design process during the design cycle and support the creation of the design documents, work with various Finance workstreams and perform impact analysis.
• Partner with BI/GT teams on data integration and automation.
• Resolution of identified gaps/defects between business requirements and Anaplan/application functionality.
• Assist with issue tracking and resolution.

You will report to Manager, Chief Accounting and Capital Office.

What you will BRING

Were looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills and Abilities:

• University Graduate/Postgraduate with experience in Insurance/Reinsurance Planning.
• Anaplan Certified Model Builder &/or Anaplan Solution Architect with relevant years of experience.
• Proficiency in querying and manipulating large data sets for analytical purposes.
• Experience with communication and analytical tools, such as MS PowerPoint, MS Excel.

Desired Skills and Abilities:

• Insurance, Reinsurance Accounting knowledge; Accountant or Engineer a plus.
• High energy, outstanding work ethic, willingness to do whatever it takes to get to the results.
• Comfort with ambiguity & ability to influence others and gain acceptance for your ideas.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and root cause analysis.
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.
• Analytical skills.