Description
Actuarial System Analyst
Description:
- Full Time Permanent position
- Hybrid role based in our City Centre offices
Role Overview
My client is looking for an Actuarial Systems Analyst, you will support the optimisation of our business processes and systems, ensuring they meet high standards of efficiency and effectiveness. Your primary responsibilities will include assisting in the analysis of current business processes, identifying areas for improvement, and helping to implement innovative solutions to enhance operational efficiency. This role requires collaboration with stakeholders across our global entities to understand their needs, translating these into technical requirements, and working with IT teams to deliver robust systems and applications.
In addition to these responsibilities, you will play a key role in supporting the production environment during the IFRS17 and Solvency II (SII) quarter-end reporting cycles. You will work closely with the Senior Actuarial Systems Analyst to manage the complex Tier 1 application landscape, which is used globally for financial and regulatory processing. Your support will be essential in maintaining the integrity and performance of this platform, ensuring it meets the rigorous demands of our financial operations.
Team Background
- This role sits within our Business Applications team and reports to the Business Applications Manager.
• The Business Applications team is responsible for providing IT services and solutions to both shared and corporate functions, directly supporting end customers within our global business entities.
• The team interacts extensively with global business entities and corporate technology teams to ensure seamless integration and functionality of our systems.
• Our solutions encompass a wide range of technologies, including on-premises business applications, SaaS solutions, IT tools, bespoke application development, data platforms, integrations, and automation of business and IT processes.
• By collaborating closely with various stakeholders, the team ensures that our technology solutions meet the diverse needs of our global operations, driving efficiency and innovation across the organisation.
What you will help us to achieve
As an Actuarial Systems Analyst this role will involve:
• Process Improvement: Identify inefficiencies in business processes and implement effective solutions to achieve significant improvements.
• System Integration: Ensure seamless data flow between different departments and systems through effective integration of business systems.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Facilitate communication and collaboration between business units and IT teams, ensuring business needs are accurately translated into technical requirements and solutions.
• Project Success: Contribute to the successful delivery of projects by providing technical expertise and support.
• Production Support: Assist in monitoring and maintaining production systems, primarily the Prophet Runtime Platform (PRP), and ensure documentation is up to date.
• Sustainment: Lead the troubleshooting and resolution of complex incidents/problems, determining root causes and developing new approaches, tactics, and initiatives to resolve issues.
What you will need to be successful in the role
The ideal candidate will have/be:
• Degree qualified or equivalent with 5+ years’ experience working in the financial services industry.
• A strong understanding of business processes and how they interact with IT systems. This includes knowledge of common business functions such as finance, operations, and customer service.
• Familiarity with the stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Knowledge of ITIL service management principles and practices.
• Working in an agile working environment with regular change, at pace and to tight deadlines.
• Support of production systems from incident to root cause analysis, problem resolution, testing, and releasing to production.
• The successful candidate will Provide global support during critical quarter end reporting timelines, which will require working / being on call across North American and European time zones.
• Demonstrated expertise in business/systems analysis, including requirements gathering, process mapping, and functional specification documentation.
• Core IT tools including SQL, MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio), SharePoint, Jira, Confluence, TestRail.
Key Competencies
Problem Solving and Decision Making
Team Working & Cross Functional Collaboration
Drive for Results
Communication & Influencing
Planning & Organising
