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Head of Finance Data Transformation

Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd
City of London
1 week ago
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Overview

Intro At RSA, we believe insurance is about people, not things. We provide our inspiring colleagues the support and opportunity to grow together, shape the future, and win as a team. We are going through a transformation journey, providing our people with opportunity to be integral to improving our service and delivering better products to brokers and customers. We are a proud member of the Intact family, we feel part of something bigger, with a presence in North America, the UK and Europe. We have a bold ambition to become the best Commercial Lines business in the UK, demonstrated by our recent acquisition of NIG and Farmweb, allowing us to scale by leveraging our combined financial strength and importantly ensure our people feel the benefits of our joint capabilities. We are currently recruiting for a Head of Finance Data Transformation to join our established and experienced UK&I Finance Transformation team on a hybrid basis. This opportunity will be a 24-month fixed term contract.


Responsibilities

Your Role As the Head of Finance Data Transformation, you will lead the data workstream within the UK&I Finance Transformation (FT) programme, a strategic initiative to modernise and future-proof RSA's finance function. This role is pivotal in delivering a trusted, integrated, and insight-driven data environment that supports efficient operations, strategic decision-making, and regulatory compliance in alignment with global finance guidelines from parent group. You will define and drive the data strategy for the Finance Transformation programme, aligned with RSA UK&I's strategic roadmap and Intact's group-level architecture. Acting as the senior data authority within the FT programme, ensuring data is treated as a strategic asset. You will Lead the design and implementation of a single source of truth for finance data, ensuring completeness, reliability, and accessibility. Oversee the migration from legacy SAP systems to modern platforms, mitigating technology and data risks. Ensuring data architecture supports integration with parent group processes and systems. Establishing robust data governance frameworks, including data ownership, stewardship, quality controls, and compliance with regulatory standards will be an integral part of what you do. Collaborating with Risk, Audit, and Compliance teams to ensure data integrity and auditability


About You

About You Technical Leadership will be paramount, and extensive experience in overseeing data solution delivery and implementation will be necessary. As well as extensive Stakeholder Engagement partnering with Finance, IT, CIO, and business leaders to understand data needs and to ensure alignment with business goals. Leveraging existing transformation assets and best practices to accelerate delivery and reduce duplication. You will have experience in building and leading a high-performing team of data professionals, including data architects, designers, data management, governance leads and engineers. Fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and data literacy across the finance function.


What we offer you

What we offer you At RSA we put our people first. We have adopted hybrid working as standard, to give you a better work/life balance and an excellent flexible working mindset. That is on top of a comprehensive range of benefits, including pension contributions of up to 11% looking after you now, and in the future. We will give you countless opportunities to continuously develop, alongside a diverse and passionate community of experts, the best the industry has to offer. You will be empowered to be your best self, do your best work, and make a meaningful impact. Our employee promise allows you to shape the future, win as a team, and grow with us


About Us

About Us We celebrate individuality and it is important to us that we have a culture where our people feel respected and valued for who they are. We pride ourselves on being accessible and encourage inclusive environments where our people can always give and show the very best of themselves. We understand that home life is a priority and are happy to consider reduced hours or job shares. If you think you would be a great fit for us, but do not meet all the requirements of the role, please contact us as we would love to discuss how RSA could be the next step in your career journey. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. If you wish to be considered under the scheme then please answer yes to the question Do you wish to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme? in RSAs application form Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact our recruitment team so we can work with you to support you throughout your application


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