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Location

Bournemouth, Dorset | United Kingdom

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Job description

Location: Bournemouth/Hybrid

Secondment until the end of 2024

Role Description

To work under the Reporting and BI Manager as a lead specialist to plan, design, implement and maintain the Finance Department’s suite of Business Intelligence (BI), Reporting and Planning systems, mainly Essbase.

The role will encompass acting as a lead specialist for development work on our existing systems, as well as taking on ownership of new system implementation projects as the Financial Systems landscape changes over time. The role holder will require extensive experience of working in a full systems development lifecycle environment and should be comfortable with all aspects of systems development and communicating with all levels of staff.

Key Accountabilities

• Act as project support who will help with the installation and configuration of the current Allianz Personal Financial BI, Reporting and Planning Systems, working in conjunction with any required IT teams as appropriate.

• Act as a subject matter expert who will drive the design and delivery of new and updated financial and statistical models, databases, reports, processes and procedures in order to meet changing business requirements.

• Proactively manage our development process, ensuring that all system testing, user acceptance testing and production releases follow all appropriate Allianz Change Management processes and system methodologies.

• Produce any required documentation, such as Requirements Documents, Functional Specifications, Training Manuals, etc.

• Deliver end user training, on either an individual or classroom basis as required.

• Manage the relationships with key stakeholders – design, lead and organise workshops and meetings that support development activity. Constantly work with the business to improve current processes and improve efficiency across Finance.

• Liaise with 3rd party software support teams to resolve issues. Build working relationships with specialist business and IT teams, including the DBA teams. 

• Seek out opportunities for enhancements to our systems for evaluation by the wider GFS development and management team. Learn other systems such as Oracle E-Business Suite, J- Developer, Workflow, ETL technologies as and when required.

• Provide cover and support for the Financial Systems – Reporting & BI Analyst in their BAU responsibilities.

Skills and Experience

Implementation and development experience of:

• Oracle Essbase
  • Configuration
  • Cube design (block & aggregate)
  • Essbase scripting
  • Performance tuning
  • Upgrades to the latest version

Desirable exposure to the following Financial systems:

• Certent Disclosure Management (CDM)
• Clarity 7
• BlackLine Reconciliations
• Tagetik SII Reporting
• Oracle Financials

Coding knowledge:

• Essbase scripting
• PL/SQL / SQL
• VBA

Some level of accounting knowledge, specifically around BI, Reporting and Planning required.

Flexible approach to working hours as there will be some work required outside of normal business hours required to support upgrades and implementations.

Highly PC literate with advanced skills in MS Office.

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options
• Hybrid working.
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Development days
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts

Our Ways of Working

Do you need some flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. 

Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Our Purpose and Values

Be Brave | With Heart | Everyone Counts | Inspiring Trust

At Allianz, we value diversity and inclusion and back this up with our accreditations. Allianz is EDGE certified for gender inclusion, members of the Women in Finance Charter, a Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion members, signatories of Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter, and an Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.

We recognise the strength of neurodiversity in the workplace, and the far-reaching benefits of embracing a spectrum of thinking styles and innovative capabilities. We proudly welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, and can offer tailored adjustments to remove barriers and set you up for success in your career.

At Allianz, we encourage our people to advocate for what they need, we listen, and we act – this could include providing assistive technology, ergonomic specialist equipment, mentoring and coaching, or flexibility in the way you work, among a wide range other adjustments.

Join us - Let’s Care for Tomorrow.

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