Finance

Description:

Our ambition is to be one of Canada’s leading and most innovative P&C insurers. Come be a part of our journey, and love what you do.

Definity offers a flexible, hybrid work experience where employees work from the office and virtually depending on the type of work they are doing and who they are working with. Leader’s partner with their teams to find the right balance of on-site and remote work that best meets the needs of their teams, colleagues, brokers and customers, while ensuring collaboration, teamwork and accountability for goals.

We are looking for someone to build and maintain strong relationships with Finance business leaders, delivery partners, vendors, and provide direction and deliver on optimal technology solutions/services to meet business needs. The position will work with a various IT professional and will bridge business and technology gaps, leverages resources across specialized technology areas to ensure end-to-end delivery of agreed upon solutions or services within planned forecasts and cost estimates. The position will work as Technical Lead as part of Finance Modernization program and will report to the Director, Technology.

What can you expect in this role?

• Lead and manage end-to-end technology solutions or services delivery for Finance business line & portfolio, which includes but not limited to IFRS 17, Accounting, General Ledgers elements)
• Responsible for Technology delivery for application sets within their scope, commissioning projects to be executed by project managers
• Act as a solutions integrator; provide a flexible approach by offering and negotiating Solution options with Business that balance service levels, cost and risk
• Develop impact assessments, manage delivery schedules, access issues & change requests, perform risk assessments to consistently manage operational processes (time reporting)
• Report on Project progress, status, overall health and individual applications
• Lead the development of applications and services, monitor and track to established plans with Finance and Business Management team
• Measure, monitor projects, stay within budget, meet or exceed expectations
• Assess work plans, identify scheduling issues, report and escalate, as needed
• Track major project deliverables; share updates and other support initiatives
• Manage Oracle Quarterly updates activities and work with different stakeholders to ensure successful deployment of objects & patches