Knowledge and Experience

• Proficiency in Workday Financials as a user and/or consultant.
• Solid grounding in accounting principles.
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience in the following areas in Workday Finance:
  • Record to Report
  • Order to Cash
  • Procure to Pay
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
• Prism & Accounting Centre (less important).
• Understanding of/ experience of Insurance Broking.
• Experience of a large global programme involving significant business operational change.
• Able to build and sustain the confidence of senior level stakeholders.

Policy, Process and Procedures:

• Keep informed of all legal and regulatory developments relevant to the Company/Group.
• Interprets instructions and issues arising and then implement actions according to policies and procedures.

Environment, Customer Focus and Relationships:

• Consistently deliver an excellent and comprehensive service.
• Develop strong relationships with colleagues, plus key contacts within the business.
• Behave with all clients (both internal and external) fairly and ethically.

People Management/Personal Development:

• The job holder does not have direct reports.
• Actively undertakes personal development to ensure up to date knowledge and understanding of best practice.
• Remains aware of external, industry, legal and regulatory developments (where this is relevant to the job role) to ensure practice and outputs are of a sufficiently high standard.
• Keeps informed of all legal and regulatory developments relevant to the Operating Entity/Group.

Regulatory and Compliance:

• The Board of each Operating Entity requires the highest standards of corporate governance, operational excellence and financial reporting throughout the Group from all its employees/contractors.

• Specific responsibilities are listed below.

• Reference to team (below) is only applicable where the job holder has direct line management responsibilities:

  • Ensures compliance of self and team (as appropriate if the job holder has line management responsibilities) with all applicable legal, fiscal and regulatory obligations in the form of policies and procedures.
  • Ensures correct authorisation is obtained and processes followed when required by the Operating Entity and/or Group.
  • Ensures performance, HR and T&C records are up to date and meet the Operating Entity and/or Group’s requirements.
  • Maintains accurate records and deal with correspondence appropriately.
  • Operates in an honest, professional and ethical manner.
  • Strictly adheres to the Group Employee Code of Conduct, which also applies to Contractors.
  • Completes all relevant regulatory training.
  • Ensure they remain competent to carry out role.

This role operates a hybrid working pattern of 2 days a week in the office and may have travel linked to the role. Interviews for this role will commence before the end date of this advert.

Note: This job description is not exhaustive and reflects the type and range of tasks, responsibilities and outcomes associated with the role.

What do we offer in return?

A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity – there is no one Howden type. Instead, we’re looking for individuals who share the same values as us:

• Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new.
• We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges.
• We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond.

Reasonable adjustments

We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours* or hybrid working*.

If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it’s the right fit for you, send us your application – if your profile fits the role’s criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require.

*Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more.

Permanent

Howden began in 1994, as just three people and a dog. Now there are 23,000 of us, and we're a leading global insurance group, managing $37bn of premiums for our clients. Our largest shareholder group is us – the people who work in the business – supported by three long-term, minority growth-equity partners who share our vision to build a business to last, one that will never be sold.

The owner's mindset is something that's embedded in our culture; our people readily take ownership of their decisions, their actions, and their outputs. They’re invested in every sense. And we all know that by working together to drive the business forward, everyone will benefit from the extraordinary results we can achieve.