Financial Systems Product Manager (Phinsys)

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In good company.

We're a global specialty insurance and reinsurance company enhanced by data and technology, focused on producing sustainable underwriting profitability and delivering significant shareholder value.

Headquartered in Bermuda, we operate on a global basis, with over 500 employees and key underwriting operations in London, Bermuda, the US and Dublin.

We work collaboratively, we share a passion for the service and results we deliver, and we know that what we do each day is meaningful - to our customers and our business.

We're looking for a

Financial Systems Product Manager (Phinsys)

Based in London and reporting to the Technical Finance Systems Lead, this role will assist in the delivery of the key system products that support the financial reporting produced by Hamilton.

Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd. is a Bermuda-headquartered company that underwrites specialty insurance and reinsurance risks on a global basis through its wholly owned subsidiaries.

What you will do

• Deliver the Product Management for Financial Close. Including delivering change and supporting the products in BAU
• Assist in the on-going project to migrate all Financial Close processes to the Phinsys suite of products
• Assist in improving efficiency in processes via API's, unstructured data capture and automation of manual tasks
• Engage business teams to establish product definition and roadmap, to meet the business and company strategy
• Coordinate changes with Business Operations, MI, Finance and other downstream team
• Use DevOps to Create Epics/Features/Stories required for development teams by partnering with business teams and BA's for large and complex topics.
• Understand the requirements and capture requirements also in user stories and the appropriate tasks
• Partner with internal and external teams to setup product delivery roadmap and be the single owner for product delivery to business
• Engage with 3rd party vendors to establish integration plan
• Uncover and understand customer needs and translate them into requirements using agile methodologies
• Ability to work well with internal and vendor teams, including developers, engineers, architects, quality assurance and operations. Ensure requirements are fully understood and that implementation plans match expectations
• Understand, research and follow technical trends in the industry and in general
• Able to assess emerging products and companies to measure their potential value or threat to the company and its products, as well as make recommendations on which new technologies to invest in or leverage
• Provide internal and customer training on how to use the product
• Respond to queries regarding the product and its capabilities
• Assess and address technical risks
• Understand and analyze data pipelines, algorithms, and automated systems (Workflow and integration)
• Serve as a product subject matter expert to the technical/developer community
• Coordinate testing and implementation to an auditable standard
• Ensure the tools used for managing change and testing are set up in a suitable way to meet external and internal audit requirements
• Analyse performance indicators, evaluate experiments, etc
• Define success criteria for testing and product acceptance
• Facilitate the creation and maintenance of product documentation

What you require for the role

• Detailed knowledge of Lloyd's Syndicate, and General Insurance Companies, Financial Close Processes
• Extensive exposure to widely used market Financial Close Systems and General Ledger, preferably the Phinsys Suite and Sun Accounts, but knowledge of in-house developed Financial Close Systems, would be acceptable
• Understanding of the various accounting standards and be able to orate accounting treatment of Reinstatement Premiums, Endorsements, Profit Commissions and be fluent in GAAP accounting
• Understanding of Lloyd's based underwriting systems, Sequel Ltd based or equivalent market system
• Detailed understanding of the reporting requirements both external to Lloyd's and standard internal reports, relating to the financial close
• Use of DevOps or Jira type ticket and development tools, would be an advantage
• Technical expertise & capabilities within your field
• Ability to productively leverage data and technology
• Open, innovative and inclusive mindset
• Collaborative spirit
• Results-oriented and growth mindset

Preferred but not essential

• Basic SQL script writing
• Understanding of API calls and links to backend systems
• Knowledge of JSON, REST api to test basic workflows

Conduct Standards

• You must act with integrity
• You must act with due skill, care and diligence
• You must be open and cooperative with the CBI, FCA, the PRA and other regulators
• You must pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
• You must observe proper standards of market conduct
• You must act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers

What you can expect from us

We offer a vibrant, entrepreneurial, and collaborative culture guided by our values: Be Smart, Be Sensible, Be Open and Be More.

We know if we welcome and respect differences, we'll attract and retain talent that brings a valuable diversity of perspectives and experience. We want all our colleagues to feel that they can bring their whole selves to work at Hamilton and know that they can be part of building a great company.