Primary Details

Program Finance Officer

London

The Opportunity

QBE Europe is currently recruiting for a Program Finance Officer to join Angela’s expense management team in our London office. The purpose of this role is to support the Portfolio of Transformation Initiatives for both costs and benefits - managing their financial position, budgeting, analyses, providing insightful and forward-looking business partnering support. This involves evaluating complex financial data and influencing investment decision-making by offering solutions, providing challenge and navigating complex processes on behalf of senior stakeholders. Additionally, the role is responsible for producing accurate and timely management information, including complex financial performance analysis and translating data into decision-relevant insights to ensure alignment with business objectives.

Your New Role

• Interact closely with Program / Project managers, and attend Program/Portfolio/Transformation committees to present and challenge investment, value realisation and financial risk management aligned to Program activities

• Interact closely with key senior LT members for reporting, planning, budgeting, and forecasting across various shared services functions.

• Deliver accurate financial reporting metrics by analysing financial data, performing complex data entry, verifying accuracy and collaborating with senior leadership as needed.

• Support and challenge Project Business Cases, aligning investment and benefit realisation with Project deliverables and outcomes

• Align with the broader finance business partnering and planning teams.

• Prepare and maintain the budgeting and forecasting tool for assigned line(s) of business.

• Prepare regular reports, recommendations, and interpretations to the leadership group based on financial and operating data and variances in the budget.

• Maintain an efficient, effective and comprehensive process for developing financial plans and analysis that links to the strategic objectives.

• Assist in the financial analysis of feasibility of projects as well as benefits realised from key initiatives.

• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient service delivery

• Day to day activity management of the offshore support team

About You

• Experience of making impactful finance to business presentations

• Previous transformation/change accounting essential

• Experience with Value Realisation Frameworks essential

• Management accounting experience in a business-facing client support role

• Accounting experience in management accounting, financial planning, and analysis

• Insurance background is an advantage

• Significant experience in an accounting role

• Experience as a people manager

Why QBE? At My Best  

 At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.  

We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.? 

QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://careers/flex-qbe/). 

With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.  

To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website. 

At My Best - QBE Benefits  

 You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally.  FOR UK ONLY: As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!  

30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days. 

Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours. 

Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary. 

Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.  

Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent. 

Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad. 

Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own. 
Cycle-to-Work – benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000. 

To find out more visit our  Reward Page 

QBE Awards  

Some of the award’s QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include;?