Manager - Global Finance Systems

Primary Details

• Location: London / Leeds

• Type: Permanent, full time

• Hybrid role, happy to talk flexible working

The Opportunity:  

We’re looking for a technically skilled and people-savvy Finance Systems Manager to lead a small but highly capable team within our Global Finance Systems function. This role blends leadership, technical expertise, and stakeholder engagement to support and champion the systems that underpin our finance function.

You’ll bring a strong IT understanding to the role, acting as an escalation point for complex issues and ensuring the team’s work is clearly communicated and valued across the business. With a solid understanding of finance systems and agile methodologies, you’ll help drive improvements, manage stakeholder expectations, and support delivery across platforms like Oracle Fusion and TM1.

Your New Role:  

• Lead and support a small team of technically skilled analysts, providing guidance, mentorship, and escalation support.

• Support agile delivery processes and drive the continuous improvement and development of processes and systems across finance and accounting aligned to strategic objectives.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the Department and wider local and Global functions to determine requirements and understand issues.

• Champion the team’s work by presenting updates, insights, and outcomes to senior stakeholders.

• Act as a key liaison between Finance and IT, ensuring system incidents, enhancements, and solutions are delivered effectively.

• Engage with tools such as Jira and ServiceNow to manage and monitor performance and progress.

• Collaborate with process owners to gather requirements and translate them into actionable plans.

• Navigate complex stakeholder relationships, managing expectations and driving alignment across departments.

About you:   

• Strong IT background with hands-on experience in finance systems.

• Finance knowledge is highly beneficial

• Proven experience with Oracle Fusion

• Confident communicator with the ability to manage challenging stakeholders and present technical work clearly.

• Experience leading or managing teams, with a collaborative and supportive leadership style.

• Understanding of Agile frameworks and how finance processes integrate with technology.

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.  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 

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