Finance Systems Accountant

at  Resolution Life

At Resolution Life, we’re proud to have evolved into a global business under the Resolution Life name. For customers, advisers, companies and the industry. We’re making an impact worldwide
Resolution Life Group is a global life insurance group focusing on the acquisition and management of in-force life insurance policies. With assets of $31 billion and 1.5 million customers, Resolution Life are providing existing customers with life insurance, super and investments.
Why us?
Our platform vision is to be the leading in-force specialist life-insurer in Australasia by 2024, by being customer-obsessed and data-driven.
We are one of the first life insurers globally to operate in an entirely Enterprise Agile environment. The strategic priorities of the platform are focused on ensuring the business is future-fit and sustainable, and to grow through bolt-on acquisition of in-force portfolios. We are guided by core behaviours that inform the way Resolution Life team members show up each day and interact with others.
The Opportunity
We have a 9-month contract opportunity available to a Finance Systems Accountant to join our team.
The System Accounting Chapter supports delivery in the Finance & Actuarial Transformation & Systems Centre of Excellence (CoE) as it continues to develop, enhance, and maintain financial systems, financial process plus ensure integrity of financial data and associated controls. The Chapter continues to support Finance & Actuarial SMTs during Transformation and Integrations as well as running the business.
System Accountants bridge the Finance & Actuarial team and our technical Oracle experts -> all System Accountants have an accounting qualification with financial system expertise. They understand the current state of financial system data flows, controls, and processes, including customer payment/receipting functionality, that forms a basis of RLA’s financial transactions and reports. Their craft includes the design, analysis and review of financial systems and associated financial processes and controls.
Your Story

RLA has adopted agile ways or working providing a flexible environment for individuals to make a significant contribution to our success through the application of their skill and experience. To thrive in this environment ideally a candidate has the following general attributes:

• Analysis of current state of nominated financial system/process/accounting
• Clear and concise documentation of current state
• Development of future state user stories (requirements) using best practice, under guidance of Sponsor Delegate and Project Team
• Work with the Project Team, including our third-party vendors, in understanding how Oracle Fusion capabilities will be used in our Future of Finance state
• Unit test and triage financial system and data integration artefacts under guidance
• Create work papers associated with any testing including remediation activities
• Work with Change Management for new standard operating procedures, training and documentation as required

Key Competencies required

• Excellent analytical skills - attention to detail and tenacity.
• A challenging and enquiring mind.
• Understanding of common software failures and faults.
• Experience in a variety of testing efforts.Accounting/Finance tertiary qualifications or equivalent
• Experience in financial system implementation/upgrades is highly desirable
• Experience working with Oracle Fusion ERP, Finance platform implementations and operations highly desirable
• Experience of Jira technology
• Life Insurance, banking, and financial services industry experience ideal but not essential

Critical Skills

At Resolution Life, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:

• Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
• Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analysing data and problem-solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
• Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
• Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
• Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

What Will We Do For You:
Our culture underpins our values and guides our decision making. It’s also what makes Resolution Life a great place to work.
Resolution Life Australasia supports virtual working, and our enduring primary place of work continues to be “virtual” with the physical office and home office used interchangeably. We recognise that our workers can contribute and connect equally regardless of where they are located, and we have seen and experienced the wellbeing and benefits that come from working at home. This means some of us work at home most of the time, in the office most of the time or a balanced mix.
Every day is an opportunity to grow – and we hope to offer our people a career, not just a job.
The learning and development opportunities we offer include supporting the completion of executive-level short courses, access to leading online learning tools, on the job training, and mentoring by highly experienced business leaders.
Join us
Before commencing employment in this role you will need to provide two references, full working rights and complete police and credit checks through an online provider.
As an equal opportunity employer strongly committed to working in a diverse and inclusive workforce you will be provided with any support or accessibility requirements throughout your interview process. Please feel free to contact our Talent Team directly at talent@resolutionlife.com.au.
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