Business Support Owner – Anaplan Key Characteristics
Responsibilities:
Demand/Change/Upgrade and Release Management:
- Support the SAP Anaplan Product Owner in collecting and understanding new/revised Anaplan business requirements
- Ensure Anaplan configurations are consistent with IFRS 17 requirements and Generali Group Methodology
- Assess interdependencies and impacts within existing Anaplan configurations and the overall ecosystem of centralized solutions
- Address requirements for automatic coherency checks to ensure the accuracy of Anaplan calculations
- Prepare documentation for new Demand or Change requests under the supervision of the Anaplan Product Owner
Incidents and Problems Management:
- Manage incidents reported by Business Units and Head Office Departments
- Support the Product Owner in addressing problems or unplanned events causing service disruptions in central applications
Service Request Management:
- Proactively manage and resolve Service Requests raised by Business Units and Head Office Departments
Reporting Closings Support:
- Be an essential member of the closing process in all phases
- Support the Product Owner in preparing, explaining, and clarifying instructions for the next reporting closing
- Assist Business Units in the correct application of instructions and ensure timely execution of closing processes
- Cooperate with Product Owners, other Business Supports, IT Colleagues, and Generali Head Office Business Functions
- Support follow-up actions or adjustments as needed after execution
Cross Tasks/Global Approach:
- Cooperate with the Product Owner for setting up and maintaining relevant Anaplan documentation
- Assist in training application users
Must Have:
- Master’s degree in Economics (or equivalent)
- 1-3 years of experience as a Controller or similar role in Life and P&C Insurance.
- Knowledge of IFRS principles, especially IFRS 17
- Excellent understanding of accounting and closing processes
- Knowledge of Solvency II regulations, focusing on Pillar I
- Completed Anaplan Level III training
- Experience using Anaplan
- Highly motivated, goal-oriented, and able to meet deadlines in challenging environments
- Strong problem-solving and teamwork skills
- Proactive, able to simplify complexity and find pragmatic solutions
- Ability to connect different subjects and think outside the box
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and multicultural skills
- Good negotiation skills with internal and external partners, able to build trustful relationships in a multinational and client-centric context
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Fluent in English with an international mindset
Nice to Have:
- Certifications: ACCA, MBA, CECCAR, CAFR / ASPAS
- Anaplan Solution Architect certification
- Knowledge of Agile methodology
- Previous experience using the ServiceNow platform
- Former experience as an auditor in the Big 4 in the insurance sector
- Previous experience in IFRS 17 implementation projects
- Previous experience in SAP (FPSL, PaPM, FS-CD, BW, FI) and Tagetik
- Knowledge of the Italian language
- Department
- Finance
- Locations
- Bucharest
- Remote status
- Hybrid
About Sales Consulting
Since 1998, we've been active in the Human Resources consulting market, providing regional coverage across four key areas of expertise: recruitment and selection, personnel leasing, assessment centers and consultancy. As leaders in Transylvania, we've expanded our reach to embrace a culture of continuous improvement, thereby strengthening our position in the Romanian and also regional market. This commitment underscores our dedication to evolve alongside the dynamic needs of our clients and the ever-changing landscape of the business environment.
Our success stems from the professionalism of our services, the multidisciplinary expertise of our consulting team and our ongoing collaboration with those who rely on our consultancy services.
Building long-term partnerships with clients across diverse industries such as IT&C, automotive, outsourcing, pharma, banking, FMCG and more, is our primary objective.
Our commitment to client orientation, teamwork, flexibility, excellence, dedication and responsibility reflects our aim to bring added value to our services.
Business Support Owner – Anaplan Key Characteristics
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