VP, GFO Global Financial Systems Architecture

Chubb - Philadelphia, PA

Full-time - Senior

Philadelphia, PA

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

The Vice President of Global Financial Systems Architecture at Chubb will lead the Global Finance Business Architecture team, focusing on developing and maintaining the financial systems architecture framework and roadmap. This role is pivotal in ensuring alignment with business strategies and optimizing global financial operations, particularly in the Coupa source to pay processes. The successful candidate will collaborate with various stakeholders across Finance, Procurement, IT, and Global Architecture functions to drive business success and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business leaders, finance, and IT teams to develop and maintain the financial systems architecture framework and roadmap.
• Provide expertise in financial systems architecture, ensuring alignment with business strategies and objectives.
• Lead and oversee projects related to financial systems architecture, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring successful project delivery within defined timelines and budget.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and optimization within IT financial processes and accounting, specifically focusing on source to pay processes, propose solutions, and drive their implementation.
• Partner with stakeholders to gather requirements and develop business cases for system enhancements, upgrades, and new implementations.
• Ensure effective integration of financial systems with other enterprise applications, such as ERP and 3rd Party relationship management systems.
• Lead and manage the transformation of processes owned by the function, identifying optimum solutions and transfer of the process to other functions when appropriate.
• Stay updated with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to financial systems architecture and source to pay processes.

Requirements

• Significant experience in financial systems architecture, business architecture, IT financial processes, or related roles.
• Strong knowledge and expertise in source to pay processes, with a focus on finance and accounting.
• Ability to understand end to end process to be able to identify, and implement, the system enablers to meet business requirements.
• Experience of working with insurance accounting standards and processes.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify process gaps and propose solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams across regions, including finance, IT, and business stakeholders, to drive business objectives.
• Experience of leading projects / initiatives.
• Ability to lead and participate with strategic thinking and objectives for Finance and to some extent the wider business community.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience with commonly used financial systems and technologies (e.g., ERP systems, financial planning and analysis tools, etc.).

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting is highly desirable, but not essential.
• Project Management certification is desirable but not essential.