Global Head of Finance Systems and Data

Responsibilities:

Finance Demand Plan & Business Ownership of Global Finance Platforms

• Develop and maintain the three-to-five-year Global Finance business capability plan, identifying dependencies, evaluating priorities, and aligning investment decisions with Finance’s strategic objectives.

• Represent Finance in decisions concerning the optimization and evolution of core Finance platforms, monitor delivery against agreed plans, and ensure that business requirements and expected outcomes are achieved.

• Partners with Ascot’s Global IT function on the architecture, vendor management, and technical delivery of Finance platforms at group scale

• Articulate Global Finance priorities, evaluate dependencies with other Ascot functional initiatives, and promote alignment between Finance requirements and enterprise platform decisions.

• Embody The Ascot Way in daily interactions with colleagues, fostering engagement and development, collaboration, inclusivity, and individual accountability.

Group Finance Data Structures, Lineage & Master Data

• Define the global Finance data model and establish processes for its ongoing governance and maintenance, including common reporting dimensions, hierarchies, mappings, and master data required to support consistent Group reporting and analysis.

• Define and establish processes for maintaining clear end-to-end data lineage from source systems through Finance data warehouses and reporting layers to management reporting outputs, supporting auditability, reconciliation, and an effective control environment.

AI Use Cases in Finance 

• Identify, prioritize, sponsor, and govern AI use cases in Finance operations, measuring realized business value and alignment with Ascot’s enterprise technology, data, risk, and control requirements.

Automation and Controls

• In partnership with local Finance transformation leads, identify, assess, and maintain a prioritized backlog of Finance automation opportunities, with clear business ownership, expected benefits, dependencies, and delivery priorities.

• Establish Finance’s business-side requirements for data lineage, change logging, segregation of duties, and controlled change management across newly introduced AI, automation, and alternative technology platforms.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 10 years of combined experience in finance operations, FP&A, enterprise resource planning or finance technology transformation.

• A bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, data analytics, or technology is required. Professional accounting or finance certifications (such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CA, or CPA) preferred.

• Significant experience leading Finance systems, data, or transformation initiatives in a complex, global organization, ideally within insurance, financial services, or another regulated industry.

• Strong understanding of core Finance processes, including financial close and consolidation, management and regulatory reporting, planning and forecasting, and related control requirements.

• Demonstrated experience defining business capabilities and requirements, developing multi-year roadmaps, prioritizing investment, and overseeing delivery of enterprise Finance platforms in partnership with IT.

• Experience defining and governing Finance data models, reporting dimensions, hierarchies, mappings, master data, and end-to-end data lineage.

• Practical experience identifying, prioritizing, and governing automation or AI use cases, with a clear focus on measurable business value, scalability, auditability, and risk management.

• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders across Finance, IT and Data; translate complex requirements into clear priorities; and drive alignment across global teams.

• A track record of sponsoring or leading cross-functional change initiatives from business case and prioritization through implementation, adoption, and benefits realization.

   

This position may be filled at a different level depending on experience.

Compensation

For Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to experience, subject matter expertise, and skills. The base pay is just one component of Ascot’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include an annual cash bonus, and other forms of discretionary compensation awarded by the Company. 

Stamford, CT Salary Range: $225,000 - $270,000 

U.S. Based Employee Company Benefits

The Company provides a competitive benefits package that includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Life Insurance, AD&D, Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program), and more

Leave Benefits: Paid holidays, annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state /local paid leave where required), Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Other leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, Adoption, Maternity, Military, Primary & Non-Primary Caregiver)

Retirement Benefits: Contributory Savings Plan (401k)