Global job opportunities in the Media, IT, Technology and Publishing with the Dail Mail and General Trust en-gb http://www.dmgtopportunities.com/ daily 1 http://www.dmgtopportunities.com/job/?id=4243 Job Responsibilities: Job Summary: We are looking for a seasoned accounting/finance professional, who has a proven track record as a successful corporate controller. Responsibilities include all aspects of the accounting function for the company, the corporate control environment, management/financial reporting for the organization and representation of Finance and Accounting on cross functional initiatives. Early projects would include integrating the existing infrastructure and automating processes to support business unit pandl reporting, operationalizing those reports across the business and evaluating enhancements and upgrades to existing financial applications to achieve operational efficiencies. Excellent managerial, reporting and communication skills are essential. Responsibilities: Supervise of the day to day activities of the accounting function, including, but not limited to, general ledger, purchasing, A/P, A/R, and payroll, cash management and stock option records. Complete the timely and accurate monthly close, consolidation of a US parent and subsidiaries in the UK, France, Switzerland, Bermuda, India, China and Japan, management/financial reporting and preparation of all group reporting requirements. Responsible for international outsourced service providers. Perform and supervise technical accounting research for specific transactions or special projects. Maintain the accuracy and reliability of the control framework around the accounting systems and preparation of the financial statements. Liaison with the auditors and management of the interim and year-end audit processes. Federal and State corporate, sales and property tax compliance plus knowledge of international tax reporting. Supervision and development of the accounting team. 2009-09-08T10:06:48+00:00 http://www.dmgtopportunities.com/job/?id=4242 Job Responsibilities: The Emerging Risk Models team at RMS develops solutions to assist clients in managing new and developing risks. Examples of such risks include terrorism, infectious disease, and liability risk. The primary role of the Emerging Risk Models team is to develop innovative but practical solutions our clients can operationalize. Such solutions begin with a concept, and are taken through full model and software development phases until there is a fully functional product solution available to our clients. We are looking for a quantitative individual to advance RMS' business in a variety of applications on the Emerging Risk Models team. This individual will be responsible for providing analytical support for model and product development as well as client consulting projects. From a development perspective, the analyst will utilize mathematical, statistical, and basic programming skills to help develop and validate models for health and longevity risk and other solutions as the need arises. In addition, client consulting projects will give the analyst the opportunity to apply these same skills in the context of a real-world application in which the analyst will participate in all phases of the consulting project from data preparation to analysis, reporting, and presentation. The Analyst will work closely with other RMS experts in a variety of fields including model development, product management, and consulting. The Analyst is a motivated individual who is willing to take initiative and further new initiatives at RMS. 2009-09-08T10:04:16+00:00 http://www.dmgtopportunities.com/job/?id=4241 Job Responsibilities: RMS develops stochastic models for assessment of the financial risk due to natural catastrophic events such as windstorms, and earthquakes, as well as man-made catastrophic events such as terrorism. Research, develop, and test methods and algorithms for modeling insurance and reinsurance financial structures for RMS's software products for various natural and man-made catastrophes. Work with members of the product marketing and client development groups to determine the requirements of the financial model features. Explain the details of the financial model and consult with clients. Modeling unusual financial structures for use in software using prior experience, texts, knowledge of insurance structures and usage. 2009-09-08T10:01:32+00:00 http://www.dmgtopportunities.com/job/?id=4239 Job Responsibilities: We are looking for a motivated, skilled, quality-focused, and detail-oriented individual to join our Application Development group in Newark, California. The Performance Architect will play an integral role in the success of the Application Development group. 2009-09-08T09:55:40+00:00 http://www.dmgtopportunities.com/job/?id=4237 Job Responsibilities: Overall Charter: This is the senior Business Partner role across RMS, responsible for activating business, organizational and leadership changes with the Human Capital strategies, resources and activities necessary to produce optimum business results. Key Objectives: 1. Establish the Human Resources Business Partner function at RMS: Define the role and its deliverables, identify required competencies, assess current staff and build a multi-year organizational development plan 1. Create an HRBP deployment model that balance business needs and corporate Human Capital strategies 2. Build influence with key business leaders and within colleagues across HR and Enterprise Services to enable a deep understanding of the business, organizational and leadership needs 3. Develop a set of objectives and action plans within the first 60 days. Responsibilities: * Act as a single point of contact for business leaders to address human capital needs * Develop, Partner or Broker HR services and programs as required * Partner with Talent Management (COE) to determine and design approaches and actions that drive talent issues for the company and for major business units * Own the execution of Talent Management activities within the business units, including: * Executive On-boarding/Assimilation * Goal setting processes * 100-Day Status Reviews * Performance improvement/management guidance and disciplines * Annual Performance Review process * Mid Year Goal and Professional Development Review process * Top Talent Review * Development Planning and follow up * Career Planning and Professional Development * Succession Planning * Define, collect, analyze, report and review Human Capital metrics for each major business unit; action-planning and follow up * Lead the thinking and execution of Leadership and Organizational Change/Transitions * Partner with Talent Management to deliver: * Executive Development activities and feedback/advisory services * Team effectiveness assessment and Team Development work associated with high performing team models * Workforce assessment and planning * Partner with HR colleagues in COEs to deliver highest-quality HR services to managers and employees in business units, including Staffing, Compensation/Incentive Plan programs, Benefits and Policy clarifications * Employee Engagement: partner with HR colleagues to deliver employee surveys and communication efforts, recognition/reward programs, culture/environment work 2009-09-08T09:49:44+00:00 http://www.dmgtopportunities.com/job/?id=4236 Job Responsibilities: * Utilise product, market and industry expertise to identify client needs and potential RMS product solutions * Accountable for achievement of commercial sales targets, forecasting and planning * Evaluate and provide solutions for clients to better manage their catastrophe business * Ensure maximum customer satisfaction with existing RMS products. Orchestrate available internal support resources including professional services, technical support, model management, model developers, etc., to ensure client obtains optimal satisfaction with RMS products * Expand relationships within each account by identifying additional potential business opportunities and converting these leads into new business * Educate/train various client contacts on the existing and expanding capabilities of RMS products and demonstrate how these capabilities can provide solutions for each client's current business needs * Manage the day-to-day relationship with clients and serve as a single point of contact for assigned clients * Work closely with other RMS departments, as well as clients, to understand clients' requirements and help clients understand the value of our solutions * Identify areas of opportunity for additional consulting and software requirements, where and when appropriate, and communicate that information to the appropriate RMS departments to ensure continued growth of accounts and increased client satisfaction 2009-09-08T09:45:32+00:00 http://www.dmgtopportunities.com/job/?id=4235 Responsibilities: * Collaborate with engineers, Product/Project Managers and Quality Assurance engineers to develop middle-tier application infrastructure components, following coding, documentation and design standards * Innovate, architect, design and develop extensible and reusable applications to specification, for the enterprise suite * Actively lead internal/cross team meetings, requirements gathering, decision making and technical documentation, and delivering PoC work easily-incorporated into a production codebase * Contribute as needed to additionally facilitate the development of functional software for use the Next Generation application platform * Self-start in the process of accurately assessing and documenting work-effort on a per-project basis 2009-09-08T09:43:14+00:00 http://www.dmgtopportunities.com/job/?id=4234 Job Responsibilities: The Senior Account Associate is an integral part of overall client satisfaction with our products and services. A significant part of this position involves gathering information from clients and RMS departments in order to perform tests using RMS products to solve client issues and questions. The Senior Account Associate monitors the progress of client inquiries to ensure and confirm final resolution internally and/or externally. This position is responsible for disseminating new knowledge or feedback of product related issues to other RMS staff or clients as necessary. Where appropriate, the Senior Account Associate will provide assistance to the product development effort and execute on special projects as directed. This position also entails training and mentoring other new Account Associates, ensuring that they are able to answer client questions correctly and efficiently. The Senior Account Associate is often times the first point of contact for many of our clients; therefore this is a position where relationship building begins. 2009-09-08T09:40:35+00:00