Job Title: IT Business Manager
Contract Type: Permanent 
Salary Range: Dependent on Experience
Location: Eastleigh – Hybrid Working

IT Business Manager: Ageas in Eastleigh have a fantastic opportunity available for a candidate with strong commercial management experience in a cross functional IT department, to join the team as an IT Business Manager.

The IT Business Manager would be the perfect opportunity for a candidate looking to leverage their commercial IT experience into managing a large budget for Ageas Insurance. If you have experience managing an IT Budget, and are looking to take the next step in your career, the IT Business Manager may be the perfect role for you.

The IT Business Manager is a newly created opportunity, and the successful candidate will provide professional oversight of the IT departments approach to budgeting, cost optimisation, asset management and service cost management.

Here are some of the main skills and experience required to be successful in the IT Business Manager opportunity:

• Proven commercial management experience as an IT manager, Senior IT project manager, IT business analyst, or similar
• Detailed understanding of how IT systems work in an insurance or financial services environment
• Demonstrable experience working with ServiceNow Asset Manager or equivalent Asset Management tool
• Ability to adapt to changing business needs and priorities
• Strong knowledge of IT finance principles, practices, and tools
• Proven ability to communicate and present to stakeholders of all levels.

Here are some of the main responsibilities of the IT Business Manager role, based in Eastleigh:

• Develop and implement IT finance policies and procedures that align with Ageas financial goals and strategies.
• Support the ITLT in preparation and monitoring of the IT budget, forecast, and variance analysis, and provide financial guidance and recommendations to the ITLT
• Identify cost optimisation opportunities within the IT department, working with the finance business partner and Central procurement as appropriate
• Develop and improve key reporting metrics to demonstrate value for money within the IT department
• Implement mechanisms to show the cost and consumption of technology services which aligns cost drivers appropriately to business usage and the service provided.
• Ensure a robust IT asset management strategy is in place, supporting active cost management
  

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.
Flexible Working - Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares . We also offer a minimum of 31 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.
Supporting your Health – Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Yoga, Mindfulness.
Supporting your Wealth – Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
Supporting you at Work - Well-being activities, yoga, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more..
Benefits for Them – Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
Getting Around – Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
Get some Tech – Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
Supporting you back to work - Return to work programme after maternity leave. 

About Ageas:

We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our people help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.

As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We are a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information please see Ageas Everyone.

We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism.

Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements.

To find out more about Ageas, see About Us.

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