IT Business Manager

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 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're 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, which is echoed in the service we provide to over four million customers.
As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We're a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, a Stonewall diversity champion and a Disability Confident Employer (which means interviews are guaranteed for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum role criteria). For more information please see Ageas Everyone.
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.
Want to be part of a Winning Team? Come and join Ageas.