Application Developer

Nat Re - National Reinsurance Corporation of the Philippines; Makati; On-site; PHP 500,000 - 780,000; Full time

Job summary

Nat Re - National Reinsurance Corporation of the Philippines invites a qualified IT professional to develop and support application software solutions for Non-Life Reinsurance, Data Admin, Internal Audit, and Finance teams. You will work with business leaders to understand priorities and deliver reliable systems.

The role covers system development, data processing, and ongoing support, with emphasis on documenting requirements, testing, and maintaining code repositories; familiarity with IFRS

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or Computer Science.
• At least 2 years of IT project experience.
• Experience with IFRS-oriented accounting projects is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify system and application solutions to meet user requirements.
• Document business requirements for development.
• Design and develop programs, reports, or enhancements.
• Conduct unit and system testing on applications.
• Coordinate and manage user acceptance testing and deployment.
• Maintain project and code repositories.
• Improve core code to align with current standards.
• Leverage RPA/AI/ML methods to streamline processes.

Skills

Risk management

Technical knowledge

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Tools

VBA

Java

.Net

C#

ETL

MS SQL Server

Oracle DB

RPA

Job description

Nat Re provides life and non-life reinsurance capacity, and, in relation to this, consultancy, technical, and advisory services. We cater to independent insurers and multinationals operating in the Philippines, and to (re)insurers abroad who aim to diversify their portfolios. To know more about the company, please visit www.nat-re.com.

About the Role

Develops and supports all application software solutions, handles projects and BAU support of Non-Life Reinsurance, Non-Life Data Admin, Internal Audit, and Finance teams. Works closely with functional business leaders to understand the business needs and priorities.

Responsibilities

Systems/Application Development or Enhancement

• Help identify system/application solutions that will address the users’ requirements
• Document business requirements as basis for application development
• Design and develop new programs, reports or enhancements to existing applications
• Conduct unit and system testing on applications developed or enhanced
• Coordinate and manage user acceptance testing and deployment
• Maintain project and code repository
• Enhance the existing core codes of the programs being developed to avoid programming ‘from scratch’ and adhere to the current coding standards
• Streamlines the business process being designed. Example of these technologies can be Robotic Process Automation (RPA) using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).

Data Processing and Application Support

• Maintain and implement updates to third-party systems
• Manage access and licenses in coordination with Infrastructure support
• Provide support to business through specific administrative functions (eg. ARIMA opening and closing)
• Support ad hoc request for data extraction and reports generation
• Address and resolve tickets raised for application support/remediation
• Liaise with partners and service providers

Qualifications

• Must be a graduate of a bachelor's degree course (4-year course) in the IT or Computer Science related fields
• With minimum of 2 years work experience in related field/job (IT Projects)
• Preferably with experience with accounting regulations projects e.g. IFRS

Required Skills

• Experience with identifying potential service risks and issues, and providing effective technical solutions to mitigate those risks
• Technical knowledge - sufficient knowledge of current and emerging technologies that will aid organizational day-to-day operations.
• Knowledge of some or all of the following programming and systems development tools and emerging technologies – VBA, Java, .Net, C#, ETL, web programming, virtualization, Cloud computing, MS SQL Server, Oracle DB, RAP