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Underwriting Finance Business Partner

High Finance (UK) Limited T/A HFG
Posted 11 days ago, valid for 10 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£30,000 - £36,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • A leading Specialty (re) Insurance Business is seeking a Finance Business Partner to enhance its FP&A function amidst significant growth.
  • The role involves collaborating with Underwriters and senior management to support business planning and deliver value-added analytics for commercial decisions.
  • Key responsibilities include producing Board and Executive papers, managing relationships with stakeholders, and ensuring accurate and timely management information.
  • The ideal candidate should possess a professional accounting qualification, a strong understanding of the non-life insurance market, and experience with planning software.
  • A minimum of 5 years of experience is required, with a competitive salary offered based on qualifications and experience.

A leading Specialty (re) Insurance Business that has undergone some significant growth in recent years is looking for a highly commercial Finance Business Partner to bolster the broader FP&A function. Working with Underwriters and senior management, you will support the production of the business plan and focus on value adding analytics to support commercial decision making. Working in partnership with CUO's, Group MI and divisional CFO's, you will drive the accuracy and timeliness of salient MI and will be heavily involved in the annual business plan.

  • Production of Board, Executive and Committee papers with supporting narrative and analysis
  • Building and ongoing management of cross-business relationships with key stakeholders
  • High quality MI to understand drivers, trends, and areas of opportunity or remedial action
  • Ownership of UW inputs to quarterly reforecasts, SBF and business plans - both YoA and CY
  • Manage cross business liaison to capture data points - UW, Pricing, Reserving, ORI
  • Own and continually develop financial capabilities based on business requirements
  • Identification and drive forward process simplification and improvement opportunities
  • Act as the key Finance point of contact for all Underwriting Team related activities
  • Provide leadership, direction and support to others within the team
  • Performance of ad-hoc project and support work as required across the FP&A function

The ideal candidate for this role will have a professional accounting qualification and an excellent commercial awareness of the financial drivers behind the non-life insurance market. You'll need a sound knowledge of problem analysis and decision analysis as well as an aptitude with various Planning software.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.