Underwriting Finance Business Partner

Posted 2024年05月09日 11:39
Salary £100000 - £110000 per annum
LocationCity of London
Discipline 金融
ReferenceMB37412
Contact NameMark Brown

Job description

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.