Senior London Market FP&A Analyst - 12m FTC
- London, United Kingdom; Birmingham, United Kingdom
Job description and person specification
Senior London Market Analyst
Division: Finance - Global Business Management
Key Relationships: Executive Management, Finance Leadership Team, Finance Global Business Management, Finance Regulatory Reporting, Finance Group & Statutory Reporting, Capital Planning, Group Actuarial, Lloyd’s, Group Auditors and other Business Users.
Job Summary: Specialist insurance company Beazley is seeking a Senior London Market Analyst within it’s Finance function to work closely with a wide range of stakeholders across the business. Reporting to the London Market FP&A Manager, this role will be primarily responsible for bringing a syndicate entity focus to internal analysis, mirroring US and ROW focus across other areas of the Global Business Management function, along with being integral to key Lloyd’s planning deliverables. Although primarily focused on planning activity, the role also covers supporting the review of syndicate actuals P&Ls and of Lloyd’s submissions from the Finance Regulatory team. The role will support the London Market FP&A Manger to centralise Lloyd’s planning activity, create better consistency amongst reports and ultimately minimise external queries.
Key Responsibilities:
- Be a key component of the London Market FP&A team, including supporting junior team members, with a focus on customer service. Support may also be required on occasion across the wider Global Planning & Business Partnering team
- Own relevant timetables for all team processes, ensuring data points meet the needs of the wider corporate/external timetable
- Be a key player in the production, analysis and submission of Lloyd’s Syndicate Business Forecasts for all managed syndicates with a view to continual development and improvement of the process
- Liaise with the Capital Planning team to resolve queries with regards to the syndicate business plan
- Be a key player in the production, review and submission of the quarterly Lloyd’s GAAP Planning template, including supporting the London Market FP&A Manager conclude the key messages for relevant senior stakeholders
- Production of the quarterly forecast for the 3 open years of account ultimate result by syndicate and underwriting team
- Own the delivery of certain forms within the QMA submission to Lloyd’s
- Attendance as required at quarterly peer or regulatory reviews for various submissions completed by the Finance Regulatory team
- Support and enhance the current capability and offering and with the support of Finance modernisation work towards future state
- Assist with audit deliverables and actions in relation to syndicate P&L entity queries, working with the Business Partners as required to resolve queries
- Embed oneself within wider company activities and support various Finance projects and initiatives
General
It is important that within all your interactions both internally and externally you adhere Beazley’s core values - Being Bold, Striving for Better, and Doing the Right Thing. We also expect Beazley employees to:
- Comply with Beazley procedures, policies and regulations including the code of conduct
- Undertake training on Beazley policies and procedures as delivered by your line manager, the Culture & People or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) either directly, via e-learning or the learning management system
- Display business ethics that uphold the interests of all our customers
- Ensure all interactions with customers are focused on delivering a fair outcome, including having the right products for their needs
- Comply with any specific responsibilities necessary for your role as outlined by your line manager, the Culture & People or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) and ensure you keep up to date with developments in these areas. This may include, amongst others, Beazley’s underwriting control standards, Beazley’s claims control standards, other Beazley standards and customer relationship management
- Carry out additional responsibilities as individually notified, either through your objectives or through the learning management system. These may include membership of any Beazley committees or working groups
Personal Specification:
We are a flexible and innovative employer offering a friendly, collaborative, diverse and inclusive working environment. We actively encourage and expect applications from all backgrounds. We empower people to choose where to work given the work they need to do. Collaboration in office spaces is important but we do not mandate a set number of days in the office or from home – you decide what works best for you and the role you are in. Beazley will offer the person a competitive salary and discretionary bonus with a strong benefits package including commuting reimbursement, free in-office lunch, excellent parental leave and financial physical and mental wellbeing contributions among others.
Relevant qualifications and capabilities are listed as follows:
Education and Qualifications
- Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
- Experience of the Lloyd’s insurance market
- Knowledge of accounting policies adopted within complex insurance organisations
Capabilities
- Stakeholder management and relationship building
- Customer focus
- Understanding of controls frameworks including documentation
- Experience of a deadline driven environment
- Information seeking
- Strong attention to detail
- Analytical and conceptual thinking
- Problem solving / Decision making
- Creativity / Innovation
- Adaptability
