Are you a qualified and commercially minded financial accountant?
The Financial Planning & Analytics Manager (Group) is a key role in the FP&A team and is supported by the Finance & Performance Manager (Group & IQUW) and the Head of Financial Planning & Analytics. This is a broad and varied role involving the build-out of the IQUW Group function in addition to providing support and development to the wider FP&A syndicate team, and Business Partners.
They analyse and challenge actual performance against the expected with the business and assist the end-to-end business and financial planning, forecasting and financial modelling processes. Through their work they identify business and department needs for management information and process improvements and champion these through to completion.
Supported by the Finance & Performance Manager (Group & IQUW) and the Head of Financial Planning & Analytics you’ll be:
- Providing ownership of Group Board, Executive Team, and Committee papers with supporting analysis
- Supporting and driving development of 5-year planning model based on business requirements
- Participating in Syndicate quarterly reforecasts, Lloyd’s SBF and plans – both YoA and CY
- Assisting in the production and/or review of UW and Claims Business Partner outputs
- Working with BMI and other teams to develop an automated business planning process
- Identifying and driving forward process simplification and improvement opportunities
- Acting as the key Finance point of contact for all group planning related activities
- Providing leadership, direction, and support to others within the team
- Supporting the FP&A Manager (S1856) in the aligned build-out of Group function and processes
- Performing ad-hoc project and support work as required across the FP&A function
What you’ll get in return:
- 25 days holiday
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Annual holiday buy (up to 3 extra days)
- Salary sacrifice benefits
- Annual benefits reviews
- Professional qualifications and study support
We’d like to hear from you if:
- You are a qualified commercially minded financial accountant (CA/ACA/CIMA/ACCA or equivalent)
- You have a detailed knowledge of insurance accounting, UK GAAP, and financial systems
- You have good experience of Lloyds’ regulatory/syndicate accounting requirements
- You are proficient user of the Microsoft Office product suite
- You are an intermediate/advanced user of Microsoft Excel
- You can manage your own workload and work to strict deadlines
- You have effective organisational and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure
- You have strong analytical skills and an inquisitive mindset
- You are very organised and methodical in your approach
