Senior Manager – Decision Support / Financial Planning & Analys recruitment
Senior Manager - Decision Support / Financial Planning Analysis (FPA)
A market leading insurance business is currently looking for high performing commercial finance individuals to join its business. Due to growth and restructuring within the insurance business, there are a number of opportunities for Decision Support, FPA, or Commercial Finance individuals to join the company and progress their careers. Seen as a 'Skinny FD' you will provide commercial finance support to MD's in the aim of developing and growing the business.
The overall responsibility of the Decision Support Manager is to manage a team of 3 in the support of the business including Business Partnering to the Director of Strategy and Development and to drive improved performance through all products categories directly and via the activities of the product facing Decision Support teams.
Requirements
- Insurance industry knowledge and experience
- Good understanding of insurance principles
- Commercial finance focus
- Strong financial modelling skills and ability to apply modelling best practice
- Qualified Accountant or equivalent
- Strong interpersonal influencing skills
Responsibilities
- Ownership and development of the 5 year strategy forecast model and co-ordination / governance of the decision support activity over strategy review processes
- Support of the Strategic and Development Directorate, e.g. co-ordinate necessary grass roots analysis of segmented profitability and value, scenario testing on different product/proposition options and sourcing and driving improved MI.
- Support project teams in the creation of investment cases
- Co-ordinate budget and forecast model capability improvement, including radical redesign as necessary to simplify and improve resilience
- Support risk analysis including forecast stress testing and scenario based reverse stress testing
- Provide overflow capacity to category Decision Support teams, especially around reviewing, challenging and driving quality output from the forecast processes
- Co-ordinate ad hoc data analysis across products as necessary
- Provide Business Partnering support to Pricing Underwriting team
- Management and development of managers and analysts within team
- Play key role within the Managers Forum to improve communication and co-ordination of activity across all products.
