Graduate Pricing Analyst

Acturis is the UK's leading Software-as-a-Service provider for general insurance. Founded in 2000, we have grown exponentially over the past 20 years. To date, more than 95,000 individuals, in over 40 countries, use Acturis solutions to power their business, and our platform manages over £10bn worth of transactions every year. By working closely with brokers, insurers, and MGAs, we have helped to create and shape the insurance market of today.

At Acturis weinvest in recruiting, developing and promoting talent. With us you will:

• Work with a talented, motivated and friendly group of like-minded colleagues

• Be supported and encouraged to develop your skills and knowledge through structured training and coaching from experienced colleagues

• Receive written constructive performance feedback and encouragement every quarter so that you know how to improve

• Be given real responsibility for your own projects as soon as you are ready

• Receive a competitive salary and annual performance-based reviews

• Benefit from private health insurance, disability and health insurance and a company pension scheme

• Work from home up to 3 days per week (after completing your Training Period)

We have an exciting opportunity for a Financial Planning Analyst to join our company in a newly created role.

Reporting to the Head of FP&A with a dotted line to the Group CFO, the FP Analyst will oversee and deliver improvements to management reporting for Acturis; provide support to the business in making informed business decisions; and assist with due diligence of potential acquisition targets.

This role will be based in our London office, with 2 days minimum in office, following the Training period.

• Budgeting, forecasting and monthly reporting:

  • Support the creation of regular and ad-hoc analysis reports and presentations for Senior Leaders within the business.

  • P&L /Cost / KPI / Variance analysis and other ad hoc analysis where required

  • Support with the annual budgeting and forecasting process working with all of the Acturis Platform business verticals

  • Support the continuous improvement of the financial planning process

• Business partnering:

  • Work closely with Senior Managers, Directors and other non-finance individuals to assist with customer driven analysis, supporting resolutions of management reporting queries and assisting with commercial contract evaluations

  • Support the production of customer contract value modelling and the impact of deal desk discounting

  • Support the development and maintenance of white space analysis across all services offered

  • Analyse insurance market placement data with a view to identifying business opportunities and market trends

  • Actively contribute to the identification of new opportunities and managing business development and marketing initiatives.

  • Compile, analyse and report productivity KPIs, working closely with department leaders to address variances

  • Support identification and reporting of billing leakage, overdue billing and late payments and put in place business and process improvements to reduce

• Strong academic background with a 2.1 degree from a top 30 university.

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

• Excellent knowledge of budgeting and forecasting

• Good knowledge of management reporting

• Good knowledge of Software / SaaS KPIs

• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact with senior level managers

• Excellent MS Office (specifically Excel & PowerPoint) skills

• Experience with Financial Modelling

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work to tight deadlines in a dynamic pressured environment

• Flexibility to occasionally accommodate the working hours of colleagues in other time zones as well as being flexible to the demands of supporting the business