Insights & Evaluation Manager

TAL Services Limited; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

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Job summary

TAL is a leading life insurer with a 150-year heritage, delivering protection and financial security across Australia. The Insights & Evaluation Manager will turn complex data into actionable insights to support senior leaders across Direct Customer, Growth & Corporate Partnerships, guiding planning, forecasting and commercial evaluation.

You'll build trusted relationships, influence decisions and drive improvements to reporting and insights, with a clear path to impact across Sydney, Melbourne

Qualifications

• Experience in insights, reporting, business planning or commercial analysis.
• Strong commercial acumen and analytical capability.
• Experience in financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting and business case development.
• Outstanding stakeholder and relationship management skills, with the confidence to influence senior leaders.
• Strong Excel modelling, PowerPoint and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Turn complex data into meaningful insights, owning executive and performance reporting across Direct Customer, Growth & Corporate Partnerships and providing clear recommendations that help senior leaders make informed commercial decisions.
• Lead business planning, forecasting, and performance management, including annual and monthly planning, KPI management, headcount planning, and controllable costs, identifying trends, explaining variances and highlighting opportunities to improve performance.
• Lead the commercial evaluation of new initiatives, developing business cases, and scenario modelling to understand potential benefits, costs, resource requirements, and overall commercial impact.
• Build strong relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders, bringing together different perspectives and data to understand business needs, influence decisions, and turn insights into action.
• Lead and evolve the Reporting & Insights function, driving improvements to reporting, dashboards, processes, and the overall quality and accessibility of insights.

Skills

Insights

Reporting

Business planning

Commercial analysis

Stakeholder management

Excel modelling

PowerPoint

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer,we'vebeen protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Daiichi Life,we'redriven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services.

Together with our Partners,we'rehelping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care andexpertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities.

Work with passionate,brightand capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together,we'rereimagining insurance.

Bring your curiosity, ambition and unique perspective, and help us continue reimagining insurance through innovative thinking, digital capability and a commitment to better outcomes for the people who depend on us.

As an Insights & Evaluation Manager, you'll combine strong commercial thinking with data and insights to help senior leaders across our Direct Customer, Growth & Corporate Partnerships teams make confident, informed decisions.

You'll turn complex data into a clear view of business performance, identifying what's driving results, where the opportunities are and what actions will make the greatest difference. You'll lead performance reporting, forecasting, business planning and commercial evaluation, including business cases and scenario modelling for new initiatives.

Just as importantly, you'll build trusted relationships across Direct Customer, Growth & Corporate Partnerships and the broader business, using your stakeholder management skills to influence decisions, challenge thinking and turn insights into action.

Sydney, Melbourne, or Brisbane location.

In this role you will

• Turn complex data into meaningful insights, owning executive and performance reporting across Direct Customer, Growth & Corporate Partnerships and providing clear recommendations that help senior leaders make informed commercial decisions.
• Lead business planning, forecasting, and performance management, including annual and monthly planning, KPI management, headcount planning, and controllable costs, identifying trends, explaining variances and highlighting opportunities to improve performance.
• Lead the commercial evaluation of new initiatives, developing business cases, and scenario modelling to understand potential benefits, costs, resource requirements, and overall commercial impact.
• Build strong relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders, bringing together different perspectives and data to understand business needs, influence decisions, and turn insights into action.
• Lead and evolve the Reporting & Insights function, driving improvements to reporting, dashboards, processes, and the overall quality and accessibility of insights.

Qualifications

• Experience in insights, reporting, business planning or commercial analysis, with experience leading, coaching or developing others.
• Strong commercial acumen and analytical capability, with the ability to turn complex data into clear insights and a compelling performance story.
• Experience in financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting and business case development, with the ability to assess costs, benefits and commercial opportunities.
• Outstanding stakeholder and relationship management skills, with the confidence to influence, challenge and make recommendations to senior leaders.
• Strong Excel modelling, PowerPoint and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex information and communicate it clearly to different audiences.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to:

• Build your expertise and develop new skills in a different area of the business
• Expand your network and collaborate with stakeholders across TAL
• Contribute to strategic initiatives that support our customers, partners, and people
• Continue building your career through experiences that broaden your capability, strengthen your network and support your long-term development goals.

Additional Information

Before applying, ensure you have an open conversation with your People Leader about your interest in this opportunity and your career development goals.

If you have questions about the role, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition Partner listed on the requisition.

Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone's responsibility.