Finance Business Partner

Admiral Careers; Wales; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK finance firm is looking for an ambitious finance business partner to join their Motor Finance team in Cardiff. In this role, you will provide crucial financial, commercial, and operational support to the Claims and Pricing departments. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience as a qualified accountant, strong analytical skills, and advanced proficiency in Excel. Join a diverse and inclusive environment with numerous benefits and a focus on employee wellbeing.

Benefits

33 days holiday including bank holidays

Option to buy or sell annual leave

Free shares eligibility after one year of service

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills required for financial analysis and reporting.
• Able to communicate and influence stakeholders effectively.
• Experience in preparing business cases and financial reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial and operational support to claims and pricing departments.
• Develop monthly reporting routines for performance analysis.
• Play a leading role in annual and quarterly planning processes.

Skills

Qualified accountant (3+ Years PQE)

Strong numeracy and analytical skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Commercial outlook

Experience of insurance accounting

Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Proficient in PowerPoint

Experience developing financial models

Tools

Anaplan

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an ambitious finance business partner to join our UK Motor Finance team, based in Cardiff, to provide financial, commercial and operational support to Admiral's Claims and Pricing departments and to develop the finance teams capabilities in monitoring, projecting and reporting on loss ratio.

This is a role that provides an opportunity to improve finance's view of a key driver of Admirals performance, develop in-depth knowledge of the business and become a subject matter expert whilst building relationships with senior management across Admiral and influencing business decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop an understanding of the insurance market, Admiral's offerings, their financial drivers, and the associated operational activities
• Build strong working relationships with managers across the business particularly in claims and pricing departments as well as our actuarial teams
• Develop a deep understanding of our current loss ratio models with a view to enhance our current capabilities.
• Develop & deliver monthly reporting routines
• Play a leading role in the annual, and quarterly planning processes, owning key models and preparing presentations and analysis for Senior Management, translating complex data into actionable recommendations
• Provide business case support to aid management decision making
• Designing, building, and delivering new financial models aligned with our strategic goals and emerging business needs

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Qualified accountant (3+ Years PQE) with strong numeracy and analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate with, and influence, stakeholders effectively
• Commercial outlook, with experience of preparing business cases, business plans and detailed financial analysis and reports
• Experience of insurance accounting would be highly beneficial
• Naturally inquisitive and keen to learn, with a strong desire to understand the "why" behind financial data, business trends, and industry developments
• Experience of developing and maintaining financial models
• Self-motivator, pro-active in all aspects of the role
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills are essential, and proficiency in PowerPoint. Anaplan experience would be beneficial

Please note - we may close this vacancy early if we receive lots of applications or business priorities change.

Admiral: Where You Can

We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It's a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We're committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can, Grow And Progress at a pace and direction that suits you, Make A Difference for our customers and each other, and Share in Our Future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave.

We're proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we've been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years. We're fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.

Our fantastic benefits make sure our colleagues have a great work-life balance; You can view some of our other key benefits here.

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