Financial Analyst (4143-FIN)

Candid Recruitment; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm in Southend-on-Sea is expanding its team and seeking a Financial Analyst. The successful candidate will analyze company metrics and contribute to strategic decision-making through detailed insights. This role requires advanced analytical skills and relevant financial qualifications.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Wide range of benefits

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills to produce insightful reports and analyses.
• Ability to communicate findings clearly to board-level.
• Task-oriented with a sense of urgency and dedication.

Responsibilities

• Producing weekly KPI reports to assist company growth.
• Forecasting expected performance based on historical data.
• Monitoring trends in customer policy behavior and claims ratios.

Skills

Advanced MS Office skills

Attention to details

Presentation skills

Inter-personal skills

Communication skills

Education

ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CA or similar

Job description

Financial Analyst

£30,000 - £40,000 + Benefits

Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:30

Our client based in Southend on Sea, Essex, provide insurance solutions and claims management for gadgets and high value goods to both consumer and business markets. They employ around 20 people and have been established for over 10 years and are now looking to expand their team by adding a Financial Analyst.

This is a brand new role released due to expansion plans. The role of the Financial Analyst will be to assist growth through analysing existing company metrics and future channels and product launches and provide insightful and evidence based information to the board for decision making purposes.

The successful Financial Analyst will;

• Producing weekly KPI reports
• Review commercial performance
• Build budget models with key drivers
• Updating cost per acquisition allowable
• Monitoring key trends in the behaviour of policies by cohort and communicating observations
• Claims analysis, understanding trends and drivers that effect claims ratios
• Forecasting expected performance based on previous data and extrapolation
• Understand systems and suggest systems improvements to obtain relevant information
• Performing various reconciliations, including marketing costs, movements in the customer base and premiums

The successful Financial Analyst will have:

• Advanced MS Office skills
• Excellent attention to the details
• Presentation skills to board level
• Perform tasks with a sense of urgency and dedication
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
• ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CA or similar

Sound like the role for you? Great, send us your CV and we'll be in touch

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• Competitive salary, and a wide range of benefits
• Competitive salary, and a wide range of benefits