Financial Consultant

AXA UK; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in London seeks a Finance Consultant to manage financial performance, engage with senior management, and support strategic decision making. Candidates should have strong analytical skills, project management experience, and relevant qualifications. This role involves collaborating with various teams and producing financial materials for governance meetings.

Qualifications

• Intellectual curiosity to solve business problems.
• Ability to build persuasive business cases.
• Significant experience managing senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with a senior leader in Underwriting and drive financial performance.
• Build relationships and provide insights into financial performance.
• Manage premium forecast processes for business areas.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Project management

Stakeholder management

MS PowerPoint proficiency

MS Excel proficiency

Insurance industry knowledge

Education

Professional qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Job description

Position Summary

We are seeking to hire a Finance Consultant to join our London team. As part of a team of Finance Business Partners you will provide insight into financial performance, help with strategic decision making, and find ways of driving shareholder value. You will be expected to manage relationships with senior management and engage across a broad range of functions often acting as the key point person for initiative.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will support the Finance Business Partnering and Financial Planning Managers and directly manage relationships with senior management stakeholders. The following activities would be expected to be undertaken:

• Partner a senior leader in Underwriting, their team, and potentially other functions helping to manage and drive financial performance.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders in the business and act as a trusted partner.
• Provide Underwriting and Senior Management with insight and commentary into financial performance, and support the Finance Close team with analysis on a monthly basis.
• Manage the weekly and monthly premium forecast process for your business partnering area of responsibility. This will involve strong collaboration with Underwriting, Actuarial, Reinsurance and other Finance teams.
• Contribute towards the annual financial planning cycle both in terms of premium planning for your business partnering area of responsibility, and helping the Financial Planning Manager with the planning models.
• Produce financial materials for Board meetings, Committees, Town halls and other forums as required.
• Develop new performance indicators to measure success and strengthen the management information capabilities across the organisation.
• Support the business in strategic decision making and building business cases to support profitable growth.
• Lead in identifying areas for improvement or opportunities to drive value across the organisation.
• Collaborate with the Financial Management Information Manager is strengthening the business’ financial management information capabilities including ways to utilise automate reporting.
• Provide external market analysis including peer benchmarking to help inform decision making.
• Train other functions in the business to raise the level of financial and commercial acumen.
• Manage and collaborate on business wide and transformation projects as required.
• Comply with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements at a level appropriate to the position.
• Other additional duties may be assigned as required.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Intellectual curiosity with an aptitude to solve complex business problems through analysis and critical thinking.
• An ability to build logical and persuasive business cases and solutions.
• Strong project management skills and significant experience in managing senior stakeholders
• Individuals with a strong sense of accountability, courage and the resolve to drive change.
• Experience of MS PowerPoint as a tool to present recommendations in a simple manner
• Strong MS Excel skills with an ability to manage large and complex datasets.
• Exposure to the insurance industry with an understanding of insurance accounting and the value drivers of an insurance company is preferable.
• Professional qualification preferable (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

The Company

CNA Hardy is a leading specialist commercial insurance provider for clients within the Lloyd’s and company markets. We offer a highly specialised and comprehensive portfolio of innovative and market leading products. Coverage is available to businesses of all sizes for domestic, international and global exposures.