Pricing Automation Analyst

Hastings Direct; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Annual bonus scheme

Life assurance

Income protection

Matched pension contributions

Wellbeing and health resources

Job summary

Hastings Direct is seeking a Pricing Automation Analyst to optimise pricing automation and data-driven decision making. The role sits within the Finance team and partners with pricing, data and analytics to deliver commercial value.

You will work across pricing, modelling and engineering to push research into production, enabling faster and smarter underwriting decisions in a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in pricing, market dynamics or underwriting is a plus.
• Strong coding and data manipulation skills with Python and SQL.
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms and big data tooling.

Responsibilities

• Develop pricing automation workflows to streamline underwriting models.
• Collaborate with pricing, data and analytics teams to deliver insights.
• Own and improve data pipelines and tooling for pricing processes.

Skills

Python

SQL

Git/GitHub

Analytics

Pricing

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Snowflake

PySpark

Azure

Job description

Job Title: Pricing Automation Analyst Location: Leicester / Bexhill / London - Hybrid Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this position

Welcome to Hastings Direct We're a digital insurance provider with a clear strategy to become the best and biggest player in the UK market. As a company, we've made huge investments in our technology, pricing, data and analytics capabilities over the past few years, along with nurturing our 4Cs culture and substantial investment in our people. And as a Finance team, we're doing exactly the same - building a market leading finance technology platform, investing in our team and our approach to leadership development, with a real focus on commercially adding value to the business. The fact you're now reading this job advert means we've tempted you to find out more about #lifeatHD. If you like what you see, we hope you'll consider joining our team. We have high standards and understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they feel they tick every box. If you're excited about joining us and think you have some of what we are looking for, even if you're not 100% sure, we would love to hear from you.

Overview

Our mission is to create the leading suite of analytical & data products in the industry for empowering our pricing, data and analytics community to move faster and deliver more - with major commercial benefits. We as a team are working to maximise the efficiency and the quality of our underwriting pricing and host a range of tooling that is being adopted across the wider business. We’re looking for people to help us push new research to deliver commercial value directly and support our other product teams to improve too.

About us

Here’s what’s best about working with us: Working at the cutting edge of ambitious new concepts that will drive business success Awesome tech stack Low friction and few blockers to getting things done Be a key contributor at the intersection of pricing, modelling, engineering & more - Communal and well-connected environment; support to make every day productive, enjoyable and enriching

About you

• Personal Analytical thinker / problem solver: Experience in pricing, market dynamics, underwriting a plus
• Strong accountability: confident owning and solving problems, challenging status quo
• Brilliant communicator: able to engage and trade information effectively in any setting
• Committed to collaboration: help internal customers get the most out of our products
• Responsive: able to context switch comfortably across multiple workstreams
• Lifelong learner: growth mindset both with and without direction
• Technical Python SQL git and GitHub (branching, pull requests, …)
• Bonus round (don’t be put off if you don’t tick any/all the boxes here!)
• Automation of processes/pipelines for data, analytics and operations
• ML-specific Python libraries
• Big data stack (snowflake/park, pyspark)
• Cloud computing, in particular Azure

As a Disability Confident employer, We're committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive – what this means to you is if you're applying for a job with us, you'll have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment journey. We also welcome applications through the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS).For more information on the DCS, please visit our inclusive business page on our careers website

Benefits

• Flexible working - we champion a flexible hybrid working approach - please speak to your recruiter to discuss in more detail
• Competitive bonus scheme - all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus
• Financial wellbeing - as well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover, income protection at no extra cost, and matched pension contributions up to 10%, we are proud to provide you with an award-winning package which includes - discounts, cashback, free independent mortgage advice and free access to financial wellbeing support
• Mental wellbeing programme - we have the thrive mental health app, our colleague assistance programme available 24/7, our own in-house mental health first aiders, support groups and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs
• There's more! - 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your weeks, access to our health care cash back plans, dental plans, discounted health assessments, Cycle to work and tech schemes, discounted and free onsite facilities, social events throughout the year and much more ...

Join us and you'll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. As one of our colleagues, you'll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we'll give you all the support, training and development you need. Our 4Cs principles are simple: we believe by creating the right culture for our colleagues and giving them the right tools to do their job, we'll deliver good outcomes for every customer, helping us to grow the company profitably and sustainably and allowing us to invest in the communities we serve.

Link below: Careers Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. Please also note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks. At Hastings Direct, We're committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we encourage you to be open with us. Our recruitment team is here to provide the support you need to ensure a fair and accessible experience for all.

Job posting end date: 27/09/2026

Hastings Direct is a fast growing, agile, digitally focused general insurance provider of products and services to over 4 million customers in the UK, employing over 4,600 colleagues. Our vision - to be the best and biggest digital insurance provider in the market. It's our attitude and the way we run our business that makes us different. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. It's a dynamic, flexible, fun and constantly changing environment. You'll enjoy the scope to make a real difference for our customers, influence our company, benefit the communities we work in and have fun along the way.