Pricing Practitioner

Direct Line Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9% pension

Insurance discounts

Health and Dental insurance

Bonus up to 10%

EV car scheme

Generous holidays

Share scheme

Employee discounts

Job summary

Direct Line Group is seeking a Pricing Analyst to join the Motor Retail Trading team. You will support price optimisation strategies, propose tactical pricing changes, and monitor performance to identify opportunities and mitigate risk.

Strong numerical and analytical skills are essential, along with experience in Retail Pricing, pricing algorithms, and SQL/Python for data manipulation. This hybrid role offers a mix of office and remote work across UK locations.

Qualifications

• Experience in Retail Pricing and Price Optimisation.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with problem solving.
• Experience of Radar, or alternative pricing software.
• Experience of data manipulation using SQL or Python.
• Experience of statistical and mathematical techniques in General Insurance Pricing.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of price optimisation strategies to achieve business objectives.
• Propose and deliver tactical changes to drive value or mitigate risk.
• Monitor performance against plans and investigate anomalies and opportunities.
• Support the financial planning process and cross-functional pricing initiatives.
• Ensure all deliverables are governed with relevant controls.
• Contribute to pricing process improvements and best practices.

Skills

Retail pricing

Price optimisation

Pricing algorithms

Numerical analysis

Communication

Radar pricing software

SQL

Python

Statistical methods

General Insurance pricing

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

What you'll be doing:

You will be a Pricing Analyst in our Motor Retail Trading team. Reporting into the Motor Retail Trading team, your key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the delivery of price optimisation strategies designed to achieve business objectives
• Proposing and delivering tactical changes to drive value or mitigate risk to plan
• Monitoring performance against plans and supporting deep dive activity in relation to performance anomalies and opportunities
• Supporting the financial planning process
• Supporting the delivery of pricing in relation to cross-functional initiatives
• Ensuring all deliverables are well governed and have all relevant controls in place
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of our pricing processes
• Helping to establish pricing best practices in the team

Our hybrid model offers a 'best of both worlds' approach. When you'll be in the office depends on your role and team, but colleagues spend at least 2 days a week in the office.The office you work from could be any of our locations including London, Leeds, Manchester and Glasgow.

What you'll need:

We are keen to meet enthusiastic, passionate, and curious individuals who can collaborate effectively with the team and across teams. You will be expected to take ownership and deliver on your commitments. You should also have:

• Experience in Retail Pricing and Price Optimisation
• Strong understanding of the components of a pricing algorithm
• Understanding of key legislation and regulation applying to motor insurance and how this impacts pricing algorithms, models, and customers.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with a keen eye for problem solving
• Ability to communicate complex information in a simple way
• Experience of Radar, or alternative pricing software
• Experience of data manipulation using coding languages, such as SQL or Python.
• Experience of statistical and mathematical techniques and proven experience of applying these effectively in General Insurance Pricing

Benefits

• 9% employer contributed pension
• 50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover
• Additional optional Health and Dental insurance
• Up to 10% AIP Bonus
• EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way.
• Generous holidays
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Employee discounts and cashback
• Plus, many more

We want everyone to get the most out of their time at DLG. Which is why we've looked beyond the financial rewards and created an offer that takes your whole life into account. Supporting our people to work at their best - whatever that looks like - and offering real choice, flexibility, and a greater work-life balance that means our people have time to focus on the things that matter most to them. Our benefits are about more than just the money you earn. They're about recognising who you are and the life you live.

Be yourself

Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we think diversity of background and thinking is a big strength in our people. We're delighted to feature as one of the UK's Top 50 Inclusive Employers and are committed to making our business an inclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves and succeed in their careers.

We know you're more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, are what bring potential to our business. We recognise and embrace people that work in different ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

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