Senior Expense Analytics & Insights Analyst

Beazley Group; Greater London, Birmingham; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Commuting support

Complimentary in-office lunches

Enhanced parental leave

Wellbeing benefits

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Beazley Group is seeking a Senior Expense Actuals Analyst to support monthly expense processes, reporting and analytics across the Group. The role focuses on expense actuals, insightful commentary, and control processes to optimise the expense ratio.

You will work with Expense Accounting teams on end-to-end month-end, provide expert insights for group and regulatory reporting, and drive improvements in data quality and reporting timeliness. A strong accounting background is essential.

Qualifications

• Expense management expertise: Knowledge of expense accounting, management reporting, cost allocations, variance analysis and month-end processes.

Responsibilities

• Foster strong relationships with Finance Business Partners and stakeholders.
• Enable rapid interpretation / updates and support via a continuous feedback loop with all stakeholders.
• Effectively communicate to stakeholders using visuals and storytelling.
• Update KPI’s to identify operational performance risks / opportunities and share recommendations.
• Support on improving data quality, reporting and commentary to improve decision-making and financial impact.
• Development and improvement of a comprehensive expense month-end process.
• Contribute expense insights across group reporting, regulatory reporting and productivity metrics.
• Identify opportunities to streamline month-end processes and timelines.
• Update metrics and targets for expense control from projects affecting expense results.
• Review expense processes with management and document changes.
• Utilise new systems (Workday and Adaptive) and AI to enhance the current offering.
• Design intuitive reports, analyses and dashboards meeting stakeholder needs.
• Support change management strategies to facilitate adoption of new tools and processes.

Skills

Expense management

Communication and storytelling

Advanced technology literacy

Problem-solving

Relationship building

Continuous improvement

Agile working

Professionalism

Learning and development

Adaptability

Responsibility and accountability

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or similar)

Tools

Workday

Adaptive

Job description

Beazley Group is seeking a Senior Expense Actuals Analyst to support monthly expense processes, reporting and analytics across the Group. The role focuses on expense actuals, insightful commentary, and control processes to optimise the expense ratio.

You will work with Expense Accounting teams on end-to-end month-end, provide expert insights for group and regulatory reporting, and drive improvements in data quality and reporting timeliness. A strong accounting background is essential.