Senior Pricing Analyst

Hastings Direct; Bexhill-on-Sea; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

4Cs bonus scheme

Life assurance

Pension matching

Mental wellbeing program

Annual leave 25 days

Job summary

Hastings Direct is expanding its Pricing, Data and Analytics community in the UK, offering Senior Pricing Analyst roles across Risk Pricing, Retail Pricing and Telematics. You will shape segmented pricing, influence portfolio performance, and deliver high‑quality analytical insights with visibility and ownership of your work.

The role requires strong analytical skills, pricing knowledge, and proficiency in Python/SQL/R/SAS.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills with experience in pricing, modelling, or quantitative analysis.
• Good understanding of general insurance pricing principles, including segmentation and performance monitoring.
• Proficiency in analytical tools or programming languages (e.g., Python, SQL, R, SAS).
• Ability to break down complex problems and present insights clearly and concisely.
• Strong stakeholder management and the ability to influence through evidence‑based insight.
• Curious, proactive, and comfortable working in a dynamic environment with competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop pricing segmentation to improve loss ratio and trading performance.
• Build monitoring frameworks to track portfolio health and pricing effectiveness.
• Identify optimisation opportunities and drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with underwriting, commercial and data teams to influence strategy and regulatory expectations.
• Translate analytical findings into actionable recommendations for non‑technical colleagues.

Skills

Pricing analytics

Pricing principles

Python/SQL/R/SAS

Insight presentation

Stakeholder management

Curious/Proactive

Tools

Python

SQL

R

SAS

Job description

Senior Pricing Analyst | Multiple opportunities across Risk Pricing, Retail Pricing and Telematics

Location: Bexhill/Leicester Hybrid

We’re a digital insurance provider with ambitious plans to become the best and biggest in the UK market. We’ve made huge investments in our pricing and data capabilities over the past few years, along with nurturing our 4Cs culture.

We are always looking for new ideas and diverse perspectives to question established thinking and drive meaningful change. Great pricing is built on trust, innovation and precision, so our aim is to ensure customers receive a fair and accurate price based on their individual risk, supporting fair outcomes, while delivering sustainable and profitable growth for our company.

Pricing is more than just a number – it’s a strategic capability. At the heart of Hastings is deep risk insight – continually improving how we assess, segment and price risk through data and analytics.

As part of our growth, we’re looking for a number of Senior Analysts to join us where your expertise is valued, your ideas are heard and your impact is visible - join our Pricing, Data and Analytics community that has invested for the long term and build a successful, future focused pricing career.

The opportunity

You will be at the forefront of developing and evolving sophisticated, segmented pricing across our insurance products - directly influencing portfolio performance by delivering high quality analytical insight, refining pricing accuracy and driving measurable commercial outcomes. With all the visibility, ownership and opportunity to see your work evolve into real business impact.

How You Will Make a Difference

• Design and enhance pricing segmentation that improves loss ratio and trading performance
• Deliver robust monitoring frameworks to track portfolio health and pricing effectiveness
• Identify optimisation opportunities and drive continuous improvement
• Partner with underwriting, commercial and data teams to influence strategic decisions
• Contribute to the evolution of our pricing capability

Pricing Analysis & Segmentation

• Developing, refining and maintaining segmented pricing approaches across products and customer groups
• Analysing performance at segment level to identify pricing opportunities, emerging risks, and areas for optimisation
• Creating and applying pricing adjustments or overlays where needed to improve accuracy and competitiveness

Market & Customer Insight

• Keeping up to date with market, customer, and regulatory trends that may affect pricing strategy
• Identifying new opportunities to enhance pricing segmentation or improve commercial outcomes
• Supporting testing and experimentation aimed at improving segmentation effectiveness

Cross‑Team Collaboration

• Advising stakeholders on the most effective use of segmentation and pricing tools
• Working closely with colleagues across Pricing, Underwriting, and Product teams to ensure initiatives align with strategy and regulatory expectations
• Translating analytical findings into clear, actionable recommendations for non‑technical colleagues

The Skills And Experience We’re Looking For

• Strong analytical skills with experience in pricing, modelling, or quantitative analysis
• Good understanding of general insurance pricing principles, including segmentation and performance monitoring
• Proficiency in analytical tools or programming languages (e.g., Python, SQL, R, SAS)
• Ability to break down complex problems and present insights clearly and concisely
• Strong stakeholder management and the ability to influence through evidence‑based insight
• Curious, proactive, and comfortable working in a dynamic environment with competing priorities

Our Interview Process Involves

• Screening call to explore your skills and experience
• Technical case study, followed by panel interview

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 career's website.

Regrettably, we're not in a position to offer visa sponsorship for these roles, either now or in the foreseeable future.

Benefits

• In addition to a competitive salary, you will also receive…
• 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.

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.