Senior Pricing Analyst

The Emerald Group Ltd, Search and Selection; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is looking for a Senior Pricing Analyst to enhance pricing and commercial capabilities. The successful candidate will support strategic initiatives, develop pricing models, and provide analytical support. You will need to be part-qualified as an actuary and have strong data analysis skills. Proficiency in advanced Excel and familiarity with SQL or Python is preferred. This position enables you to influence key business decisions within a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to analyse data and make well-documented conclusions.
• Experience in a pricing role is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of the commercial roadmap and reporting.
• Build pricing capability using market insights.
• Review and develop pricing assumptions and models.
• Collaborate with Compliance to monitor product performance.

Skills

Data analysis

Commercial awareness

Planning and organization

Influencing skills

Education

Part-qualified Actuary

Tools

Advanced Excel (with VBA)

SQL

Python

Power BI

Job description

The Senior Pricing Analyst will play a pivotal role in advancing the company's strategic objectives by enhancing their pricing and commercial capabilities.

This role will support the Commercial Team and Proposition Team through proactive development and execution of the Company’s strategy.

The role will support pricing, modelling, and reporting initiatives with a commercial focus; helping the Company to sustainably grow and develop competitive advantage.

Principal Accountabilities

• Support the development and delivery of the commercial roadmap and reporting capabilities
• Help build pricing capability utilising market insight and actuarial modelling to optimise their price position and understand price elasticity
• Review and develop pricing assumptions & models to support current products and new developments
• Investigate and assess the impacts of proposition and business changes
• Developing and maintaining accurate, relevant, and timely management information packs and reporting

Additional Responsibilities and Duties

• Support the commercial and proposition team with key objectives and initiatives
• Play a leading role on projects to implement product changes and new developments

Support the delivery of experience reviews

• Collaborate with Compliance and Risk team to monitor product performance and ensure governance standards are met
• Provide analytical and operational support for the Company’s reinsurance arrangements
• Participation in process improvement reviews across teams

Key Competencies

• Ability to analyse data and draw concise, accurate, robust and well documented conclusions
• Commercial awareness with an eye for seeing business improvement opportunities
• Excellent planning, organisation and control management skills
• Ability to self-motivate and work effectively both on your own and as part of a small team
• Able to influence and deliver key messaging via all methods to stakeholders at all levels

Skills & Qualifications

• Part-qualified Actuary with clear progress through Actuarial exams
• Experience in a pricing role beneficial

Strong mathematical and analytical skills

• Strong IT skills, including advanced Excel (with VBA), Word, and preferably SQL, Python, Power BI, or actuarial modelling software