Senior Technical Pricing Analyst | Guildford, UK

Allianz; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company is seeking a Technical Senior Pricing Analyst for their Guildford team. This hybrid role requires expertise in analytical tools and pricing strategies, with a focus on innovation and collaboration to optimize product offerings. A competitive salary and numerous development opportunities are available.

Benefits

Flexible buy/sell holiday options

Annual performance related bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Development days

Discount on insurance products

Retail discounts

Volunteering days

Access to training platforms

Qualifications

• Full working knowledge of analytical tools.
• Strong understanding of pricing processes.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance pricing models.
• Contribute to pricing structure development.
• Drive innovation in pricing approaches.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data interpretation

Communication

Tools

MS Excel

VBA

SAS

Willis Towers Watson Emblem

Micro-strategy

Job description

Role Description

At Allianz, we are dedicated to providing exceptional insurance solutions that meet the diverse needs of our clients. As a global leader in the industry, we foster an environment of innovation, collaboration, and professional growth. We are currently seeking a highly skilled Technical Senior Pricing Analyst to join our team and contribute to our success by developing sophisticated pricing models and strategies. This will be a hybrid position based in Guildford.

The Senior Technical Pricing Analyst in our Mid-Corp Pricing Team will be responsible for designing and implementing advanced pricing models to optimise our product offerings and enhance profitability. This role requires a strong analytical background, technical expertise, and the ability to collaborate with various departments to achieve strategic objectives. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving pricing initiatives and providing insights that support decision-making processes.

You'll participate in the Global P&C Academy accreditation, enhancing your skills in underwriting, risk engineering, pricing, and claims management while exchanging best practices across the Allianz Group. Furthermore, for pricing-based roles, Allianz Insurance offers a generous study package to enable the actuarial qualification to be obtained through the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in the UK.

Our team values continuous learning, you can enjoy free access to top training platforms like DataCamp, Databricks Academy, and LinkedIn Learning. Additionally, we host Lunch and Learn sessions on key business topics hosted by experts across the team and monthly insight sessions, including the Data Science Forum and analyst forum, to refine your technical skills.

Salary Information Pay: Circa £55,000 per year.

Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

About You
As the Technical Senior Pricing Analyst, you will be responsible for:

• Playing a leading role in the development and enhancement of our pricing models
• Contributing to the development of pricing structures and strategies to achieve growth and profitability objectives
• Ensuring technical components delivered meet Allianz Group Technical Excellence standards and enable our Pricing capabilities to become 'certified'
• Driving innovation and an increased sophistication into our Pricing approach, including managing projects to provide new insight through additional data sources
• Sharing and promote knowledge, skills and best working practices within the team

Essential Skills To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have full working knowledge of tools appropriate to lines of business worked on e.g. MS Excel, VBA and SAS (Enterprise Guide and/or Base), Willis Towers Watson Emblem, Classifier and Radar, Micro-strategy.
• Understand key processes, procedures and targets and is able to communicate effectively with key stakeholders.
• Understand how own/the team's work contributes to business performance and customer outcomes.
• Have strong analytical and data interpretation skills with the ability to communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Interpret rules and guidelines properly to support decisions.

What We Will Offer You Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that's perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That's on top of enjoying all the benefits you'd expect from the world's number one insurance brand, including:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options
• Hybrid working
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Development days
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts
• Volunteering days

Our Ways of Working Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it's right for our customers, our business and for you, then we'll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Diversity & Inclusion At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community's Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.

We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success.

We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it's assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.

[e-mail] For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Matthew Mckevitt
We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

Closing Date: 02/07/25 #LI-Hybrid

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