Senior Underwriting Performance Analyst

Aviva; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global insurance provider is seeking a Senior Underwriting Performance Analyst to conduct pricing data analysis and optimize portfolio performance in London or Perth. The role requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on collaboration and mentorship within a team. Competitive salary and benefits are offered, emphasizing flexible working arrangements and personal development.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus opportunity - 8% of annual salary

Generous pension scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit

Up to 40% discount on Aviva products

Up to £1,200 free Aviva shares per year

Supportive policies including parental leave

Flexible benefits including cycle to work options

3 paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Experience in Pricing London Market Commercial lines products.
• Ability to work well in a team focused on portfolio performance.
• Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Examine pricing data and conduct portfolio performance analysis.
• Work with internal partners to optimise portfolio performance.
• Mentor and develop a team to ensure wellbeing and appropriate customer outcomes.

Skills

Understanding of London Market lines of business

Understanding of pricing concepts

Strong analytical skills

Proficiency in Python or R

Strong communication skills

Education

Actuarial qualification (ideally working towards)

Job description

Overview

Senior Underwriting Performance Analyst

London or Perth

Do you have experience in Pricing London Market Commercial lines products and work well in a team focused on portfolio performance? If so, this may be the role for you!

We have a phenomenal opportunity for a Senior Underwriting Performance Analyst to join our team and examine pricing data, conduct portfolio performance analysis to contribute to the achievement of financial targets and identify growth opportunities. This is a great job for someone to work in an award-winning UK Commercial Lines insurance business to drive and influence growth and profit.

A bit about the job:

This role sits within our Global Corporate Specialty (GCS) Pricing team. Working within a team of pricing experts, you will be responsible for working with internal partners such as Underwriting and Claims to identify areas to optimise portfolio performance including large loss trends, delivering robust and accurate insight to enhance underwriting performance.

Within the role you will work closely with colleagues from across the business to identify the right opportunities to achieve profitable growth and deliver for our customers. You will also mentor, support and develop a team to ensure wellbeing and intelligently achieve appropriate customer outcomes.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Understanding of London Market lines of business, risks, and market dynamics
• Understanding of pricing concepts, financial KPIs and performance measurements
• Strong analytical, numerical and problem-solving skills including being proficient in a coding language such as Python or R
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration and stakeholder management & ability to manage and prioritise workload with business objectives
• Ideally working towards an actuarial qualification

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Competitive salary (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 8% of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pensionscheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
• Make your money go further - Up to 40%discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Jessica Mason a call on 07387 545 666 or send an email to [e-mail].