Lead Financial Analyst
Posted 2 days ago by Pavilion Recruitment Solutions
£100,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Lead Financial Analyst role at a leading Lloyd's insurer involves overseeing the Finance function during a transformative period. This high-profile position requires collaboration with senior stakeholders and direct involvement in Executive and Board-level decision-making. The successful candidate will lead the GAAP annual planning and forecasting processes while enhancing planning capabilities within the organization. The role demands strong insurance knowledge and experience in financial planning within complex environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading a team of 2 FP&A professionals, fostering a high-performance, service-led culture
- End-to-end ownership of 1-year GAAP plans, delivered to Executive Committee, PLC Board and downstream teams including Capital, Solvency II and US RBC
- Producing and presenting planning, forecasting and scenario analysis (technical and non-technical) to senior committees, including CFO-led forums
- Ownership of global GAAP P&L planning submissions across regional statutory and regulatory bases
- Providing robust challenge to business partnering and actuarial teams, ensuring outputs are timely, high quality and commercially insightful
- Working closely with IFRS 17 and strategic planning teams, understanding differences between standards and identifying process synergies
- Acting as Finance business lead for the continued development and embedding of an EPM planning tool (e.g. Workday Adaptive) into core planning and analytics
- Driving continuous improvement across planning processes, controls and documentation
- Acting as a GAAP consolidation subject matter expert across budgets and forecasts
- Coaching and developing team members, supporting capability building and career progression
- Contributing to finance transformation initiatives and wider business projects
Key Skills:
- Confident FP&A expert with strong insurance knowledge
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
- Strong experience in insurance financial planning, ideally within a Lloyd’s or London Market environment
- Proven ownership of annual planning and forecasting cycles within complex organisations
- Solid understanding of GAAP insurance financials
- Experience operating in deadline-driven, high-profile reporting environments
Salary (Rate): £100,000 yearly
City: City Of London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
Lead Financial Analyst Lloyd's Insurer - 12-month FTC Salary - £100,000 London/ hybrid A leading Lloyd’s syndicate is seeking a Lead Financial Analyst to join its Finance function at a pivotal point of transformation and growth. This is a high-profile role, working closely with senior stakeholders across Finance, Actuarial and the wider business, with direct exposure to Executive and Board-level decision making. Reporting to the Head of Financial Planning, you will lead the delivery of group GAAP (IFRS 4) annual planning, forecasting and scenario analysis, while playing a key role in enhancing planning capability and embedding a modern EPM environment. You will take ownership of the end-to-end GAAP planning cycle, with accountability for accurate, timely and high-quality outputs that support strategic decision making across the group.
Key responsibilities:
- Leading a team of 2 FP&A professionals, fostering a high-performance, service-led culture
- End-to-end ownership of 1-year GAAP plans, delivered to Executive Committee, PLC Board and downstream teams including Capital, Solvency II and US RBC
- Producing and presenting planning, forecasting and scenario analysis (technical and non-technical) to senior committees, including CFO-led forums
- Ownership of global GAAP P&L planning submissions across regional statutory and regulatory bases
- Providing robust challenge to business partnering and actuarial teams, ensuring outputs are timely, high quality and commercially insightful
- Working closely with IFRS 17 and strategic planning teams, understanding differences between standards and identifying process synergies
- Acting as Finance business lead for the continued development and embedding of an EPM planning tool (e.g. Workday Adaptive) into core planning and analytics
- Driving continuous improvement across planning processes, controls and documentation
- Acting as a GAAP consolidation subject matter expert across budgets and forecasts
- Coaching and developing team members, supporting capability building and career progression
- Contributing to finance transformation initiatives and wider business projects
About You:
- You will be a confident FP&A expert with strong insurance knowledge and the credibility to operate at senior levels
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
- Strong experience in insurance financial planning, ideally within a Lloyd’s or London Market environment
- Proven ownership of annual planning and forecasting cycles within complex organisations
- Solid understanding of GAAP insurance financials
- Experience operating in deadline-driven, high-profile reporting environments