Senior Pricing Analyst (Insurance) 12 month FTC

Senior Pricing Analyst

Competitive salary dependent on experience

12 month FTC

Hybrid - Home and London Hub

As a Senior Pricing Analyst you will be managing Saga’s street pricing to support the delivery of the insurance strategy, customer outcomes and contribution to the achievement of the overall P&L for Saga Services (SSL).

We are looking for an experienced pricing expert who has a proven track record of developing innovative solutions to continuously improve Saga Services' pricing capabilities and support the trading performance. Experience in personal lines, especially one of our 4 products: Motor, Home, Travel and Private Medical, is essential.

You will bring an understanding of the drivers of best-in-class street pricing and commercial success in a Personal Lines insurance business and implement innovative and new approaches to generate value. You will be working closely with the Pricing Managers to develop and implement complex solutions to help continuously improve our pricing capabilities. Additionally, you will work closely with the wider business to use your Pricing expertise to support key aspects of the Group’s strategy and company’s key shareholder objectives.

We offer flexibility over where you work you choose a place that you feel most comfortable and productive, either from home or in one of our hubs in London, Ashford or Sandwich. The Pricing & Projects team comes together twice a month, usually in our London office.

Main Responsibilities

As a Senior Pricing Analyst you will be responsible for proactively using data to identify areas of opportunity to drive commercial value and competitive advantage, delivering profitable growth for Saga’s insurance business.

Other accountabilities include:

• Model, interpret and monitor business data to identify and confirm market trends, product opportunities and new / changing rating factors.
• Provide pricing thought leadership using your experience of insurance pricing and data.
• Provide subject matter expert support in your areas of expertise on strategic projects.
• Assist in development of pricing models for deployment to the rating system, making best use of Radar and other software tools.
• Make recommendations based on your analysis.
• Mine, extract and interpret data to bring out insights, using cutting edge techniques, including machine learning.
• Monitor and assess impact of changes post implementation and proactively recommend amendments to flag where further investigation and action is needed.
• Develop an excellent relationship with our in-house underwriter, including working on joint insurance initiatives to enhance group value.
• Pricing support for business change initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to pricing fairness rules and data usage policies.
• Represent the needs of the pricing department in business change programmes as required.
• Supporting testing of price-related IT changes if required.
• Support in the learning and development of analysts within the pricing team.

The Ideal Candidate

As a Senior Pricing Analyst, personal lines experience is essential, ideally within one of our core 4 products: Motor, Home, Travel and Private Medical.

Other industry experience would include:

• Detailed knowledge of General Insurance pricing processes and methodologies.
• Strong numerical and statistical capabilities.
• Inquisitive, natural problem solver.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong influencing and relationship management skills.
• Possesses strong team coaching/management abilities and actively motivates others to win.
• Proactive, enthusiastic, and self-motivated.
• Strong organisational skills, e.g. time management, documentation etc.
• Knowledge of modelling software, such as Radar, Emblem, or similar systems.
• Experienced in some programming languages such as SQL, R and Python.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements in relation to pricing.