Underwriting & Commercial Finance Analyst

Underwriting & Commercial Finance Analyst

Location: Flexible working with visits to our office in Wimbledon as and when required

Salary: Competitive

Contract Type: Permanent, full time

We have an exciting opportunity for an Underwriting & Commercial Finance Analyst to join our Underwriting & Commercial Finance team here at Domestic & General. Reporting to the Underwriting Manager, you will play a vital role in maximising profitability, exceeding internal budgets for our warranty business across several major global accounts.

As an Underwriting & Commercial Finance Analyst, you will forecast and manage the profitability of new and existing lines of warranty business across corporate and consumer products. Your involvement will have a direct impact on the profitable growth of our organisation as you work across a diverse array of business sectors.

Domestic & General is a company with an ambitious future.We are expanding our horizons and entering new markets and we need your expertise to help make it happen.We are an international company who works with some of the worlds most respected and well-known brands of domestic appliances and electronic consumer goods.These opportunities don’t come around often, so this really is a position not to be missed.

Key role responsibilities:

• Managing a portfolio of warranty products and accounts
• Setting viable pricing and commission structures for new and existing warranty business
• Ensuring the pricing, commercial arrangements and product design of warranty business delivers against cost and target margins, through accurate costing and modelling
• Producing long-term financial forecasts and cash flows, including investment appraisal analysis
• Assessing and advising on warranty product risk
• Presenting commercial propositions to senior management and external clients
• Liaising with all commercial areas of the D&G business to deliver profitable warranty products
• Applying appropriate regulatory requirements including GDPR
• Developing and delivering creative solutions to complex warranty design problems

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

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  Recently graduated at degree level, ideally in a numerate subject (Studying for CIMA would be beneficial, however not essential) that has up to 12 months experience in an analytical environment
• Additional language skills: Spanish, Italian and/or German would be desirable but not essential
• Experience in a similar role, working within a regulated organisation
• Excellent business acumen
• Excellent numeracy and strong excel skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving and logical thinking skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to communicate complex matters in simple, understandable terms
• Confidence in building relationships with different level stakeholders across the business
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work well under fast and demanding pressures

We offer lots of great benefits! Some of which include:

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  Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus
• 25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave
• Training opportunities as well as clearly defined career progression
• Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more. Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
• Attractive company pension scheme
• Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary
• Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities, financial wellbeing and support services:

• Salary Finance – access to savings and borrowing through payroll
• Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand new vehicles
• Travel Loans – interest free loans to help spread the cost of annual travel tickets
• Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000

• Health & Wellbeing – discounted gym membership, online virtual workout sessions, online culinary classes
• Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues
• Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends
• Employee discounts – access to discounted Sky TV and broadband packages, together with a range of discounts for 100s of online and high street retailers

Domestic & General are an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.

Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.