Finance Business Partner

Found in: beBee S GB - 2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Munich Re Full time
At Munich Re Specialty Group (MRSG), individuality and intellectual curiosity is a key driver for our success and innovation. We believe that leveraging a variety of perspectives and backgrounds, and empowering all employees to make an impact, will motivate us to perform at our best and give us a competitive edge. We know there is always more work to be done, but we're committed to building a strong and inclusive culture where everyone is welcomed and valued for their "own expression of self-identity".

About us

MRSG is part of the Munich RE group. We are known for our dedication to excellence and quality of service provision across both primary and reinsurance.

As well as operating in the Lloyd's of London market, we conduct our business via a global network of service companies, with offices located in the UK, Ireland, the United States, Asia, including Singapore, Labuan and Dubai.

Our group of companies provide solutions covering Casualty, Marine & Cargo, Aerospace, Cyber, Political Violence, Trade Credit and Property, Contingency and Yacht. Our purpose is to inspire our clients and people with the confidence and freedom to explore, create and build - to enable people and businesses to thrive.

Finance Business Partner - Underwriting

  • To Partner with the Business and liaise across all functional teams to deliver:
  • Improved impact and understanding of financial reporting on business performance
  • Effective financial planning & analysis
  • Analysis and insight that links financial reports to business strategies
  • Explanation (to UW community) how commercial performance translated into financial performance
  • Building partnerships and maintaining strong relationships across the UW community
  • Feed commercial & planning insights gathered in discussions with UW back into CRA teams to provide input for plan & MI packs
  • Effective commercial procedures, or initiating change, to ensure key operational, commercial and financial targets are delivered
  • Supporting the Finance ambition to become an automated process led department, through process standardization, application of new technology and leveraging digitisation and automation opportunities. Utilise dashboard suite to communicate Financial performance to UW and train UW to enable self service


The Role

Ownership and subject matter expert in:
  • Support MRSG UW community throughout all business planning cycles including Munich AP, Lloyd's SBF; discuss & support forecasting activities with the UW community, actuarial and other relevant teams
  • Run MRSG UW community through quarterly actual result performance including performance driver discussion on different financial reporting basis; explain bridging between different financial reporting basis to UW community where required; explain actual performance vs UW targets
  • Build partnerships & relationships across MRSG UW community and across other (mainly across Finance, Actuarial, RI , Exposure management); closely cooperate with other CRA department functions to establish two way communication around commercial insights, plans and financial performance
  • Engagement and challenge in the quarterly ladders / reserving process
  • Provide business insight through financial performance analysis to drive & inform UW
  • Ad-hoc class specific analysis (internally and / or externally market focused); provide insight which is unavailable through the standard finance and business MI suite as required (inclusion of non-financial / operational / rating related data)
  • Stay informed / be close to wider market trends, competition, regulation which will help to support well informed business decision making and dialogues with UW
  • Take into account wider considerations than just financials when providing UW business partnering - people, processes, commercial arrangements, market cycle & trends, wider Munich Re Group
  • Support transformation initiatives / transaction support where required
  • Be highly visible in UW function but retain independence supporting objective decision making
  • Assisting UW community in other areas where appropriate and deliver any other ad-hoc tasks as assigned including project work and deep dive reviews
  • Help drive forward good Conduct for the business to deliver the best outcomes for customers / policyholders.


What we are looking for

  • Business/Commercial acumen and ability to understand full financial result on different reporting basis and how commercial performance impacts financial result on different basis
  • Highly developed budgeting, forecasting and business analysis skills
  • Challenging, influencing and negotiating skills to deal with a variety of functions and profiles within the organisation
  • A mind set taking into account wider considerations than just the financials - people, processes, commercial arrangements, broader market, wider Munich Re Group
  • Communication skills to provide rounded opinions and clear recommendations
  • Hands on and proactive attitude to pursue tasks where value for the business can be added
  • Personality characterised by energy and curiosity, representing our culture cornerstones "#Be Present" / "#Be Curious" / "#Be Bold"
  • Analytical skills to make sense out of sets of data from various sources and identify critical KPI's, key messages and ability to formulate recommendations
  • Integrity and judgement


Qualifications

  • University Degree and/or relevant professional qualification
  • A strong academic record
  • Accountancy qualification ACCA, CIMA, ACA (preferred)


Your career with us

At MRSG, you'll find the flexibility, development and support you need to excel your career combined with a competitive salary and a benefits package that promotes wellbeing and work-life balance, on top of the standard features that include a non-contributory pension, private medical care, life assurance and more

Diversity & Inclusion

Creating an inclusive environment is a crucial part of the Munich Re culture, and we are committed to our Diversity & Inclusion Policy. We also seek to provide a fair and supportive work environment which provides learning and development opportunities for all.

Working together, we are an employer of choice by building the workforce for today and the future. We make it happen. Together.

Push Boundaries. With us. | Munich Re

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