Senior Finance Analyst (Claims Finance)

At Direct Line Group, insurance is just the start. Combining decades of industry experience with talented people in every field from data, technology, customer care and auto repair, to HR, finance and procurement, we’re a customer-obsessed market powerhouse. We all work together to be brilliant for customers every single day.

What we're looking for:

We are looking for a Senior Finance Analyst with a Financial or Accounting background who has worked in Financial Services, preferably insurance, as well as Manufacturing.

You’ll have strong commercial acumen and analytical skills. You’ll be able to present and explain financial data clearly to a non-financial audience. You’ll also be able to interpret financial information and act on it, embedding a culture of innovative thinking and analysis targeted at the most critical issues.

You’ll be someone who is willing to test, learn, and adapt with the intention to transform and improve processes consistently and collaborate effectively across Finance and with a variety of business stakeholders.

This is a hybrid role with two working days a week from our London office.

Who you'll be working with:

You’ll be a member of our Claims Finance team with a focus on our wholly owned garage repair network, providing financial business partnering and analytical support to the Claims Motor Leadership and their teams.

You’ll work with a wide variety of Motor Networks stakeholders, aligning their decision-making with the Group’s financial objectives, long-term value maximization, and strategic priorities.

What you'll be doing:

• Play a proactive and challenging role within the Claims business unit, ensuring that decisions within our repair centres are aligned to the Group’s financial objectives, long-term value maximization goals, and strategic priorities.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships across Claims and Motor Networks to challenge as well as support.
• Provide financial and commercial support and analysis to the Claims Leadership and their wider teams. Understand how KPIs and other drivers/trends are impacting financial performance.
• Present and report the business’ financial performance in a clear and understandable format to the Claims and Motor Networks Leadership teams.
• Obtain, interpret, and utilize effectively financial, actuarial, and other operational reports and data from a variety of sources and systems.
• Deliver robust, credible budgets and forecasts that reflect the strategy, risks, and opportunities of the business. Co-ordinate, engage, and project manage stakeholders to ensure delivery of budget inputs to agreed timescales. Understand risks and opportunities and ensure that variances to budget are understood, communicated, and mitigated where possible. Challenge and support the business in equal measure.
• Offer financial partnering and investment appraisal expertise to support DLG Auto Services, particularly with respect to investment opportunities and cost and benefit tracking.
• Develop and maintain both forecasting and reporting models for DLG Auto Services.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes or ways of working and work collaboratively to deliver change.
• Share best practice across the Business Partnering team to help broader team efficiency, effectiveness, and capability.

Benefits

We recognize we wouldn't be where we are today without our colleagues, and that's why we offer such excellent benefits designed to suit you as and when you need them:

• 9% employee contributed pension
• 50% off home, motor, and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover
• Additional optional Health and Dental insurance
• Up to 10% annual bonus
• EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax-efficient way.
• 25 days holidays
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Employee discounts and cashback

Ways of Working

Our hybrid model way of working offers a 'best of both worlds' approach combining the best parts of home and office-working, offering flexibility for everyone. Most colleagues are in 2 days a week, and we’ll consider the flexible working options that work best for you.

We recognize and embrace people that work in different ways, so if you need any reasonable adjustments within this recruitment process, please reach out to us and we can discuss how we can support you with this.

There’s no-one else like you.

No-one with the exact same mix of strengths, quirks, skills, and thoughts. That’s why you could belong here. As part of a team of brilliant individuals, in a place that empowers you to be the best you can be. We’re proud of who we are, of what we do, and what every single one of us brings. Join us. Help us keep innovating and putting customers at the heart of everything.

Together we’re one of a kind.

Collectively we help every business within our group aim higher. Standing shoulder to shoulder to stand out in the market, we want to be an insurance company of the future. With so many areas to choose from, your ambitions are welcome here. See your opportunity to start a career that’s varied, distinct, and exciting.