esure Group are currently seeking a Senior Pricing Analyst to join their innovative and growing Pricing team based in Reigate.

As a Senior Pricing Analyst, you will utilise your extensive knowledge and experience of the insurance industry to initiate and deliver a variety of analytical projects to further improve business performance.

We are also looking for someone who can use their expertise to guide and support their fellow Analysts to help improve the capabilities of the team.

This role is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned Pricing Analyst to take all their previous experience to the next level in their career.

What you'll do:

• Collaborate with colleagues from across the business to deliver key projects, including rating enhancements, price optimisation, life-time value estimate for financial planning, Solvency II, etc
• Investigate all available sources of information to recommend changes to the pricing team to help achieve volume and profit targets across all products, channels and brands
• Responsible for the delivery of parts of the price optimisation programme of work
• Provide analytical support on all brands, products and channels
• Manage, develop and carry out tasks that support and direct the business strategy, such as risk modelling, demand modelling and loss ratio projections
• Evaluate key aspects of business performance, such as conversion, retention, loss ratios, risk modelling and rate analysis
• Provide analytical support to the Pricing Team to ensure that the right pricing decisions are made and that a profitable book of business is written
• Act as a key point of contact for Pricing Analysts to offer them advice and guidance as and when needed

What we are looking for:

Essential:

• Relevant degree with substantial mathematical/statistical content
• Proven track record working with pricing insurance products
• In depth knowledge and experience of insurance pricing and statistical modelling techniques
• Knowledge and experience of pricing and reserving and capital modelling techniques
• Highly computer literate with in-depth knowledge of statistical software packages (e.g. SPSS, SAS)

Bonus Points:

• Previous experience of EMBLEM, ResQ and/or @Risk would be advantageous
• Relevant degree supported by an MSc

What we will offer to you in return:

• 35 hour working week - 9.00am - 5.00pm
• Dress for your day (casual and formal business dress depending on your day)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 25% discount on esure & Sheila's Wheels insurance (10% for immediate family) or a guarantee to beat any other insurer's renewal quote on both home and car insurance
• 15% Discount on esure and Sheila's Wheels Travel Insurance (7.5% for family)
• Discretional bonus
• Festive Bonus
• Free daily shuttle bus from our Reigate office to Redhill train station
• BUPA - Private medical cover for eligible colleagues
• Flu Jabs and Eye Care - Free flu jabs every winter, free eye tests every two years and £50 towards VDU glasses
• esure are members of easitSURREY, for a membership of £5.05 per year you can be eligible for a wide range of travel discounts including: 15% on rail travel with Southern, 20% discount for single and return bus journey on certain routes and a number of cycling related offers including 10%-20% off at Halfords
• 5, 10 and 15 Year Service Awards

During the current lockdown period due to the Covid-19 outbreak, we want to emphasise to all applicants that the safety and wellbeing of our candidates and colleagues is esure Group's number one priority. In light of this, we can confirm that all interviews will be conducted remotely via a video conference platform to ensure that everyone involved is adhering to the social distancing regulations.