FP&A Manager - Everest Global Markets

Title:

FP&A Manager - Everest Global Markets

Company:

Everest Advisors (Uk), Ltd.

Job Category:

Finance

Job Description:

About Everest:
Everest Group, Ltd. (Everest), is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in North America, Latin America, the UK & Ireland, Continental Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Throughout our history, Everest has maintained its discipline and focuses on creating long-term value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Our most critical asset is our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development to our employees. We also offer generous tuition/continuing education reimbursement programs, mentoring opportunities, flexible work arrangements, and Colleague Resource Groups.

About the Role:

The Finance function at Everest is expanding to build a strong foundation to support significant growth of the International Insurance business. Reporting to the International Head of FP&A whilst working very closely with the Head of Everest Global Markets (“EGM”) and the EGM management team, the EGM FP&A Manager will play a key role in delivering the full underwriting P&L for the products within the wholesale business. The individual will lead the annual planning and forecasting cycle as well as the analytics around the close process, whilst helping to implement and maintain scalable analysis to support business growth, driving efficiency and automation. The candidate will have a mindset focused on systems, processes, and data, as the initial focus will be on continually developing MI to improve forecasting, planning, and actuals variance analysis.

Role & Responsibilities (include but not limited to):

• Leading the delivery of the plan, forecast, and close processes for the full underwriting P&L, ensuring alignment between internal planning processes and regulatory submissions.

• Leading and developing the EGM FP&A team, mentoring junior FP&A employees.

• Production and presentation of quarterly results packs to stakeholders across EGM (functions & underwriting teams).

• Partnering with cost centre owners to proactively manage operating expenses, overseeing production of monthly OpEx packs for all cost centre owners, and maintaining the staff cost expense tracker for use in OpEx forecasting.

• Identifying variances against plan and forecast, ensuring they are investigated, understood, and resolved where necessary.

• Generating variance analysis reports, and leading efforts to develop robust financial performance modelling, including the enhancement of Anaplan.

• Escalating any financial issues to management and other required stakeholders.

• Setting and monitoring KPIs and business objectives, whilst helping to recommend and deploy strategies for improving underwriting results.

• Developing MI and commentary for management by country, product, and function.

• Supporting the business to understand the financial implications of their decisions, and drive both strategic and tactical thinking.

• Building partnerships and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.

• Contributing to ad hoc financial projects as required as part of the overall finance function.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in Business/Economics/Finance/Accountancy is preferred, although candidates possessing a degree or qualification in a related or analytical discipline will be considered.

• A professional accounting qualification is required.

• Experience of financial planning and analysis in an insurance organisation is required.

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies:

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to effectively manage time and meet deadlines.

• Strong track record of managerial experience.

• Ability to multitask and operate efficiently and effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

• Excellent PC skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

• Experiencing using Anaplan or similar planning/forecasting model would be advantageous.

• Strong analytical, problem solving, and technical skills.

• Effective stakeholder management and business partnering skills to effectively execute plans and implement strategies.

• Effective negotiation skills with the ability to find “win-win” solutions.

• Self-starter, capable of working both independently and within a team environment.

• Strong interpersonal skills, with excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Ability to understand and ensure compliance with all internal and external management and regulatory controls.

• Good understanding of insurance industry and specific product portfolios to positively impact the underwriting business.

Our Culture 

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Click here to learn more about our culture. 

• Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.  

• Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.  

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve.  

Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

London

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