London | Permanent -

About us

HDI is a Corporate & Specialty Insurer part of the Talanx Group. With over 120 years of experience, HDI operates across five continents, around 40 countries and employs over 5,000 people worldwide.

The role

Part of the Corporate UK and Ireland Finance Business Partnering Team. Supporting the Finance Business Partners to:

• • Provide insight for better decision making
  • Effectively communicate the monthly result for the Corporate UK and Ireland business
  • Follow-up on any queries and inaccuracies in the reported result
  • Supporting the facilitation of an efficient and effective annual planning process and quarterly forecast

Identify and implement finance process improvements – driving automation through the advanced use of excel, Power BI and artificial intelligence

Key accountabilities

Reporting

• Production of the Monthly Finance Packs to support the business in understanding the monthly result both overall and for each line of business
• Home Office reporting requirements including; premium analysis, performance overviews and adhoc requests
• Ownership of the quarterly accruals premium process
• Production of premium analysis including WD1 flash reports and fortnightly premium insight for the Ireland business
• Support with educating the business to build financial acumen across the teams to enable stakeholders to interpret the results themselves which will lead to better underwriting decisions in the future

Planning and Forecasting

• Support the Finance Business Partner with the Plan and Forecast P&L production process ensuring alignment with Home Office timetables and deliverables
• Support with the creation of the infrastructure for an efficient planning and forecasting process, including building and consolidating templates
• Responsible for uploading planning data in to the Home Office systems and liaising with Home Office to resolve any queries

Providing Insight

• Collate and assess competitor results
• Provide ad-hoc analysis to both Finance and the business

Process Improvement/Risk and Controls

• Understand the data flow within the company and suggest improvements to create greater consistency between MI reporting and financial reporting
• Drive continuous improvement of existing financial processes to satisfy business requirements and support commercial decision making; driving automation where possible
• Design, implement and maintain process controls
• Ensure documentation of processes is accurate, up-to-date and accessible

Skills & experience

Organisation and Attention to Detail

The ability to stay focused on different tasks, using time and energy effectively and efficiently in order to achieve the desired outcome. Thinking through all critical details of a specific task and ensuring it is to a high standard before providing it to management for review.

Delivery and Accountability

Is accountable for own delivery to support the overall business priorities and objectives. Actively manages expectations of colleagues by signposting them to delays or potential problems with the workload

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

Makes use of ideas and adapts to change by trying out new approaches and solutions. Discusses ideas with others and suggests better ways of working. Makes process improvements to own area of work.

Customer Focus

Shows an interest in and maintains professionalism with Customers. Responds to immediate needs in line with regulatory and legal requirements and follows through on enquiries, requests or complaints.

Collaborating with others

Actively involves, engages and supports the expertise of others and encourages others to participate. Strengthens relationships by investing time with others and resolving differences to achieve a win-win for everyone.

Problem Solving

Uncovers information to identify causal links. Uses a variety of tools/techniques to break down complex issues and spots trends, patterns and interdependencies between issues. Assess risks and is pragmatic when developing solutions.

Other

Apply by 23/12/2025

Reference: HDI00587