Lead Financial Analyst

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Insurance Recruitment Director at Pavilion Recruitment Solutions

Lloyd's Insurer - 12-month FTC

Salary - £100,000

London/ hybrid

A leading Lloyd’s syndicate is seeking a Lead Financial Analyst to join its Finance function at a pivotal point of transformation and growth. This is a high-profile role, working closely with senior stakeholders across Finance, Actuarial and the wider business, with direct exposure to Executive and Board-level decision making.

Reporting to the Head of Financial Planning, you will lead the delivery of group GAAP (IFRS 4) annual planning, forecasting and scenario analysis, while playing a key role in enhancing planning capability and embedding a modern EPM environment.

You will take ownership of the end-to-end GAAP planning cycle, with accountability for accurate, timely and high-quality outputs that support strategic decision making across the group.

Key responsibilities

• Leading a team of 2 FP&A professionals, fostering a high-performance, service-led culture
• End-to-end ownership of 1-year GAAP plans, delivered to Executive Committee, PLC Board and downstream teams including Capital, Solvency II and US RBC
• Producing and presenting planning, forecasting and scenario analysis (technical and non-technical) to senior committees, including CFO-led forums
• Ownership of global GAAP P&L planning submissions across regional statutory and regulatory bases
• Providing robust challenge to business partnering and actuarial teams, ensuring outputs are timely, high quality and commercially insightful
• Working closely with IFRS 17 and strategic planning teams, understanding differences between standards and identifying process synergies
• Acting as Finance business lead for the continued development and embedding of an EPM planning tool (e.g. Workday Adaptive) into core planning and analytics
• Driving continuous improvement across planning processes, controls and documentation
• Acting as a GAAP consolidation subject matter expert across budgets and forecasts
• Coaching and developing team members, supporting capability building and career progression
• Contributing to finance transformation initiatives and wider business projects

About You

• Confident FP&A expert with strong insurance knowledge and the credibility to operate at senior levels
• Strong experience in insurance financial planning, ideally within a Lloyd’s or London Market environment
• Proven ownership of annual planning and forecasting cycles within complex organisations
• Solid understanding of GAAP insurance financials
• Experience operating in deadline-driven, high-profile reporting environments