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Location: Remote - with occasional days in a Leicester or Manchester Office Rate: £400 per day (Outside IR35) 2 month contract with immediate start I am seeking a skilled contractor to drive insights that shape my clients digital strategy. If you're adept at harnessing tools like Monetate for A/B testing, SQL and BigQuery for dashboard creation, and Looker Studio for visualization, I want to hear from you! Responsibilities: Utilise Monetate to conduct A/B tests, analyse results, and optimise website performance. Develop and maintain SQL queries for data extraction and manipulation. Leverage BigQuery to aggregate and process large datasets efficiently. Create interactive and insightful dashboards using SQL and BigQuery. Utilise Looker Studio to design visually appealing and informative data visualisations. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify key performance indicators and metrics. Provide actionable insights and recommendations to improve website usability, conversion rates, and overall user experience. Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in web analytics and data visualization. Requirements: Proven experience as a Web Analyst or similar role. Proficiency in Monetate for A/B testing and personalisation. Strong SQL skills with experience in querying and manipulating large datasets. Familiarity with BigQuery or similar big data platforms. Experience creating dashboards and reports for business stakeholders. Proficiency in data visualisation tools like Looker Studio. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent communication and collaboration abilities. Ability to work independently and meet project deadlines. For more information please email
Job Title: Senior Pricing Analyst Locations: Haywards Heath or Manchester (Hybrid) Role Overview Markerstudy Group are looking for a Senior Pricing Analyst to join a quickly growing and developing pricing department across a range of insurance lines. Markerstudy is a leading provider of private insurance in the UK, insuring around 5% of the private cars on the UK roads, 20% of commercial vehicles and over 30% of motorcycles in total premium levels of circa £1.2b. The majority of business is written as the insurance pricing provider behind household names such as Co-op, Sainsbury's, O2, Halifax, AA, Saga and Lloyds Bank to list a few and Markerstudy also has a large and growing direct presence in the market as well. Having acquired and successfully integrated Co-op Insurance Services in 2021 & BGLi in 2022, Markerstudy are now pursuing innovative pricing techniques, taking advantage of an award winning insurer hosted rating platform, whilst challenging existing embedded processes. As a Senior Pricing Analyst, you will use your advanced analytical skills to: Be a key stakeholder influencing the direction & outcome of projects across a range of personal lines products Create innovative data solutions finding new ways to mine insight & present data Build and maintain sophisticated models, prioritising a range of data science techniques Develop reporting structures to monitor pricing performance in an automated fashion Working with either retail or technical pricing teams and closely with underwriting teams, your insight and recommendations will enable improvements to products and prices giving Markerstudy a critical advantage in the increasingly competitive insurance market. Key Responsibilities: Develop a suite of advanced pricing models using a combination of traditional & data science techniques across Private Car, Commercial Vehicle & Home accounts Advance the adoption of data science & statistical techniques across pricing & underwriting Research and leverage new and existing data sources; capturing and explaining trends with innovative data features Communicate results to key decision makers across the business for action based on the results of pricing analysis Review observed & expected performance of key accounts Collaborate with peers in pricing, underwriting and data science Facilitate automation of repeatable tasks Using specialist software to monitor trends and review impact of pricing proposals Coaching and mentoring team members Key Skills and Experience: Minimum of 2 years' experience within general insurance pricing Experience with some of the following predictive modelling techniques; Logistic Regression, GBMs, Elastic Net GLMs, GAMs, Decision Trees, Random Forests, Neural Nets and Clustering Experience in statistical and data science programming languages (e.g. R, Python, PySpark, SAS, SQL) A good quantitative degree (Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Actuarial Science) Experience of WTW's Radar software is preferred Proficient at communicating results in a concise manner both verbally and written Behaviours: Self-motivated with a drive to learn and develop Logical thinker with a professional and positive attitude Passion to innovate, improve processes and challenge the norm Personality and a sense of humour
MERJE are currently supporting a Personal Lines insurer with the hire of a Reserving Analyst/Actuary to join the Reserving function. We're looking for Part Qualified / Nearly Qualified Actuaries with expertise within the Reserving discipline, ideally in any form of General or Non-Life Insurance. You will receive exam and study support if you're still continuing with exams. With a great flexible working from home set up, this is a brilliant opportunity to learn from senior Actuaries on all aspects of Reserving. Please note, should feedback not be received within 28 days due to the large volume of applications, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful. However, we may be in touch with similar relevant opportunities. If you would like this job advertisement in an alternative format, please contact MERJE directly.