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Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Employee
The opportunity
We are seeking professionals with a passion for data to join our established and growing Automotive Protection division as a Pricing & Analytics Manager.
Your primary focus as Pricing & Analytics Manager will be to develop and implement a pricing strategy for the Automotive Protection team in conjunction with the Senior Analyst Manager.
The role is expected to manage, coordinate, and support the production of high-quality business MI and reporting to improve efficiency, consistency and standardisation of management information and processes. In addition, the position will facilitate new analytical methods that is expected to increase digital sales, keeping the accounts within desired profitability margins.
This an exciting opportunity for individuals looking to start or continue their career within the insurance industry, and who want to join a team of experienced and supportive colleagues.
Your new role
- Build and maintain relationships with key external and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve digital and point of sale pricing models in line with the needs of our global customer base.
- Manage analytical projects and coordinate activities with other shared service partners by prioritizing relevant activities and providing subject matter expertise.
- Manage the pricing activity to ensure business decisions are made with the best possible quantitative information and support.
- Facilitate resolution of business problems to identify effective solutions which are implemented in a controlled manner, and which minimize business disruption.
- Adopt QBE values in personal work behaviours, decision making, contributions and interpersonal interactions; manage own career development by soliciting feedback and valuing other perspectives.
- Manage, resource, motivate, develop, and focus the team to ensure the required standards of performance and support the continuing personal and professional development of team members.
- Support the Portfolio with compliance and best practice by ensuring data consistency and integrity across key business systems to minimize risks.
- Monitoring internationally received data checking for accuracy and reporting exceptions.
- Design, develop and enhance analytics reporting that generates valuable business insights that drives key business decisions.
- Analysing and reporting on quote conversions on our digital business.
- Forecasting performance and supporting underwriters in pricing and planning.
- Collaboratively working across the business functions. Liaising with clients, senior stakeholders, IT developers, underwriters, account managers, claims, finance, filing analysts and actuaries.
About you
- Knowledge of industry best practice in pricing analysis, modelling, and underwriting.
- Proven track record of people management.
- Ability to apply logic and reasoning with data to identify solutions to complex business problems.
- Experience dealing with third parties and managing client relationships.
- An in depth understanding of MVA and confident performing GLM on large data sets.
- Demonstrable knowledge of visualization tools like Power BI, Excel etc.
- Knowledge of MS SQL Server and Access; relational databases and ability to write SQL queries, create reports, forms, and macros.
- Understanding of data modelling techniques, tools/language – Emblem, R, Scala, Python, SAS etc as well as the data science domain, statistical and analytical model development and implementations.
Why QBE? At My Best
At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that's why we have created "At My Best". It's our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn't fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It's in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA - because we know it's not just what we do that matters, it's how we do it that makes the difference. In addition to this, we also offer flexible parental leave for both parents and have several employee network groups that support and empower our diverse workforce.
At QBE, we view our people as our most precious asset. We understand the importance of fostering a work environment that is responsive to the changing needs of today's workforce. QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://careers/flex-qbe/).
Some of the award's QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include;
5-star Diversity, Equity and inclusion (DEI) awards, 2023 Winner - Insurance Business Canada
Employer of the Year 2022Winner – Insurance Insider
British Claims Awards 2022 Winner - InsurTech Award
Insurance Times Claims Excellence Awards 2022 Winner - Claims Product Solution of the Year
Working Families Best Practice Awards 2021 Finalist for: Best COVID-19 Response
Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2022 Shortlisted for: Best Customer Care, Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year 2022, Specialist Insurer of the Year (for Construction), General Insurer of the Year
We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families, and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, the UN Women's Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent
Inclusion of Diversity
We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included, and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in.
We know that diversity of thought, backgro