Principal Pricing Analyst - Digital

At Allianz, we are dedicated to providing exceptional insurance solutions that meet the diverse needs of our clients. As a global leader in the industry, we foster an environment of innovation, collaboration, and professional growth. We are currently seeking a highly skilled Principal Pricing Analyst to join our Digital Street Pricing team in Guildford on a hybrid basis.

The Principal Pricing Analyst in our Digital Street Pricing Team will be responsible for developing and implementing pricing strategies that optimize market competitiveness and profitability. This role involves conducting comprehensive market analyses, evaluating pricing models, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure pricing aligns with business objectives and customer needs.

You will participate in the Global P&C Academy accreditation, enhancing your skills in underwriting, risk engineering, pricing, and claims management while exchanging best practices across the Allianz Group. Furthermore, for pricing-based roles, Allianz Insurance offers a generous study package to enable the actuarial qualification to be obtained through the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in the UK. Our team values continuous learning, and you can enjoy free access to top training platforms like DataCamp, Databricks Academy, and LinkedIn Learning. Additionally, we host Lunch and Learn sessions on key business topics hosted by experts across the team and monthly insight sessions, including the Data Science Forum and analyst forum, to refine your technical skills.

Salary Information
Pay: Circa £63,000 per year. Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

About You
As the Principal Pricing Analyst in our Digital Street Pricing Team, you will be responsible for:

• Carrying out and supporting the team to deliver pricing analysis.
• Coordinating the delivery of technical projects to improve underwriting performance against common technical modelling standards and adherence to data controls.
• With your manager, defining, setting priority and reporting on status of project work and rate reviews/analysis to support product and pricing development.
• Having oversight of pricing and underwriting monitors, ensuring key points are raised to the wider business.
• Supporting manager in Pricing meetings through presenting and contributing to outcomes.
• Line managing junior members of the Pricing team or coaching them to develop their expertise/knowledge.

Essential Skills
To be successful in this role, you will:

• Understand key processes, procedures and targets and be able to communicate effectively with key stakeholders.
• Understand how own/team's work contributes to business performance and customer outcomes.
• Have strong analytical and data interpretation skills with the ability to communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Interpret rules and guidelines properly to support decisions.
• Have full working knowledge of tools appropriate to lines of business worked on (e.g. MS Excel, VBA and SAS (Enterprise Guide and/or Base), Willis Towers Watson Emblem, Classifier and Radar, Micro-strategy).

Desirable Skills
• Have relevant Pricing Academy or professional qualifications completed or working towards.
• Have experience in training and coaching junior team members in analysis and use of analysis software.

What We Will Offer You
Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from - so you can pick a package that's perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That's on top of enjoying all the benefits you'd expect from the world's number one insurance brand, including:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options.
• Hybrid working.
• Annual performance related bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Development days.
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet.
• Retail discounts.
• Volunteering days.

Our Ways of Working
Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it's right for our customers, our business and for you, then we'll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Diversity & Inclusion
At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community's Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer. We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success. We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it's assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All
As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role. Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.

For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Charlotte Whalley. If you are an at-risk candidate facing potential redeployment, please include this information in your CV. We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications. Closing date 02/07/25.