Lead Pricing Analyst - Strategic

Are you passionate about data and analytics? Do you have a knack for leading teams and driving business growth through innovative pricing strategies? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! As a Lead Pricing Analyst at Ageas, you will spearhead detailed data analysis using advanced actuarial and statistical techniques. Your insights will directly influence our pricing actions, helping to boost volume, income, and profit. Your work will have a significant impact on our future profitability and growth, with key targets to increase conversion, retention, and achieve target loss ratios.

Main Responsibilities:

• Model Development: Lead the creation, validation, and review of predictive models, including machine learning models. Present and recommend models for risk pricing.
• Data Accuracy: Ensure the accuracy and appropriateness of data used for modelling, pricing, and monitoring.
• Pricing Analysis: Conduct and lead pricing analyses, preparing options for senior stakeholders. Clearly present and communicate your findings to gain stakeholder buy-in.
• Dashboard Development: Develop and maintain monitoring dashboards that meet business needs.
• Data Assessment: Evaluate new internal and external data to enhance risk pricing. Build and present cost-benefit analyses to stakeholders.
• Project Management: Oversee the execution and development of projects across all stages of the price control cycle.
• Collaboration: Work closely with underwriting and pricing teams to deliver strategic initiatives. Inform and influence peers across Ageas.
• Market Trends: Identify and monitor market trends that could impact our pricing and underwriting.
• Tender Support: Provide risk pricing support for tender responses, working closely with Distribution and Underwriting teams.

Skills and Experience:

• A strong quantitative degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or a related field.
• Experience in a data-driven environment, with knowledge of insurance products and distributions.
• Proficiency in statistical techniques and programming languages (e.g., SAS, R, Python).
• Experience with predictive modelling techniques and tools like Emblem and Radar.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to prioritise tasks effectively.
• Strong communication skills, with the confidence to present technical analyses to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships across the business.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to consider market conditions in pricing proposals.
• Leadership skills to manage and develop junior analysts.
• Timely delivery of high-quality pricing projects.
• Proficiency in data, modelling, pricing, and reporting tasks.
• Accuracy and reliability of data, models, pricing rates, and reports.
• Innovation in developing new analytical solutions.
• Strong teamwork and relationship-building across the business.
• High-quality reports and proposals with clear communication.
• Efficient management of resources and development of direct reports.

Benefits:

• Flexible Working: Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments.
• Supporting your Health: Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities.
• Supporting your Wealth: Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
• Supporting you at Work: Well-being activities, yoga, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events.
• Supporting you and your Family: Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks’ at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.
• Getting Around: Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
• Get some Tech: Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
• Supporting you back to work: Return to work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas: We’re one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work, which is echoed in the service we provide to over four million customers. As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, and a Disability Confident Employer.

Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements.

Want to be part of a Winning Team? Come and join Ageas.