Pricing Analyst Pricing and Product in Amesbury

Do you have previous experience working as a Pricing or Actuarial Analyst within GI or PMI? Do you have programming knowledge of SQL, R, Python, SAS or similar and some experience of Emblem, Radar or Earnix? Do you want to work for one of the UK’s leading Pet Insurance companies? If so, you might be interested in our new Pricing Analyst role working within our growing Pricing Team!

Package: DOE, with excellent benefits including 25 holiday days (plus your birthday off) and a paid day volunteering, private medical insurance, and pet insurance discount. We are flexible on the location for this role; it can be based fully remote in the UK, hybrid or based within our office in Amesbury - including a streamlined remote onboarding process.

As we continue to expand our business, we are looking for a motivated Pricing Analyst to join the team and take a hands-on role analysing and improving our pricing strategies and commercial decisions. This position is ideally going to be sat within our street Pricing area, however certainly open to candidates from a Technical/reserve background with a genuine interest in learning. The position allows for the opportunity for end-to-end dealings with major stakeholders in the business giving you full business exposure from day one.

As a Pricing Team member, you will usually be contributing to at least one major project whilst also contributing to multiple other workstreams. Projects will typically sit within one (but occasionally across two or more) of:

• Rate-setting and Product Design
• Systems & Rate Implementation
• Portfolio Management (monitoring and reporting)

What we look for in you:

• Degree educated with a strong numerical content, preferably 2:1 or above
• Background in GI or PMI pricing with experience of pricing techniques
• Some experience of pricing tools such as Emblem or Radar
• Capability with at least one statistical programming language such as R or Python
• Experience of handling structured data including the ability to query and manipulate (e.g. SQL)
• Ability to build a GLM and interpret model outputs in the context of insurance applications
• Ability to communicate complex matters simply
• Comfortable to work independently, but also within a team
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, including advanced Excel skills
• Genuine interest in innovation and new techniques

We are part of the Pinnacle Pet Group (PPG) – a pan European fully integrated pet insurance and pet health services provider. On a mission to help pets live happy, healthy lives with their pet parents, PPG are committed to supporting the diverse needs of their customers and colleagues with a clear ambition to become the world leader in pet insurance and healthcare services. Animal Friends has grown to become not only an award-winning business but one of the largest pet insurance providers in the UK, with around 500 colleagues helping us to look after over 1 million pets, offering cover for cats, dogs and horses.

A large part of our success is due to our company values which are the foundation of how we work; we are courageous by continually looking for new ways to innovate our customers’ experience and the pet insurance industry. We are kind-hearted with animal welfare being important to us, we donate and support over 800 charities and conservancies across the UK and worldwide, to date, we have donated over £8.5 million. And we are passionate about the support we provide to our customers helping them care for their pets.

Benefits of working with Animal Friends:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and we give you your birthday off
• Fully paid day off for charity work
• 95% of our employees own pets, we’re able to provide up to 50% off insurance along with free access to our Vet consultation app JOII
• We believe looking after employees’ health is important, so we offer discount on gym membership, access to a Wellbeing hub and a health care cash plan / private medical insurance and Group life assurance
• We like to celebrate success and recognise excellent employee performance; we will donate £3k to the charity of our employee of the quarter’s choice
• Most importantly, you’ll be working within a courageous, passionate and kind-hearted team

Animal Friends Pet Insurance Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions, and sexual orientations. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence. We offer accessibility help with application forms which is available via the jobs page of our website.

As an FCA regulated business, we require successful applicants to clear our pre-employment screening process which includes a credit check and references checks. Under the latest UK Right to Work regulations, we will require successful applicants to evidence their right to work in the UK, either in person, online, or digitally via a third party subject to circumstances.

Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled rather than the advertised closing date. Interviews will take place throughout this period; therefore, we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.