Market Insights Consultant

Market Insights Consultant

Full-Time 54000 - 66000 Β£ / year (est.) Home office (partial)
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At a Glance

  • Tasks: Transform insurance pricing data into actionable insights and analyse market trends.
  • Company: Join Defaqto, a trusted leader in insurance market insights.
  • Benefits: Hybrid work model, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Other info: Supportive environment with opportunities to mentor and develop junior analysts.
  • Why this job: Make a real impact by helping top insurers understand pricing dynamics.
  • Qualifications: Experience in insurance or finance, strong analytical skills, and SQL knowledge.

The predicted salary is between 54000 - 66000 Β£ per year.

Market Pricing is a specialist team within Defaqto, focused on price tracking across the general insurance market. Our data and insights are trusted by 80% of the UK's top general insurance providers to inform their pricing decisions, and we have built deep expertise in understanding how and why pricing trends shift across the market.

Role Overview: As a Market Insights Consultant, you'll turn Defaqto's insurance pricing data into clear, actionable insight for our clients. You'll analyse market trends, identify what is driving changes in pricing and competition, and communicate your findings with confidence.

What you'll do:

  • Own the monthly insights output
  • Query and interrogate large volumes of insurance pricing data to identify meaningful trends and patterns
  • Work with complex, messy or incomplete data, cleaning and structuring it to produce reliable analysis
  • Analyse market pricing to understand trends, movements and competitive dynamics
  • Deliver monthly client calls, presenting pricing insights clearly and confidently
  • Support client acquisition through product demonstrations, meetings and other client-facing activity
  • Build strong relationships with clients and understand how they use our data to support their businesses
  • Contribute insight and analysis to media materials covering insurance pricing and market trends
  • Support product development by working closely with the Product Manager
  • Line manage and support the development of a Market Analyst, helping them grow their analytical and industry expertise

What you'll need to succeed:

Essential requirements:

  • Experience in insurance, financial services or a related analytical field
  • Working knowledge of SQL and Excel
  • Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret trends and patterns in data and turn them into meaningful insight
  • Experience working with large or complex datasets, including cleaning, validating and structuring messy data
  • The ability to communicate data-driven findings clearly to non-technical audiences
  • Confidence presenting analysis and insights to clients
  • Experience contributing to, or taking ownership of, product development or improvement

Desirable requirements:

  • Experience within the insurance or wider financial services industry
  • Knowledge of VBA
  • Previous client-facing experience
  • Experience managing, mentoring or developing junior colleagues

Your approach to work:

You'll bring strong analytical skills and curiosity to your work, with the confidence to get into large datasets, untangle complex information and identify what really matters. Just as importantly, you'll be confident taking your findings beyond the data. Whether you're presenting to a client, contributing to a media story or working with the Product Manager, you'll be able to explain complex analysis clearly, challenge assumptions and communicate insight with authority.

Important to know:

This is a hybrid role, with two days per week in our Farringdon office. Applicants must already hold a legal right to work in the UK without time restrictions and without the need for future sponsorship. We are unable to provide Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Fintel plc and all the businesses within it adopt a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination on any of the protected grounds in the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all current and prospective employees regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse workforce because, in our view, diversity enables better business outcomes. We also believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all staff. From application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do.

Market Insights Consultant employer: Defaqto

Defaqto is an excellent employer that fosters a dynamic and collaborative work culture in the heart of London. With a strong focus on employee growth, we offer comprehensive training and development opportunities, ensuring our team members thrive in their careers. Our hybrid working model promotes a healthy work-life balance, while our commitment to innovation and client success makes every day rewarding and impactful.

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Contact Details:

Defaqto Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Market Insights Consultant

Analytical Skills
SQL
Excel
Data Cleaning
Data Validation
Data Structuring
Market Trend Analysis