Graduate Pricing Analyst

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time left to apply End Date: September 3, 2025 (26 days left to apply)

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Shape the future of general insurance with data-driven decisions.

Are you a recent graduate with a sharp analytical mind, a head for numbers, and curious about how pricing impacts business strategy?

Join our October Pricing Cohort to kickstart a career built on Pricing, Data and Analytics.

As a Graduate Pricing Analyst, you will play a key role in how we give our customers a fairer price; identifying opportunities to improve how we assess risk, using data, analytics, and statistical modelling to strike the right balance between customer value and business performance.

From day one you will be welcomed onboard to our Pricing academy, a structured learning and development program designed to equip graduate analysts with the technical, commercial and strategic skills required to succeed in the world of insurance pricing.

You will join the academy alongside peers from across our business, receiving expert-led training, hands on project experience and continuous support from mentors and senior leaders.

You’ll build core capabilities in data analysis, pricing tools, market modelling and regulatory insight – all while contributing to real world problem solving that impact our customers.

Whether you’re new to insurance or already analytically minded, our Pricing Academy will give you the foundation, confidence and connections to launch a successful careers at Hastings.

What you’ll do:

Everything we do starts and ends with data, whether that be drawing insights, exploring new ways of how we use it or finding value to change it

Through our Pricing academy we will train and support you, to learn and develop market leading coding skills such as Python, SQL and Excel

You’ll be exploring a vast data landscape, looking for new and innovative ideas to drive change

You’ll be collaborating with other areas of our Pricing Data & Analytics teams to bring new data sources to life, working with actuarial, underwriting and commercial teams to deliver insights

End-to-end ownership of your work, sharing your ideas at senior leadership level and making real change

What we’re looking for:

Recent or upcoming graduates in a numerical or analytical subject (Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Economics, Data Science, Engineering or similar)

Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal

Strong analytical and problem solving ability

Curious, commercially aware and eager to learn

Knowledge or experienceusing an analytical programming environment, such as Python, SQL and Excel

The interview process:

Our interview process involves the below:

Introductory call with hiring leader

Interview including technical task

We know that flexibility is important to our colleagues but also that being in the office has its advantages too! Hybrid working is based on colleagues working one day a week in either of our Leicester or Bexhill offices (with the option to be office-based full-time if desired).

What we will give you:

In addition to a competitive salary you will also receive…

Flexible working –we know that flexibility is important to our colleagues but also that being in the office has its advantages too! Hybrid working is based on colleagues working one day a week in either of our Leicester or Bexhill offices (with the option to be office-based full-time if desired).

Competitive bonus scheme– all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus

Financial wellbeing – as well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover, income protection at no extra cost, and matched pension contributions up to 10%, we are proud to provide you with an award winning package which includes – discounts, cashback, free independent mortgage advice and free access to financial wellbeing support

Mental wellbeing programme – we have the thrive mental health app, our colleague assistance programme available 24/7, our own in-house mental health first aiders, support groups and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs

There\’s more! – 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your weeks, access to our health care cash back plans, dental plans, discounted health assessments, Cycle to work and tech schemes, discounted and free onsite facilities, social events throughout the year and much more ….

Join us and you’ll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. As one of our colleagues, you’ll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we’ll give you all the support, training and development you need. Our 4Cs principles are simple: we believe by creating the right culture for our colleagues and giving them the right tools to do their job, we’ll deliver good outcomes for every customer, helping us to grow the company profitably and sustainably and allowing us to invest in the communities we serve.

At Hastings Direct, we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we encourage you to be open with us. Our recruitment team is here to provide the support you need to ensure a fair and accessible experience for all.

Job posting end date:

03/09/2025

Graduate Pricing Analyst

Shape the future of general insurance with data-driven decisions.

Are you a recent graduate with a sharp analytical mind, a head for numbers, and curious about how pricing impacts business strategy?

Join our October Pricing Cohort to kickstart a career built on Pricing, Data and Analytics.

As a Graduate Pricing Analyst, you will play a key role in how we give our customers a fairer price; identifying opportunities to improve how we assess risk, using data, analytics, and statistical modelling to strike the right balance between customer value and business performance.

From day one you will be welcomed onboard to our Pricing academy, a structured learning and development program designed to equip graduate analysts with the technical, commercial and strategic skills required to succeed in the world of insurance pricing.

You will join the academy alongside peers from across our business, receiving expert-led training, hands on project experience and continuous support from mentors and senior leaders.

You’ll build core capabilities in data analysis, pricing tools, market modelling and regulatory insight – all while contributing to real world problem solving that impact our customers.

Whether you’re new to insurance or already analytically minded, our Pricing Academy will give you the foundation, confidence and connections to launch a successful careers at Hastings.

What you’ll do:

• Everything we do starts and ends with data, whether that be drawing insights, exploring new ways of how we use it or finding value to change it

• Through our Pricing academy we will train and support you, to learn and develop market leading coding skills such as Python, SQL and Excel

• You’ll be exploring a vast data landscape, looking for new and innovative ideas to drive change

• You’ll be collaborating with other areas of our Pricing Data & Analytics teams to bring new data sources to life, working with actuarial, underwriting and commercial teams to deliver insights

• End-to-end ownership of your work, sharing your ideas at senior leadership level and making real change

What we’re looking for:

• Recent or upcoming graduates in a numerical or analytical subject (Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Economics, Data Science, Engineering or similar)

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal

• Strong analytical and problem solving ability

• Curious, commercially aware and eager to learn

• Knowledge or experienceusing an analytical programming environment, such as Python, SQL and Excel

The interview process:

Our interview process involves the below:

• Virtual data driven assessment

• Introductory call with hiring leader

• Interview including technical task

We know that flexibility is important to our colleagues but also that being in the office has its advantages too! Hybrid working is based on colleagues working one day a week in either of our Leicester or Bexhill offices (with the option to be office-based full-time if desired).

What we will give you:

In addition to a competitive salary you will also receive…

Flexible working –we know that flexibility is important to our colleagues but also that being in the office has its advantages too! Hybrid working is based on colleagues working one day a week in either of our Leicester or Bexhill offices (with the option to be office-based full-time if desired).

Competitive bonus scheme– all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus

Financial wellbeing – as well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover, income protection at no extra cost, and matched pension contributions up to 10%, we are proud to provide you with an award winning package which includes – discounts, cashback, free independent mortgage advice and free access to financial wellbeing support

Mental wellbeing programme – we have the thrive mental health app, our colleague assistance programme available 24/7, our own in-house mental health first aiders, support groups and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs

There\’s more! – 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your weeks, access to our health care cash back plans, dental plans, discounted health assessments, Cycle to work and tech schemes, discounted and free onsite facilities, social events throughout the year and much more ….

Join us and you’ll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. As one of our colleagues, you’ll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we’ll give you all the support, training and development you need. Our 4Cs principles are simple: we believe by creating the right culture for our colleagues and giving them the right tools to do their job, we’ll deliver good outcomes for every customer, helping us to grow the company profitably and sustainably and allowing us to invest in the communities we serve.

At Hastings Direct, we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we encourage you to be open with us. Our recruitment team is here to provide the support you need to ensure a fair and accessible experience for all.

Job posting end date:

03/09/2025

About Us

Hastings Direct is a fast growing, agile, digitally focused general insurance provider of products and services to over 2.8 million customers in the UK, employing over 3,400 colleagues. Our vision – to be the best and biggest digital insurance provider in the market.

It\’s our attitude and the way we run our business that makes us different. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. It\’s a dynamic, flexible, fun and constantly changing environment. You\’ll enjoy the scope to make a real difference for our customers, influence our company, benefit the communities we work in and have fun along the way.

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