FP&A Lead - Transformation & Change in London

Location – Bexhill or London – Hybrid one day a week on site

Welcome to Hastings Direct. We’re a digital insurance provider with a clear strategy to become the best and biggest player in the UK market. As a company, we’ve made huge investments in our technology, pricing, data and analytics capabilities over the past few years, along with nurturing our 4Cs culture and substantial investment in our people. And as a Finance team, we’re doing exactly the same – building a market leading finance technology platform, investing in our team and our approach to leadership development, with a real focus on commercially adding value to the business.

Role overview: We’re on a mission at Hastings to build a World Class finance function. As part of this, we are investing heavily into our technology, our people and our ways of working. We’re now investing in a small number of high impact roles, to drive the next phase of our Transformation plan. The Financial Analytics Lead owns the financial reporting infrastructure that drives our business planning and decision-making cycles, reporting to the Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A). This role leads our transition to next-generation financial technology and analytics, positioning Hastings for accelerated growth and sharper strategic execution.

Job details:

• Lead end-to-end FP&A reporting: monthly and quarterly close, board materials, ExCo outputs, rolling forecasts, and annual planning cycles.
• Set the cadence and standards for reporting across the organisation — acting as the strategic partner to the business on planning assumptions, resource trade-offs, and reporting priorities.
• Build the FP&A, reporting, and analysis technology infrastructure that scales the business over the next 3 years, in partnership with Finance and Technology stakeholders.
• Drive the digitisation of Management Information and analytics capability, including through Workday, to deliver faster time to insight and clearer route to value.
• Own cross-functional initiative to deliver upgraded Groupwide Board and Exco reporting as part of wider Finance transformation, including new planning cycles, KPI redesign, and systems integration.
• Build and lead a high-performing team of FP&A and broader finance professionals, focusing on scaling capability in line with organisational ambition and develop the team structure and skill mix required for a modern, technology-enabled financial environment.

Essential skills/experience:

• Solid experience working within Insurance or Financial services.
• Strong commercial acumen — someone who’s excited about the intersection of finance, technology, and business strategy, and how data-driven insights unlock better decisions.
• A natural builder — demonstrable ability to design and implement scalable financial systems and processes that drive organisational performance.
• A strategic problem solver — someone who can take a complex challenge, architect the solution, and get stuck in to deliver it, setting aside seniority to do what’s right.
• A gifted leader — able to build, inspire, and develop a team to deliver excellent financial performance and continuous improvement.
• A technology champion — comfortable leading digital transformation in finance, working with tools like Workday / SnowFlake / PowerBI, and partnering with Technology teams on integration.
• A clear communicator — who can translate complex financial narratives for diverse stakeholders, from operational leaders to the Executive Committee and Board.

The interview process: Our interview process involves the below:

• Recruiter screening call
• 1st stage interview with hiring leader
• 2nd interview with hiring leaders and HR

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive – what this means to you is if you’re applying for a job with us, you’ll have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment journey. We also welcome applications through the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS).

Benefits: in addition to a competitive salary and £5k car allowance you will also receive:

• Flexible working – we champion a flexible hybrid working approach.
• Competitive bonus scheme - all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus.
• Physical wellbeing – Hastings pay for you to receive private medical Insurance (PMI).
• Financial wellbeing – providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover, income protection at no extra cost, and matched pension contributions up to 10%.
• Mental wellbeing programme – we have the thrive mental health app, our colleague assistance programme available 24/7, and support groups.
• There’s more! – 27 days annual leave.