Commercial Analytics Manager en Hastingsdirect

Location - Bexhill or Leicester (hybrid, one day per week on site)

Welcome to Hastings Direct - From our Group HR Director, Pam Angel

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.   

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Role Overview

The Car New Business team are responsible for acquiring roughly 1m new car customers for Hastings each year. We are looking for a talented Analytics Manager to work as an integral part of this team, supporting the shaping and delivery of initiatives that support profitable growth.  

Job Details

• While the day-to-day responsibilities of the role with be dynamic and vary over time, we have managed to categorise the key responsibilities into three key areas:
• Analytical decision making - Work as an integral part of the Car New Business team, performing analyses in support of key commercial initiatives.  
• Enhancement - Enhance our standing reporting and MI as the needs of the business evolve
• People, Capability and Leadership - Play a leadership role in developing the analytical capabilities within the Car New Business team.  This comes in three ways, direct line management, mentorship and further development of junior members of the team.
• We appreciate this does not cover everything, but we will share a full job description with you upon interview selection.

Essential Skills / Experience:

• The ideal candidate will be intellectually curious with a desire to get underneath and solve problems.   
• However, you will also have a keen commercial eye - being able to understand the levers that make the business perform at a macro and local level.   
• From a technical perspective, you will have a proven track record of using data to drive decision making within businesses. As a result, you'll have good experience utilising both SQL and Power BI.
• Experience working within UK personal lines, including both the retail and insurance aspects of the industry would be considered very favourably.
• As a result, you'll have developed a good understanding of – and proven ability to collaborate with – the functions that are vital for success as a digital insurer: Digital, Marketing, Retail Pricing, Underwriting, Customer Services, Claims and Technology  

The interview process:

Our interview process involves the below:   

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

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).For more information on the DCS, please visit our inclusive business page on our careers website  

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

Flexible working – we champion a flexible hybrid working approach – please speak to your recruiter to discuss in more detail  

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

Physical wellbeing – as a Band 4 colleague, Hastings pay for you to receive private medical Insurance (also known as PMI). This gives you flexibility and convenience to see a specialist or consultant and allows you to decide when and where you will be seen  

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! – 27 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 ….

Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. Please also note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks.

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.

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