Senior Underwriting Analyst

Overview

In this role you will drive the profitability of our warranty portfolio across key accounts. You will forecast and manage performance for new and existing lines, influencing growth and margins. You’ll lead modelling, reporting and pricing decisions while ensuring data integrity and governance. You join a fast-growing, data-driven team that values improved analytics and automation to outperform targets. You will help shape pricing rules and contribute to financial forecasts, delivering meaningful impact across the business.

Responsibilities

• Drive profitability of the warranty portfolio across major accounts
• Forecast and manage performance for new and existing lines
• Produce profitability and pricing projections; provide rating and proposition rules
• Lead modelling and reporting of underwriting performance; recommend actions from trends
• Contribute underwriting inputs to financial forecasts and budgets
• Set pricing structures to hit cost and margin targets through costing and modelling
• Conduct advanced data analysis (SQL, Excel, Power BI) to identify trends
• Ensure compliance with data governance and quality standards
• Advance process improvements through automation and analytics

Key requirements

• Experience in commercially focused underwriting, analytical, or pricing roles
• Numerate degree (2:1) or equivalent
• Strong financial modelling, forecasting, and pricing fundamentals
• Advanced analytical skills with large datasets using Excel
• Understanding of extended warranty products is advantageous
• Proficiency in data analysis/mining tools
• Experience with SQL, Jira, Power BI (preferred)
• Critical thinking and problem-solving
• Strong commercial acumen
• Effective stakeholder management and influencing skills

• critical thinking
• problem-solving
• stakeholder management
• SQL
• Excel
• Power BI

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