Introduction
Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.
We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.
Overview
Are you a seasoned and qualified accountant with a passion for driving performance and delivering impactful financial insights?
We’re seeking an experienced professional with a strong background in insurance broking to join our UK Retail team on a 12-18 month fixed-term contract. In this pivotal role, you’ll partner with the Head of Finance to support the Managing Directors of 20 branches, providing expert financial guidance, challenging results, and driving business performance. If you thrive in a dynamic environment where your expertise can shape strategic decisions and foster growth, we want to hear from you!
How You'll Make An Impact
- Provide financial support to the Head of Finance for a key trading division within UK Retail.
- Working with the trading divisions to drive and improve performance.
- Assist in managing the yearly budgeting, planning, and forecasting processes.
- Offer expert financial information, advice, and guidance to designated business areas.
- Interpret and communicate monthly financial results, ensuring all material variances are understood.
- Update and provide calculations for the progression of the annual bonus schemes.
- Forecast monthly and full-year results.
- Produce financial MI for the business and contribute to suggestions for improvement and change.
- Prepare financial modelling and arguments to support standard and ad hoc business requirements, ensuring adherence to policies and procedures.
- Perform intricate financial modelling related to critical metrics and value drivers within the business unit.
- Embed financial control in business processes, working with other areas of finance as required.
- Develop and prepare budgets and supporting information for designated business units.
- Drive the systems agenda, ensuring effective end-to-end management and development.
- Ensure effective consolidated planning outputs are produced and developed as required.
- Participate in and contribute to other finance initiatives and projects as needed.
About You
- An experienced qualified accountant with expertise in insurance broking A highly skilled and qualified accountant with a proven track record in the insurance broking sector, adept at delivering financial insights that drive business performance and strategic decision-making.
- Proven experience in interpreting, forecasting, and communicating sound financial information to support commercial leadership teams Demonstrated ability to analyse, forecast, and present accurate financial data, providing actionable insights to empower commercial leadership teams and support strategic objectives.
- Financially aware and able to assist business areas in meeting objectives Strong financial acumen with the capability to guide business units in achieving their goals through informed decision-making and effective resource allocation.
- Ability to influence the UK Retail Executive Team through logical arguments Exceptional influencing skills, leveraging logical reasoning and robust financial analysis to shape decisions and drive alignment within the UK Retail Executive Team.
- Experience in implementing and improving financial control Proven expertise in establishing and enhancing financial controls, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and accuracy across business processes.
- Demonstrated change management skills Adept at leading and managing change initiatives, driving improvements, and fostering adaptability within dynamic business environments.
- Broad and sound knowledge of the insurance market Comprehensive understanding of the insurance industry, including market trends, regulatory requirements, and operational challenges.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills Outstanding ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly and effectively, both in written reports and engaging presentations.
- Forward planning capabilities and high-level Excel skills are a must Strong forward-planning abilities combined with advanced proficiency in Excel, enabling effective forecasting, modelling, and data analysis.
- Attention to detail, initiative, and innovative thinking Meticulous attention to detail, coupled with a proactive mindset and a flair for innovative problem-solving.
- Collaborative and team-oriented approach A natural collaborator who thrives in team environments, fostering strong relationships and driving collective success.
- Can-do attitude, flexibility, assertiveness, proactivity, and diplomacy A positive and adaptable professional with a proactive approach, assertive communication style, and the diplomacy to navigate complex situations effectively.
Why Join Us?
Becoming a Finance Business Partner at Gallagher means joining a team dedicated to excellence, innovation, and making a difference. We provide a supportive environment where your expertise will be recognised, and you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on our business. If you’re ambitious, driven, and ready to take on a rewarding challenge, this is the role for you!
Compensation And Benefits
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.
Below are the
minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:
- Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
- Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
- Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
- Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
- Health cash plan or Private medical insurance
Other benefits include:
- Three fully paid volunteering days per year
- Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
- Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
- Critical illness cover
- Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
- Season ticket loan
- Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
- Emergency back-up family care
- And many more…
We value inclusion and diversity
Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.
Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.
Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.
We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.
Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with
[email protected] . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.
Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.
Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
