Financial Planning Analyst

Who are we?

Howden is a collective – a group of talented and passionate people all around the world. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 20,000 employees spanning over 100 countries.

We're moving from strength to strength, expanding our global reach and growing both organically and through strategic, high-quality mergers and acquisitions. By bringing together diverse expertise and perspectives, we're enhancing our unique culture and values, whilst continuing to expand our capability to innovate, and deliver exceptional solutions for our clients.

The Role

To support Howden Re in continually improving financial performance and decision-making through reporting, analysis, and planning. This role will assist the Finance Directors and Finance Business Partners in reporting and analysing results across all offices, performing trend analysis to ensure consistency in performance and processes, and supporting and reviewing budgets, forecasts, and actuals.

What You'll Be Doing

• Provide high-quality and timely advice, information, analysis, reporting, and interpretation to support effective decision-making and performance management.
• Develop an understanding of the business and support reporting to each team.
• Understand the drivers of business performance, identifying trends, areas of opportunity, or remedial action, and influence the implementation of initiatives to address these.
• Analyse finance packs and perform trend analysis of performance.
• Conduct detailed reviews of highlighted areas based on business needs.
• Support the improvement of management reporting and analysis.
• Assist in maintaining team structures and systems.
• Help maintain and improve financial reporting IT systems.
• Understand current business processes and assist in developing systems and procedures to ensure strong financial controls across relevant business units within Howden UK.
• Support senior managers in delivering group objectives.
• Develop strong working relationships with the wider Finance team and key contacts in Howden Re.

Who We're Looking For

• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ambitious and self-motivated.
• Ability to react positively to change.
• Ability to think laterally and solve problems using own initiative, challenging the status quo where necessary.
• Base understanding of finance and finance functions.
• Experience in providing commercial analysis and knowledge of management accounting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Experience with OneStream (desirable).
• Experience in the insurance industry (desirable).
• Project and task management experience (desirable).
• Experience in implementing and improving processes and controls (desirable).

Qualifications

• ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualified.

What do we offer in return?

A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity – there is no one Howden type. Instead, we’re looking for individuals who share the same values as us:

• Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new
• We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges
• We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond

Diversity and Inclusion

At Howden we value diversity - there is no one Howden ‘personality type’. Instead, we’re looking for individuals who share the same values as us:

• Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new
• We support each other, in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges
• We are determined to make a positive difference, at work and beyond

We consider our people our chief competitive advantage and as such we treat colleagues, candidates, clients, and business partners with equality, fairness, and respect – regardless of age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or family circumstances.

Reasonable adjustments

We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours* or hybrid working*.

If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it’s the right fit for you, send us your application – if your profile fits the role’s criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require.

*Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more.

Our sustainability promise

We’re on a life-long journey to become an ever-more sustainable group. It's a commitment to taking care of our people and the world we live in, to doing good business, and to making a positive impact wherever we can. Our governance processes, company policies, and review systems are all geared towards our goal of making a positive impact in the world. You can read more about our sustainability work here.