Join RSA and make a difference every day. 

Whether you are just beginning your career or looking to take the next progressive step in your journey, RSA Insurance is an organization where you can be yourself, learn and develop and a place where your ideas and contributions matter.  

With offices in Belfast, Galway, and Dublin, we have embraced hybrid work empowering our people to work flexibly and to suit their individual needs, which enables them to deliver great service to the customers we look after every day. Our Dublin office is also home to our sister-company 123.ie.        

At RSA and 123.ie we empower our customers to make a difference in their lives. And the same goes for our employees. We are proud to have 32 different nationalities represented in our workforce. Our diverse customer base benefits from the diverse perspectives of our teams that serve them, solving complex problems with creative ideas. 

 As proud member of the Intact family, we’re part of something bigger with a presence in North America, the UK, and Europe. Our business has grown organically and through acquisitions to over $21 billion of total annual premiums. 

We want you to thrive and grow with us – and we’ll give you all the tools, flexibility and learning opportunities you need to do it.

 And, if you bring your best, then we promise to give you, our best. 

Culture and Community 

 RSA is a purpose-driven business – our purpose is to ‘help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times, and be resilient in bad times’.  

 We do that by living our values – Integrity, Respect, Customer-driven, Excellence, and Generosity – in everything that we do. 

 We provide an open and honest workplace – where everybody contributes, and every view is listened-to and respected.  

 Generosity is in our DNA and is the value that guides and enables our people to help others, protect the environment and make our communities more resilient. It drives our efforts to care for people and to give our time, financial resources and talent. We’re also committed to helping society adapt to a changing climate taking reasonable care to ensure that our business activities are conducted in an environmentally sustainable manner.  

Our stats don’t lie… in our annual engagement survey  

87% of our people celebrate the diversity in their teams and the wider company  

90% of our people feel safe to speak up and share if they’ve made a mistake  

91% of our people feel valued and respected by leadership  

89% of our people are benefiting and thriving through our hybrid working model 

Senior Financial Analyst

This role plays a crucial role in financial planning, analysis and decision-making support. The role involves working within the Finance Business Partnering team & is about supporting the team on various workstreams but also leading certain workstreams.

You will be an integral member of the team, working closely with the BP & Finance teams to analyse & understand P&L movements, ensure that reporting requirements are delivered & lead the month end process on the BP team.

You will be involved in planning & forecasting, coordinating the process & preparing reporting packs. You will lead the Finance competitor analysis by providing timely market insight to the business in order to improve market knowledge & decision making. You will also be involved in various ad hoc workstreams as they arise which will provide you with greater exposure to the wider business

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading the BP team month end process by liaising with Financial Reporting/Analysis team and other functions, including management to gain understanding of financial performance
• Preparing monthly financial reports on GWP, NEP, Combined ratio and UW result
• Carrying out financial and data analysis and compiling reports for various business purposes including:
  1. Monitoring, management and reporting of business and financial performance metrics in order to provide insights on segment profitability and market trends
  2. Input to, analysis & reporting on strategic & operational planning & forecasting
  3. Development or assessment of business cases, supporting new product launches and similar to ensure strategic fit and commercial feasibility
  4. Interpreting financial information to determine causality, significance, business impact or implications and developing advice to support the BP team in discussions with the business         
• Developing, managing and maintaining financial model to forecast premiums, claims, expenses and profitability
• Driving automation and process improvements in financial planning, forecasting & modelling
• Leading the Finance inputs into the Strategic Change competitor analysis & market overview including gathering all relevant information, analysing trends & providing key reports & insights into the market in order to enable better decision making
• Leading the annual budgeting process, working closely with business partners, underwriting, sales & marketing, actuaries & claims teams
• Preparing reports on rolling forecasts / scenarios on a regular or ad hoc basis to reflect changes in the market, claims trends and operational performance
• Presenting key financial drivers to leadership and supporting strategic decision making by ensuring reporting of information and interpretation is presented clearly, unambiguously and in a readily comprehensible format appropriate for the audience in question
• Engaging and collaborating with Finance Business Partners (BP's) and the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team to deliver high quality outputs in the most effective ways and to share insights and lessons learned
• Leading and/or contributing to a wide variety of projects and initiatives as required, potentially including corporate transactions
• Identifying cost optimisation opportunities in claims handling and expense management                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Requirements:

• A Qualified Accounting professional, or equivalent relevant experience, with a minimum of 3 plus years post qualification experience
• May have operational and/or management experience in other business areas besides Finance.
• Experience of working with senior people in a challenging commercial context
• Proven ability to work with the business to understand and interpret the practical business implications of financial data.
• Proven ability to anticipate business performance issues/opportunities, provide insights and recommend appropriate action.

Regulatory Requirements:

• If this role is defined as a "controlled function" by the Central Bank Reform Act 2010 Regulations 2011. Any appointment will be conditional on the company being satisfied that you meet the requirements as set out in the Fitness & Probity standards issued in this Act.

RSA Insurance Ireland DAC and its affiliate companies consider applicants on the basis of qualifications and without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, disability or any other legally protected status