Graduate Commercial Finance Analyst

Graduate Commercial Finance Analyst

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)

Location: Flexible working with visits to our office in Wimbledon

We have an excellent opportunity for a self-motivated and sharp minded graduate to join our Commercial Finance team as a Graduate Commercial Finance Analyst. The successful individual will report into one of the Commercial Finance Managers and will gain excellent exposure to the work the team does from the outset.

As a team they are responsible for ensuring the global business is profitable, taking ownership of and monitoring individual accounts. They are involved in most things that go through the business, at one stage or other, and this brings plenty of opportunities into the team with varying scopes. This role will provide you with a huge amount of financial services experience in fast paced, inclusive and supportive environment.

As a Graduate Commercial Finance Analyst, you will be responsible for:

• Managing a portfolio of warranty products and client accounts.
• Ensuring the pricing, commercial arrangements and product design of warranty business delivers against cost and target margins, through accurate costing and modelling.
• Analysing financial and performance data to understand issues and propose solutions to optimise performance.
• Producing long-term financial forecasts and cash flows, including investment appraisal analysis.
• Presenting commercial propositions to senior management and external clients.
• Liaising with all commercial areas of the D&G business to deliver profitable warranty products.
• Assessing and advising on warranty product risk.
• Applying appropriate regulatory requirements including GDPR.
• Developing and delivering creative solutions to complex warranty design problems.
• Able to solve complex warranty, system, and operational problems.

What we are looking for:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Excellent business acumen
• Graduated with a numerical / analytical / science degree
• Strong numeracy skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving and logical thinking skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to communicate complex matters in simple, understandable terms
• Strong interpersonal skills / stakeholder management
• Excellent attention to detail

In return, we offer:

• Competitive salary and discretionary bonus
• Flexible working, offering a hybrid way of working
• Opportunity to study or to continue to study for professional qualifications such as CIMA or ACII
• 25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave
• Training opportunities as well as clearly defined career progression
• Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more. Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
• Attractive company pension scheme
• Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary
• Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities, financial wellbeing and support services:

• Salary Finance – access to savings and borrowing through payroll
• Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand-new vehicles
• Travel Loans – interest free loans to help spread the cost of annual travel tickets
• Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000

• Health & Wellbeing – discounted gym memberships, online virtual workout sessions, online culinary classes
• OnHand – Giving you the opportunity to be an Eco & Social volunteer via a handy app. Volunteer individually or in groups to get involved in Youth Mentoring, Food Poverty, Homelessness & Elderly help.
• Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues
• Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends
• Employee discounts – access to discounted Sky TV and broadband packages, together with a range of discounts for 100s of online and high street retailers

Domestic & General are an equal opportunities employer, which means we treat people fairly. We view all applications equally, regardless of gender, colour, ethnic background, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. We also have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks.

Senior Underwriting & Commercial Finance Analyst

Senior Underwriting & Commercial Finance Analyst

Location: Hybrid – with visits to our office in Wimbledon as and when required

Salary: Competitive

Contract Type: Permanent, full time

We have an exciting opportunity for an Senior Underwriting & Commercial Finance Analyst to join our Underwriting team here at Domestic & General. Reporting into one of the Underwriting Managers, you will play a vital role in maximising profitability, exceeding internal budgets for our warranty business across several major global accounts.

As a Senior Underwriting Analyst, you will forecast and manage the profitability of new and existing lines of warranty business across corporate and consumer products. Your involvement will have a direct impact on the profitable growth of our organisation as you work across a diverse array of business sectors. Operating within a fast growing and dynamic business, the role contributes directly to the profitable growth of the organisation.

Domestic & General is a company with an ambitious future. We are expanding our horizons and entering new markets and we need your expertise to help make it happen. We are an international company who works with some of the worlds most respected and well-known brands of domestic appliances and electronic consumer goods. These opportunities don’t come around often, so this really is a position not to be missed.

Key role responsibilities:

• Managing a portfolio of warranty products and accounts
• Setting viable pricing and commission structures for new and existing warranty business
• Ensuring the pricing, commercial arrangements and product design of warranty business delivers against cost and target margins, through accurate costing and modelling
• Producing long-term financial forecasts and cash flows, including investment appraisal analysis
• Assessing and advising on warranty product risk
• Presenting commercial propositions to senior management and external clients
• Liaising with all commercial areas of the D&G business to deliver profitable warranty products
• Applying appropriate regulatory requirements including GDPR
• Developing and delivering creative solutions to complex warranty design problems

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Graduated with a numerical degree level
• Strong analytical problem-solving and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a fast and agile environment
• Proactive work ethic and commercial acumen
• Excellent numeracy and excel skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Capable of using a large data set analysis
• Knowledge of financial & commercial modelling as well as budgeting and forecasting
• Confidence in building relationships with different level stakeholders across the business
• Some experience using SQL would be ideal but not essential
• Experience with Extended Warranty Products is beneficial however not essential

We offer lots of great benefits! Some of which include:

• Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus
• 25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave
• Training opportunities as well as clearly defined career progression
• Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more. Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
• Attractive company pension scheme
• Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary
• Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities, financial wellbeing and support services:

• Salary Finance – access to savings and borrowing through payroll
• Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand new vehicles
• Travel Loans – interest free loans to help spread the cost of annual travel tickets
• Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000

• Health & Wellbeing – discounted gym membership, online virtual workout sessions, online culinary classes
• Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues
• Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends
• Employee discounts – access to discounted Sky TV and broadband packages, together with a range of discounts for 100s of online and high street retailers
• OnHand – Giving you the opportunity to be an Eco & Social volunteer via a handy app. Volunteer individually or in groups to get involved in Youth Mentoring, Food Poverty, Homelessness & Elderly help

Graduate FP&A Analyst

Location: Flexible working with visits to our office in Wimbledon

Salary: Competitive

Contract Type: Permanent, full time

We have an exciting opportunity for a recent graduated Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst to join our Finance team here at Domestic & General. Reporting to the Financial Planning & Analysis Manager, you will play a vital role in providing a financial overview of the team’s financial responsibilities, as well as co-ordinating and communicating departmental deadlines

The FP&A Analyst will support the FP&A Managers who have overarching responsibility for:

1. FP&A Process and Timetable
2. FP&A Models and Assumptions
3. Cash Forecasting & Reporting

Domestic & General is a company with an ambitious future. We are expanding our horizons and entering new markets and we need your expertise to help make it happen. We are an international company who works with some of the worlds most respected and well-known brands of domestic appliances and electronic consumer goods. These opportunities don’t come around often, so this really is a position not to be missed.

Key role responsibilities:

• Aid & improve the design and implementation of FP&A models and assumptions to enable effective reporting
• Provide analysis skills which may include any or all of the following: qualitative & quantitative analysis, formulating initiatives, defining requirements, process design/improvement, test support and BAU transition
• Work closely with Finance team and wider business stakeholders to understand and investigate financial performance
• Assist in development of new, and streamlining existing processes and controls, including the integration of group monthly and quarterly reporting into the FP&A reporting cycle.
• Consolidating department financials, ensuring consistent processes and approach, producing and co-ordinating timelines.
• Be a conduit between FP&A and other finance functions, co-ordinating deadlines and addressing queries.

Skills and experience required:

• Technically competent on Excel and PowerPoint
• Attention to detail skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; interpersonal and collaborative skills
• A critical thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good knowledge of Excel
• Fantastic Team player
• Analysis and reporting using Microsoft Office (esp. Excel)
• Recently graduated with a numerate degree or has substantial experience at the same level

Desirable:

• Modelling experience
• Ability to work collaboratively across functions, recognising and utilising the expertise across the business to drive value
• High degree of initiative, reliable and ability to work with little supervision
• Ability to operate effectively in a complex business environment
• Good knowledge of accounting principles and practices
• Ability to make sound day to day accounting decisions, solve accounting issues and problems and recommend solutions
• Desire to work in a finance team
• Working with reporting systems
• Part-qualified, working towards professional accounting qualification – ACA/CIMA/ACCA or equivalent

We offer lots of great benefits! Some of which include:

• Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus
• 25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave
• Training opportunities as well as clearly defined career progression
• Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more. Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
• Attractive company pension scheme
• Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary
• Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities, financial wellbeing and support services:

• Salary Finance – access to savings and borrowing through payroll
• Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand new vehicles
• Travel Loans – interest free loans to help spread the cost of annual travel tickets
• Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000

• Health & Wellbeing – discounted gym membership, online virtual workout sessions, online culinary classes
• OnHand – Giving you the opportunity to be an Eco & Social volunteer via a handy app. Volunteer individually or in groups to get involved in Youth Mentoring, Food Poverty, Homelessness & Elderly help.
• Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues
• Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends
• Employee discounts – access to discounted Sky TV and broadband packages, together with a range of discounts for 100s of online and high street retailers

Domestic & General are 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 note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.

For over a hundred years, Domestic & General have been a trusted provider of aftercare for millions of domestic appliances. Today, we’re the UK’s leading provider of appliance breakdown protection, developing products and services to meet your needs.

We provide protection, maintenance and support for a broad range of domestic products and consumer electronics, ranging from televisions to washing machines to boilers.

We look after 23.9 million products and, through our expert service network, we repair or replace 2.9 million appliances every year*.

It’s our mission to keep your world running by delivering a service that never lets you down.