Underwriting FPA Partner

Accelerant is building a new platform that will serve as the backbone of how risk is exchanged in the future. The Finance team is looking for an Underwriting FP&A Partner who is passionate about building high quality financial strategies that are valued by stakeholders.

 If you join our team, here are some of the things you’ll be doing:

• This position will play a key role in developing our strategic plan, annual budgets and forecasts for Accelerants insurance and reinsurance companies
  • Forecasting underwriting insurance and reinsurance results
  • Support Income Statement, Cash Flow and Balance Sheet forecasting
• Work cross functionally with local finance teams, including CFOs and Accounting
• Partner closely with Reinsurance and Actuarial teams
• Support actual vs budget / forecast reporting
• Support the development, implementation, and adoption of planning solutions
  • Develop and maintain modeling enhancements needed to support business needs
• Support senior management in business analysis and strategic initiatives
• Support process improvement initiatives and business metrics development
• Play a leading role in developing group-wide systems and reporting
• Review and present monthly reports on insurance operations
• Perform analysis and provide insights to inform decision making
• Other duties as assigned

What you bring to the table:

• Passionate problem-solving mindset.
• Reputation for getting things done.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Desire to learn and grow.

• Adapt to changes in the work environment; manage competing demands; change approach or method to best fit the situation; be able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to both understand and articulate the “story” that the numbers are telling; strong creative problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to interact and partner cross-functionally
• Strong understanding of data structures and lineage

Desired qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or another analytical discipline
• 10+ years of experience in the property and casualty space working for a carrier or reinsurer
• 5+ years of experience modeling complex reinsurance structures
• + years support GAAP/Statutory reporting and planning
• Comfortable putting together reports and presenting to business leaders
• Communicate and build relationships with a variety of stakeholders and be able to interact positively and work effective with others
• Prioritize and plan work activities for self and/or others to meet individual, team, and departmental objectives
• Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness; look for ways to improve and promote quality; apply feedback to improve performance; monitor own work to ensure quality
• Attention to detail is essential
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Experience with Tagetik and Microsoft Dynamics is a plus
• Experience with data visualization and business intelligence tools such as Tableau a plus

To apply, please contact [email protected]