Strategic Finance Manager

Job Profile Summary

The Strategic Finance Manager supports the Head of Strategic Finance in ensuring that strategic decision-making is underpinned by robust financial insight, capital awareness and long-term value considerations.

• Translate strategic options into clear financial implications, trade-offs and outcomes, supporting alignment between strategic objectives, financial capacity, risk appetite and returns.
• Develop scenario, sensitivity and stress analysis to support Executive and Board-level decisions, presenting balanced financial options and evidence-based recommendations.
• Ensure analysis clearly explains capital and balance sheet impacts alongside P&L outcomes.

Job Description

• Manage key elements of the annual Group GAAP budget, forecasts and long-range planning process, coordinating inputs, consolidating the Chaucer Group GAAP plan and preparing materials for Executive leadership and Board meetings.
• Build and maintain driver-based models and produce scenario and sensitivity analyses covering P&L, underwriting income, combined ratio, return on capital and balance sheet management.
• Analyse capital metrics, leverage and liquidity forecasts, identifying key trends, dependencies, risks and opportunities.
• Prepare clear narratives, charts and trend explanations to support strategic, capital and ad hoc decision-making.
• Provide the Head of Strategic Finance, CFO and Executive team with relevant insights and metrics to support constructive challenge of plans and forecasts, including balance sheet and reserving considerations.
• Partner with capital modelling, actuarial, business partnering and other finance teams to understand and appropriately forecast capital implications using sound commercial judgement.
• Develop practical course-correction options and recommendations for consideration by the Head of Strategic Finance and senior stakeholders.
• Coordinate strategic finance deliverables, maintaining clear assumptions, controls, audit trails and version discipline across models and analysis.
• Support continuous improvement of planning, modelling and reporting processes, improving efficiency, transparency and decision usefulness.
• Build effective relationships across Finance and the wider business, constructively challenging inputs and communicating conclusions clearly.

Skills and Education

• High level finance or actuarial experience within insurance or financial services, with exposure to financial strategy, strategic modelling and decision support.
• Qualified accountant or actuary, or able to demonstrate equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience in financial budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, profitability analysis or business analysis.
• Highly analytical, with the ability to translate complex financial and operational information into clear insight.
• High level understanding of:
• Financial strategy and value creation
• Capital and balance sheet dynamics
• Risk-return trade-offs in an insurance context
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence preparing materials for senior stakeholders.

Key Competencies

• Strategic, analytical and intellectually curious.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and complexity, with strong attention to detail.
• Credible and independent-minded, with the ability to challenge constructively and escalate issues appropriately.
• Collaborative and relationship-driven, with strong influencing and stakeholder-management skills.
• Proactive, organised and accountable, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outputs.

ABOUT US

Chaucer is a leading insurance group at Lloyd’s, the world’s specialist insurance market. We help protect industries around the world from the risks they face. Our customers include major airlines, energy companies, shipping groups, global manufacturers and property groups.

Our headquarters are in London, and we have international offices in Bermuda, Copenhagen, Dubai and Singapore to be closer to our clients across the world. To learn more about us please visit our website.

Chaucer is committed to diversity, actively values difference and respects people regardless of the protected characteristics which are outlined in the Equality Act 2010 (UK legislation) as a result of the Equal Treatment Directive 2006 (EU legislation). 

A diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace are core to our success as a business and integral to our winning strategy and culture. We recruit from the widest available pool of talent, and our hiring, assessment and selection process is fair, free from bias and one which ensures we select the right person for the job, based on merit. We are committed to promoting a culture that actively values difference, and recognises that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect throughout their employment.

We are open to considering flexible working arrangements for all roles and encourage you to outline your needs during the interview process.