Job Specifications
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Job Description And Person Specification
Job Title: Senior Expense Analyst-18 Month FTC
Reporting to theLead Expense Analyst, this role is akey part of Beazley’s expense transformation journey towards being abest-in-classfunction.
Division: Finance – Financial Performance
Reports To: As per Beazley’s organisation chart
Key Relationships: Finance (incl. Financial Performance team), TBC
Job Summary
Beazley is seeking a Senior Expense Analyst to play a pivotal role in our transformation toward a sector‑leading expense function. This role sits at the heart of our journey to move from producing tables to delivering meaningful insights that shape business decisions. As a senior member of the team, you will use advanced analytical techniques, scenario modelling and deep‑dive forecasting to cut through complexity and highlight what matters most, providing strategic, forward‑looking guidance to senior finance and business leaders.
You will act as a subject matter expert across our expense reporting processes, data structures and systems, ensuring consistency, integrity and strong governance across all outputs. The role will take ownership of complex or cross‑functional improvement initiatives, driving measurable enhancements in automation, process efficiency and control. You will also lead change‑management activities linked to new systems, reporting standards and ways of working as we continue to modernise our function.
Building strong relationships across the wider finance organisation is essential. The Senior Expense Analyst will partner closely with stakeholders to understand business activity, translate it into clear financial impacts, and challenge assumptions where needed. In addition, the role will support the development of the broader team by reviewing work, sharing expertise and contributing to the shift toward a more insightful, technology‑enabled expense function.
Key Responsibilities
Key Activities & Areas of Responsibility:
Supporting Best Practice Reporting Analytics
Lead complex analytics and deliver deeper insights that challenge assumptions and support senior level decision making. level decision making. level decisionmaking.
Lead multidimensional variance and driver analysis; identify root causes and guide stakeholders toward corrective actions.
Own and lead cross functional process improvement initiatives with measurable outcomes (e.g., cycletime reduction, automation uplift, error rate reduction). functional process improvement initiatives with measurable outcomes (e.g., cycletime reduction, automation uplift, error rate reduction). functional process improvement initiatives with measurable outcomes (e.g., cycletime reduction, automation uplift, error rate reduction). functional process improvement initiatives with measurable outcomes (e.g., cycletime reduction, automation uplift, errorrate reduction).
Act as subject matter expert for expense reporting processes, data structures, allocation methodologies, and reporting systems; lead UAT and shape system design. matter expert for expense reporting processes, data structures, allocation methodologies, and reporting systems; lead UAT and shape system design.
Oversee the reporting framework, ensuring consistency, governance, and standardisation across outputs.
Review and elevate commentary from analysts; ensure insights are forward looking, strategic, and actionable. looking, strategic, and actionable. looking, strategic, and actionable. looking, strategic, and actionable.
Serve as a senior business partner, challenging assumptions and guiding stakeholders on cost structure, profitability, and expense strategy.
Oversee end to end data governance across expense reporting; define and enforce data quality standards, reconciliations, and controls. To end data governance across expense reporting; define and enforce data quality standards, reconciliations, and controls. toend data governance across expense reporting; define and enforce data quality standards, reconciliations, and controls. toend data governance across expense reporting; define and enforce data quality standards, reconciliations, and controls.
Lead the design and evolution of dashboards and self serve reporting, including modelling logic, visual standards, and narrative clarity. serve reporting.serve reporting, including modelling logic, visual standards, and narrative clarity. serve reporting, including modelling logic, visual standards, and narrative clarity.
Strengthen internal control frameworks; work with audit, risk, and compliance to address findings and ensure policy adherence.
Oversee allocation methodologies, recommend improvements, and ensure alignment with best practice and business needs.
Lead scenario modelling, sensitivity analysis, and advanced forecasting techniques.
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