Working hours: part time, job share or full time basis.

Location: Flexible - office presence 1 2 days a week in Swindon, Whiteley/London.

Closing date for applications: 1st May 2026.

The opportunity

The role is to support the PPM team as an Expense Analyst, delivering expense targets and strategy for the UK direct expense base across P&C and Life businesses.

What will you be doing?

• Support high quality expense partnering to enable financial target management.
• Provide regular insight into business performance through variance analysis and data interrogation.
• Support monthly reporting to business functions and stakeholders, plus ad hoc analysis.
• Ensure on time, accurate delivery of regular tasks.
• Conduct detailed analysis of expense reports and statements to identify trends and opportunities to embed a cost conscious culture.
• Support preparation of annual budgets and forecasts, ensuring expenses are projected against budgets, policies and regulations.
• Collaborate with the Expense Management Business Partner to identify opportunities to simplify processes.
• Work with the function to agree cost allocation drivers for each cost centre.

What are we looking for?

• Good customer focus and ability to understand challenges.
• Willingness to challenge and get to the root cause.
• Excellent communication skills and relationship building.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office user (Excel pivot tables, VLOOKUP) and PowerPoint.
• Experience with data tools such as Power BI / Power Query or willingness to learn.
• Experience with SAP and IBM Planning Analytics desirable.
• Team player with strong communication skills.
• Ability to deliver accurate information within tight timescales.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Commitment to high quality service.
• Willingness to learn and take ownership.
• Proactive approach.
• Numeric ability to understand and interpret data.
• Experience in an accounting role within a Financial Services organisation desirable.

Benefits

• 12% defined non contributory pension scheme.
• Annual company bonus.
• Income Protection.
• Life cover - four times your salary.
• 28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays; option to swap UK bank holidays for days off.
• Option to buy up to an additional 20 days or sell some holidays.
• Three days paid volunteering.
• Up to 16 weeks’ full pay for maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• Access to private medical insurance and virtual GP appointments.
• Discounted gym membership and free flu jab.
• Access to wellbeing partner support.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of any protected characteristic.