FP&A Director - HFG
Job description
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FP&A Director
A senior leadership opportunity for an experienced FP&A professional to shape financial strategy in a fast-paced, margin-sensitive environment.
HFG are supporting a general insurance provider who are looking for a commercially driven finance leader to own budgeting, forecasting, and performance management, partnering closely with the CFO, CEO and Executive team. You'll translate complex data into clear, actionable insight - influencing pricing, growth, retention and long-term value creation.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead annual budget, rolling forecasts and multi-year planning
- Analyse and explain performance, with particular focus on trading outcomes, loss ratio, expense ratio, combined ratio, and underwriting results
- Develop financial plans incorporating core value drivers such as volumes, retention, pricing, inflation, cost trends, and commission structures
- Deliver Board-ready reporting and forward-looking analysis
- Enhance FP&A models, dashboards and forecasting capability
- Build and lead a high-performing FP&A team
- Act as a trusted finance partner to the CFO and CEO
Experience Required
- 10+ years' FP&A or senior finance leadership experience
- Strong background in personal lines motor insurance or similar margin-driven sector
- Professionally qualified (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CFA or equivalent)
- Advanced modelling and commercial analytics capability
- Confident influencing senior stakeholders
This is a high-impact role with real strategic visibility and the opportunity to shape a best-in-class FP&A function. If you're a proven leader who can operate both remotely and in the office then please get in touch.
Please note, only applicants from a personal lines insurance background will be considered.
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⭐ Highlight your personal lines motor insurance experience prominently as the advert explicitly states only candidates from this background will be considered
📊 Quantify your FP&A achievements: "Led budget process for £180M portfolio, improving forecast accuracy by 15%"
🎯 Emphasise your professional qualification (ACA/ACCA/CFA) early in your CV as this is a core requirement for the role
🤝 Showcase examples of CFO/CEO partnership and Board-level reporting experience to match the strategic visibility mentioned
📈 Detail your experience with insurance-specific metrics like loss ratios, combined ratios, and underwriting results analysis
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- •Led annual budget and rolling forecast process for £240M personal lines motor portfolio, improving forecast accuracy by 18% through enhanced loss ratio modelling
- •Developed comprehensive FP&A dashboard tracking combined ratios, expense ratios and underwriting performance, enabling CEO to identify £3.2M cost reduction opportunities
- •Built and managed 6-person FP&A team delivering Board-ready analysis on pricing strategies, resulting in 12% improvement in retention rates across core motor products
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Dear Hiring Manager,
HFG's FP&A Director opportunity represents exactly the strategic finance leadership role I've been seeking, combining my personal lines motor insurance expertise with advanced FP&A capabilities to drive commercial performance and strategic decision-making.
My background in leading FP&A functions within margin-sensitive insurance environments has equipped me with deep expertise in loss ratio analysis, combined ratio management, and the commercial analytics needed to influence pricing, retention and growth strategies at Board level.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you approach building a multi-year financial plan for a personal lines motor insurance portfolio?
- ›Walk me through how you would analyse and explain a deteriorating loss ratio to the Board
- ›What key value drivers would you incorporate into an FP&A model for motor insurance pricing?
- ›How do you approach forecasting in a margin-sensitive insurance environment?
- ›Describe your experience with combined ratio analysis and its impact on strategic decisions
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to influence senior stakeholders on a difficult financial decision
- ›Describe a situation where you had to build and lead a high-performing FP&A team
- ›Give an example of when you translated complex financial data into actionable business insights
- ›Tell me about a time you had to deliver challenging news to the CEO or Board
- ›Describe how you've partnered with a CFO to drive strategic financial initiatives
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to influence senior stakeholders on a difficult financial decision
Describe a situation where you had to build and lead a high-performing FP&A team