Looking for a role that will have a meaningful impact on Expense Management?

We are looking for an individual to provide senior level support & insights regarding expense reporting and management at Markel International.

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our International Finance function - they're responsible for the financial, regulatory, and business reporting of Markel International and its subsidiaries. It is part of Markel Group’s Global Finance Department.      

This role will provide senior level support & insights concerning expense reporting and management at Markel International.

What you’ll be doing:

Management of “downstream expense information”: including the provision of actual and forecast expense information to International’s Actuarial team, to support reserving & pricing and to International’s Capital Management team to support capital model calculations and business unit performance targets.

Management Information Provision: Delivering high-quality and timely Management Information that summarizes expense performance against plan, prior year, and strategic priorities. This will include presenting and providing key insights and explanations to a wide range of stakeholders, including Executive Management & Senior Business Leaders.

Timely Expense Performance Responses: Addressing all queries related to expense performance accurately and in a timely fashion.

Business Planning Support for International’s shared & support services: Ensuring timely receipt of necessary inputs from cost centre owners to support International’s business planning cycles. Facilitating effective “play-back” to cost centre owners to ensure ownership of final business plans.

Support and oversight of cost allocations at International: Ensuring allocations are being executed as expected, investigating variances and periodically reviewing business drivers for the allocation calculations.

Support for Continuous Process Improvement & Sophistication: Identifying, articulating & implementing opportunities to improve expense reporting efficiencies and enhancements to management information.

Support International’s direct tax computations: Providing expense related information as and when required

Our must-haves:

• Qualified or qualified by experience accountant.

• Detailed knowledge of expense reporting and management ideally in the insurance industry.

• Experienced with working in a large team of Finance professionals responsible for the business reporting of a Global business.

• Excellent data handling and manipulation skills, experience with data workflow tools such as Alteryx would be very useful but not essential.

• Keenness to learn new skills that can be applied to the role.

Who we are:

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you?

• A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave
• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [email protected] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.