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We are seeking a strategic and highly analytical Finance Business Partner to support the Bermuda / Europe and Small Commercial underwriting leadership teams. This role will serve as a trusted advisor, delivering financial transparency, actionable insights and financial guidance to support strategic decision-making, performance improvement, and value creation. This role will serve as a steward of the financial statements and coordinate the financial planning process for the two operations. The ideal candidate is extremely pro-active and combines deep financial expertise with strong business acumen and the ability to influence senior leaders.

This is a new role for our organization and we're looking for a candidate to come in and build meaningful relationships with the underwriting leadership teams while ensuring the proper processes and tools are in place to enable their success.

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or a related discipline
• MBA or MBA pursuit a plus

Work Experience/Skill Set

• Minimum 3-5 years of business related experiences
• Understanding of financial processes and systems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Must have strong Excel and data manipulation skills
• Ability to deliver outstanding customer service
• Organized with ability to multi-task
• Adaptable and comfortable with fast pace and shifting priorities
• Mastery of analyst level financial skills and business acumen
• Proven ability to take on and lead complex tasks
• Ability to work independently but seeks help as appropriate
• Financial consulting and analysis skills - ability to assess needs, identify issues, recommend alternatives and implement change

Job Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains models and tools to support effective and efficient analysis
• Documents standard processes and process flows
• Identifies, recommends and implements continuous process improvements
• Develops and maintains allocations to product
• Participates & presents quarterly/annual results to Senior & Divsional leadership
• Serve as a steward of the division's financial statements, ensuring accuracy and transparency, as well as identifying opportunities for improvement
• Participate in ad hoc initiatives as they arise
• Produce clear reports that summarize financial output, issues and recommendations
• Provide decision support through valued added analysis and financial insights
• Supports reporting needs of the broader organization to provide increased visibility of financial performance
• Coordinate the compilation and provide analysis of the annual budget and quarterly forecast
• Supports the organization in opportunity identification, data-based decision-making and performance assessment
• Travel to other Markel offices, conferences, etc. as required
• Work with multiple internal teams to gain a deeper understanding of financial data, to confirm assumptions, and validate output of analyses

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or a related discipline
• MBA or MBA pursuit a plus

Certification

• CPCU or other industry designations a plus

Work Experience/Skill Set

• Minimum 3-5 years of business related experiences
• Understanding of financial processes and systems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Must have strong Excel and data manipulation skills
• Ability to deliver outstanding customer service
• Organized with ability to multi-task
• Adaptable and comfortable with fast pace and shifting priorities
• Mastery of analyst level financial skills and business acumen
• Proven ability to take on and lead complex tasks
• Ability to work independently but seeks help as appropriate
• Financial consulting and analysis skills - ability to assess needs, identify issues, recommend alternatives and implement change

US Work Authorization

US Work Authorization required. Markel does not provide visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future.

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:

In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work.

• We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees’ needs at all stages of life.
• All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance.
• We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, PTO, corporate holidays and floating holidays, parental leave.

Are you ready to play your part?

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