Senior Corporate Prospecting Analyst

• Excellent new opportunity to contribute to NFUM's commercial business plan, led by Group Propositions, and play a key role in achieving our £1bn commercial growth target


• Further your career in a varied and highly visible role with a lot of cross functional interaction


• The role can be offered on a permanent basis or as a 12 month secondment, both with up to 80% working from home

We’re pleased to share an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Corporate Prospective Analyst.

Within the role you will analyse and assess commercial business prospects to share with partner Agents as well as act as a senior referral point for technical queries within the Prospecting Team, assisting with complex issues. You will deliver short-term projects and you will monitor the accuracy of work completed by Corporate Prospecting Analysts and Coordinators, providing feedback and upskilling to ensure data accuracy and completeness. Additionally, you will support the technical development and training of team members to meet required standards and fully realise the benefits of the Prospecting team.

In this role, you will assess corporate risks in line with our underwriting risk appetite, working closely with Head Office Underwriting and NIS to support profit and growth objectives while managing insurance risk. You will gather and analyse business and financial information to create detailed customer research documents, identifying risk features and sector insights, and providing recommendations for next steps.

You will manage the prospect qualification process to generate 'risk qualified' opportunities for partner NFUM Agencies, building and maintaining relationships with Underwriters, NIS, and Agents to ensure consistency in risk assessment and continuous improvement of processes and systems. Accurate documentation and compliance with underwriting technical requirements are essential, as you will complete and submit necessary reports.

For this opportunity, we’re seeking a professional with strong experience within Commercial Underwriting gained at NFU Mutual. You will be able to demonstrate an excellent knowledge of NFU Mutual’s risk appetite and its application.
You will be a strong communicator with the ability to forge and maintain effective stakeholder relationships at all levels of seniority as well as the ability to influence decisions.

In addition, we will be looking for you to evidence the below skills and attributes:

• Inquisitive and proactive mindset


• Ability to interpret data and identify trends


• Ability to coach, train and mentor more junior colleagues.

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique.  We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.   

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during  the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)  


• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution


• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme*


• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities


• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets


• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs


• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more


• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance


• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year


• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme


• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary


• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies. 

*Plus any additional annual leave accrued in line with our Service Loyalty Policy

The recruiter for this vacancy is Antoniya Teneva. 

The hiring manager is Danielle Astbury.