FP&A Data & Analytics Manager

FP&A Data & Analytics Manager

Location – Bexhill or London – Hybrid one day a week on site

Welcome to Hastings Direct

We’re a digital insurance provider with a clear strategy to become the best and biggest player in the UK market. As a company, we’ve made huge investments in our technology, pricing, data and analytics capabilities over the past few years, along with nurturing our 4Cs culture and substantial investment in our people. And as a Finance team, we're doing exactly the same – building a market leading finance technology platform, investing in our team and our approach to leadership development, with a real focus on commercially adding value to the business.

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Role overview

We’re on a mission at Hastings to build a World Class finance function. As part of this, we are investing heavily into our technology, our people and our ways of working. We're now investing in a small number of high impact roles, to drive the next phase of our Transformation plan.

The FP&A Data & Analytics Manager owns the management reporting infrastructure that drives our business planning and decision-making cycles, reporting to the Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A). This role leads our transition to next-generation financial technology and analytics, positioning Hastings for accelerated growth and sharper strategic execution.

Job details

• Lead end-to-end FP&A reporting: monthly and quarterly close, board materials, ExCo outputs, rolling forecasts, and annual planning cycles
• Set the cadence and standards for reporting across the organisation — acting as the strategic partner to the business on planning assumptions, resource trade-offs, and reporting priorities
• Build the FP&A, reporting, and analysis technology infrastructure that scales the business over the next 3 years, in partnership with Finance and Technology stakeholders
• Drive the digitisation of Management Information and analytics capability, including through Workday Financials & Adaptive Planning, to deliver faster time to insight and clearer route to value
• Own cross-functional initiative to deliver upgraded Groupwide Board and Exco reporting as part of wider Finance transformation, including new planning cycles, KPI redesign, and systems integration
• Build and lead a high-performing team of FP&A professionals, focusing on scaling capability in line with organisational ambition and develop the team structure and skill mix required for a modern, technology-enabled financial environment

Essential skills/experience:

• Strong commercial acumen — someone who's excited about the intersection of finance, technology, and business strategy, and how data-driven insights unlock better decisions
• A natural builder — demonstrable ability to design and implement scalable financial systems and processes that drive organisational performance
• A strategic problem solver — someone who can take a complex challenge, architect the solution, and get stuck in to deliver it, setting aside seniority to do what's right
• A gifted leader — able to build, inspire, and develop a team to deliver excellent financial performance and continuous improvement
• A technology champion — comfortable leading digital transformation in finance, working with tools like Workday / Adaptive Planning / SnowFlake / PowerBI, and partnering with Technology teams on integration
• A clear communicator — who can translate complex financial narratives for diverse stakeholders, from operational leaders to the Executive Committee and Board
• A hard worker – someone who is prepared to take ownership of work product and works hard to ensure the highest standards of delivery are met

The interview process

Our interview process involves the below:

• Recruiter screening call
• 1st stage interview with hiring leader
• 2nd interview with hiring leaders leader and HR

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive – what this means to you is if you’re applying for a job with us, you’ll have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment journey. We also welcome applications through the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS).For more information on the DCS, please visit our inclusive business page on our careers website

Regrettably we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Benefits: in addition to a competitive salary and £5k car allowance you will also receive…

Flexible working – we champion a flexible hybrid working approach – please speak to your recruiter to discuss in more detail

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