Lead Pricing Analyst

Confused; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance service company in Cardiff seeks a Lead Pricing Analyst to oversee a team of analysts and optimize pricing strategies. This role involves delivering business-critical analysis, shaping strategic insights, and developing a high-performance team culture. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in data analytics, particularly in the insurance sector. This position offers a hybrid working model, competitive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

10% discretionary yearly bonus

Hybrid working approach

Employer matching pension contributions

Work from home budget

Maternity and parental leave policy

25 days holiday

Private medical cover

Free gym access

Learning and training budget

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in data analytics, ideally in insurance or financial services.
• Strong technical skills in SQL, Python, Tableau.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver program-level outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of senior analysts and foster a high-performance culture.
• Translate strategic business priorities into an actionable analytics roadmap.
• Oversee delivery across concurrent projects.

Skills

Data analytics

SQL

Python

Tableau

Insurance pricing methodologies

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Education

Experience in insurance or financial services

Tools

Tableau

SQL

Job description

Overview

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Hybrid: 2 days per week in-office. Location: Cardiff. This role sits within Insight, the dynamic B2B arm of Confused.com, providing data and analytics solutions to partners in the insurance industry.

About The Role

Insight provides data and analytics solutions to partners in the insurance industry, empowering partners with actionable insights to optimise operations, improve insurer experience, and drive business growth. As a Lead Analyst / Pricing Manager, you will lead a high-performing team of analytical specialists, shape strategic insights, and personally deliver high-priority outputs that drive commercial outcomes. You’ll work across Insight partners to deliver business-critical analysis, facilitate cross-team collaboration, and contribute to long-term technical strategy. You will build a culture of curiosity, continuous improvement, and strategic influence.

We are part of RVU, a group of online brands that include Uswitch, Tempcover and money.co.uk. As a group, we use shared knowledge to empower people and help them make decisions confidently across a range of household services.

Confused.com is at the cutting edge of the FinTech industry, and we’re always looking for extraordinary talent. If you love what you do, get in touch today!

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and develop a team of senior analysts, fostering a supportive and high-performance culture.
• Translate strategic business priorities into a clear and actionable analytics roadmap.
• Oversee delivery across concurrent projects with competing demands, ensuring rigour, timeliness, and stakeholder alignment.
• Own and deliver hands-on analytics that inform insurance partner strategies, pricing decisions, and customer propositions.
• Identify long-term risks, champion improvement opportunities, and influence strategy through high-quality storytelling.
• Coach and develop team members through regular feedback, mentoring, and career development planning.
• Represent the team in senior forums, contributing to data-informed commercial decisions and external thought leadership.
• Support Insight product and engineering teams with development of analytically oriented data products.
• Serve as the go-to expert on insurance pricing and risk-based methodologies, embedding best practices across internal projects and external partner initiatives. Deliver high-impact analytical solutions for Insight partners.
• Monitor and interpret key regulatory developments within the personal lines insurance market, assessing their implications for insurer capabilities and pricing strategies.

What We're Looking For

• Substantial experience in data analytics, ideally in insurance or financial services, with a proven cross-functional impact.
• Strong technical skills (SQL, Python, Tableau) and the ability to apply them to high-ambiguity challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver program-level outcomes while balancing leadership, execution, and stakeholder engagement.
• Deep expertise in insurance pricing methodologies, risk-based pricing principles, underwriting dynamics, and portfolio optimisation.
• Passion for people development and creating inclusive, high-performance team environments.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, setting priorities, and aligning work with broader business goals.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, with an aptitude for presenting insight and influencing strategy at a senior level.
• Strategic thinker with excellent communication skills and a bias for action.

Highly desirable

• Thorough understanding of FCA regulatory guidance, with awareness of evolving compliance requirements and their strategic implications for pricing and market practices.
• Experience in client-facing consulting roles.

Our Commitment To You

At RVU, we are dedicated to developing valuable, inclusive, and user-friendly products and services that deliver positive outcomes for all of our customers. We believe in being the change we wish to see in the world, by embracing our differences and being open and inclusive teammates and community members.

What We Offer

• 10% discretionary yearly bonus and yearly pay reviews (based on RVU and personal performance).
• A hybrid working approach with 2 in-office days per week and up to 22 working days per year to “work from anywhere”.
• Employer matching pension contributions up to 7.5%.
• A one-off £300 “Work from Home” budget to support a great home work environment.
• Excellent maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave policy.
• 25 days holiday (increasing to 30 days) + 2 days “My Time” per year.
• Private medical cover, critical illness cover, dental plans and employee assistance programme.
• Free gym access and employee discounts program.
• A healthy learning and training budget to support your development.
• Electric vehicle and cycle-to-work schemes.
• Regular events and opportunities to connect with colleagues and external speakers.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Marketing and Sales