Data Scientist

Bexhill or London - Hybrid one day per week on site.

We are flexible on location providing you’re within a reasonable distance to either our London or Bexhill office for weekly team meetings.

Welcome to Hastings Direct – From our Group HR Director, Pam Angel.

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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We have high standards and understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they feel they tick every box. If you’re excited about joining us and think you have some of what we are looking for, even if you’re not 100% sure, we would love to hear from you.  

Role overview   

The Telematics team is a forward-thinking team looking to revolutionize and shape the way we look at insurance. This exciting new role would place you in the heart of analytics and pricing, where you can influence and drive strategic initiatives central to achieving our group objectives.

Job details 

• The purpose of this role is to act as the key point of contact for the Telematics team to complete key analysis in a variety of areas to inform both commercial and customer outcomes, highlighting any opportunities that arise via in-depth analyses.
• You will be involved in a number of key commercial areas, including identifying emerging market & trading trends, analysing commercial performance, and implementing proposals to adjust Telematics product or pricing criteria. 
• Your primary focus will be to build and deliver robust MI and BI reporting, providing oversight to key stakeholders to support trading and business decisions, with a view to identifying key trends, spotting anomalies and working with our teams to action fixes.
• You will have End-to-end responsibility for the implementation and testing of pricing changes and practices, providing detailed impact analysis for company and customer.
• A lot of the work you will do is flexible, so for example we may ask you to conduct ad hoc analysis, creating & testing various hypotheses raised by the team.

Skills we would love you to have:    

• Analytically minded, naturally curious with the ability to perform detailed analysis, investigate new data sources and explain difficult concepts to non-technical users.
• Great communication and presentation skills.
• Proven research skills including the ability to formulate hypotheses and identify ways to prove or disprove these targeted tests.
• Experience using SQL, Python or R.
• We are looking for a strong baseline skill set but if you have the desire to learn, our supportive telematics team will invest in your future development.
• Experience in the UK General Insurance Market would be a distinct advantage.

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  Diversity, inclusion, equality and fairness with Hastings Direct | Hastings Direct Careers 

Benefits: In addition to a competitive salary you will also receive… 

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

Competitive bonus scheme - all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus 

Financial wellbeing – as well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover, income protection at no extra cost, and matched pension contributions up to 10%, we are proud to provide you with an award winning package which includes – discounts, cashback, free independent mortgage advice and free access to financial wellbeing support 

Mental wellbeing programme – we have the thrive mental health app, our colleague assistance programme available 24/7, our own in-house mental health first aiders, support groups and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs 

There's more! – 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your  weeks, access to our health care cash back plans, dental plans, discounted health assessments, Cycle to work and tech schemes, discounted and free onsite facilities, social events throughout the year and much more …. 

Join us and you’ll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. As one of our colleagues, you’ll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we’ll give you all the support, training and development you need. Our 4Cs principles are simple: we believe by creating the right culture for our colleagues and giving them the right tools to do their job, we’ll deliver good outcomes for every customer, helping us to grow the company profitably and sustainably and allowing us to invest in the communities we serve. 

At Hastings Direct, we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we encourage you to be open with us. Our recruitment team is here to provide the support you need to ensure a fair and accessible experience for all.

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