Join RSA and make a difference every day. 

Whether you are just beginning your career or looking to take the next progressive step in your journey, RSA Insurance Ireland is an organization where you can be yourself, learn and develop and a place where your ideas and contributions matter.  

With offices in Belfast, Galway, and Dublin, we have embraced hybrid work empowering our people to work flexibly and to suit their individual needs, which enables them to deliver great service to the customers we look after every day. Our Dublin office is also home to our sister-company 123.ie.        

At RSA and 123.ie we empower our customers to make a difference in their lives. And the same goes for our employees. We are proud to have 32 different nationalities represented in our workforce. Our diverse customer base benefits from the diverse perspectives of our teams that serve them, solving complex problems with creative ideas. 

As a proud member of the Intact family, we’re part of something bigger with a presence in North America, the UK, and Europe. Our business has grown organically and through acquisitions to over $21 billion of total annual premiums. 

We want you to thrive and grow with us – and we’ll give you all the tools, flexibility and learning opportunities you need to do it.

And, if you bring your best, then we promise to give you, our best. 

Culture and Community 

RSA is a purpose-driven business – our purpose is to ‘help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times, and be resilient in bad times’.  

We do that by living our values – Integrity, Respect, Customer-driven, Excellence, and Generosity – in everything that we do. 

We provide an open and honest workplace – where everybody contributes, and every view is listened-to and respected.  

Generosity is in our DNA and is the value that guides and enables our people to help others, protect the environment and make our communities more resilient. It drives our efforts to care for people and to give our time, financial resources and talent. We’re also committed to helping society adapt to a changing climate taking reasonable care to ensure that our business activities are conducted in an environmentally sustainable manner.  

Our stats don’t lie… in our annual engagement survey  

87% of our people celebrate the diversity in their teams and the wider company  

90% of our people feel safe to speak up and share if they’ve made a mistake  

91% of our people feel valued and respected by leadership  

89% of our people are benefiting and thriving through our hybrid working model 

So if you want to make a difference every day, we’d love to have you. 

Financial Analyst

This role involves working within the IFRS Financial Analysis and Solvency II Reporting team.  You will spend your time calculating, collecting, analysing, modelling, interpreting, forecasting, and reporting on information, for analysis of IFRS 17 results, inputs to the IFRS 17 production process and Solvency II Reporting process.

You will have the opportunity to use and develop your skills in a variety of applications including our General Ledger, Financial Planning and Analysis system and Excel. You will add value through your ability to understand and communicate with others about business performance in a commercial context and also through your insurance experience

Key Responsibilities:

• Producing reports and outputs determined by the Financial Analysis and Solvency II reporting manager
• Communicating and liaising with Finance colleagues and other functions, including management on the analysis of results and completeness and accuracy of reported numbers.
• Supporting Finance team in discussions with the business by developing reports and/or performing analysis to identify performance issues or support insight requirements
• Carrying out financial and data analysis and compiling reports for various business purposes including:
• Monitoring and management of business, regulatory and financial performance
• Input to strategic planning, operational planning, forecasting and quarterly business review processes
• Development or assessment of business cases, capital requests and similar to ensure strategic fit and commercial feasibility
• Gathering, validating and compiling quantitative and qualitative information and data, from multiple internal and/or external sources to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Analysing financial and business data and information using a variety of proven statistical and other analytical techniques to identify trends, anomalies, gaps, etc.
• Interpreting financial information to determine causality, significance, business impact or implications and developing advice or recommendations for action to be approved by others
• Preparing forecasts and reports on a regular or ad hoc basis to meet the needs of internal customers and stakeholders, within agreed timescales
• Ensuring information and interpretation is presented clearly, unambiguously and in a readily comprehensible format appropriate for the audience in question
• Contributing to a wide variety of projects and initiatives potentially including internal reviews, development initiatives and corporate transactions
• Running and/or contributing to the development of financial models, forecasts and analytical processes to meet business needs.
• Continuously monitoring of, and reporting on, the external marketplace to feed into team processes and outputs
• Contributing to the production of communications and presentations for external stakeholders

Requirements:

• Business, Financial or Statistical degree or equivalent, may also have MBA or equivalent higher level qualification
• An Accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, etc)
• Insurance experience (preferable)
• Experience of working with senior people in a challenging commercial context
• Ability to work to tight deadlines

Regulatory Requirements:

• If this role is defined as a "controlled function" by the Central Bank Reform Act 2010 Regulations 2011. Any appointment will be conditional on the company being satisfied that you meet the requirements as set out in the Fitness & Probity standards issued in this Act.

RSA Insurance Ireland DAC and its affiliate companies consider applicants on the basis of qualifications and without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, disability or any other legally protected status