Planning & Performance Manager

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Employee

Planning & Performance Manager (Finance)

London/ Leeds

Permanent (Hybrid)

At QBE, our purpose is to enable a more resilient future.

We are an international insurer and reinsurer with a local presence in 27 countries.

The Opportunity

We’re excited to be hiring a Planning & Performance Manager to join our Finance team on a full-time, permanent basis! This is a fantastic opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping QBE’s financial strategy and performance management.

If you’re passionate about translating financial data into actionable insights and driving organisational success, we’d love to hear from you!

Your New Role

Reporting into the Senior Planning and Performance Manager, you’ll work closely with business partners covering Insurance, QBE Re, Asia, North America in addition to the Actuarial, Capital & Risk Management, Reinsurance, Expenses, Underwriting, and wider Finance teams.

You’ll be responsible for coordinating the delivery of financial and capital plans, providing insightful management information and analysis, and ensuring accuracy in planning processes. Your work will directly influence strategic decisions and help align financial outcomes with business objectives.

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead the annual 3-year planning and budgeting process, driving continuous improvements.

• Collaborate with Divisions to ensure alignment with strategic priorities.

• Maintain and update planning models and systems for accuracy and efficiency.

• Develop long-term financial plans and analysis to support business priorities.

• Implement KPI and dashboard reporting suites to provide actionable insights.

• Analyse recent performance and trends to measure and monitor returns.

• Participate in cross-functional initiatives to enhance financial performance.

• Support evaluation of new products and strategic initiatives.

• Facilitate development of management reporting frameworks for effective business oversight.

• Prepare executive-level presentations with clear logic and robust data support.

About You

We’re looking for someone with good financial planning and analysis experience, ideally within insurance or a similar complex environment. You’ll combine technical expertise with excellent communication skills to influence stakeholders and deliver meaningful insights.

Skills & Experience You’ll Need:

• Moderate experience in planning and performance roles.

• Significant experience in accounting, planning, and analysis, ideally with exposure to insurance business and regional roles.

• Experience with MI system implementation preferred.

• Strong technical skills in Oracle, Hyperion Planning, and advanced Excel (including macros and VBA).

• Ability to develop and maintain financial models and dashboards.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong stakeholder engagement and presentation skills.

• People management experience (nice to have).

• Fully or nearly qualified accountant with relevant experience, or part-qualified with strong financial background.

• Experience in accounting or actuarial roles would be advantageous.

Why QBE? At My Best?? 

?At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.?? 

#LI-Hybrid

We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.?? 

QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://careers/flex-qbe/).? 

With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.?? 

To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website.? 

At My Best - QBE Benefits?? 

?You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally.? As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!?? 

30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.? 

Flexible working -balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.? 

Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.? 

Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.?? 

Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.? 

Short term remote work abroad -you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.? 

Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as

QBE Management Services (UK) Limited

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