Team – Actuarial - Life
Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality London Office. Full time, 37.5 hours per week.
We are happy to discuss flexible working!
Top 3 skills needed for this role:
- Strong analytical capability
- Proven data validation experience
- Effective stakeholder communication
What this role is all about
We’re looking for a Junior Data Analyst to join our Reinsurance Accounts team and support the delivery of accurate, reliable data and monthly reporting. The role will prepare and validate large datasets, investigate data quality issues and contribute to improvements across reporting and operational processes. This is an opportunity to develop technical and analytical expertise within reinsurance while working with experienced analysts and supporting internal stakeholders.
Key Actions
- Prepare, analyse and validate reinsurance data to maintain accuracy, consistency and reliability across operational processes
- Deliver monthly reinsurance reporting within agreed timescales and support the production of clear, accurate analysis for senior stakeholders
- Work with large and complex datasets containing more than one million rows and over 100 columns
- Identify data quality issues, investigate their causes and support the resolution of process exceptions
- Perform data validation, reconciliation and quality assurance checks to protect the integrity of reporting outputs
- Maintain clear documentation and audit trails across data processes, controls and reporting activities
- Use Excel and analytical tools such as SQL, Python or R to query, manipulate and analyse data
- Work with internal teams to support effective data handling and strengthen the quality of reporting processes
- Identify opportunities to automate manual activity, streamline workflows and improve existing data processes
- Build knowledge of reinsurance data, systems and reporting while contributing to small projects and wider team initiatives
What do you need to thrive?
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification
- Up to one year of experience in a data analysis, reporting or similar analytical role
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail
- Practical Excel capability, including PivotTables, lookups and data analysis functions
- Working knowledge of SQL, Python and/or R for data analysis, automation and data manipulation
- Experience working with large datasets and completing data validation, reconciliation and quality assurance activities
- Clear communication skills and the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- A technical degree and previous experience within insurance, reinsurance, actuarial or financial services would beadvantageous
So, what’s in it for you?
- Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
- A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
- Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
- Life Assurance – Four times annual salary
These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!
If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:
- Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been
- Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
- Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
- Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
- Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
- Give you the space to try, fail and learn
- Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
- Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
- Be there for you when you need us
- Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society
We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.