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Trading Analyst

United Kingdom, Leeds · Job Posted January 22, 2026
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We're thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity to join us as a Commercial Analyst, specialising in Commercial Trading. In this capacity, you'll help us review performance and ensure we make trading decisions on initiatives that are benefiting customers and our commercial performance alike. You’ll have an integral role, alongside the wider Commercial Trading team, in ensuring we deliver against our Business Plan and our long term ambitions.

Job Responsibility

  • Monitor and report on weekly performance metrics across the different funnels (new business, existing customer and renewal cycle)
  • Conduct in-depth analysis of metrics to identify underlying trends and drivers
  • Contextualise performance through actively monitoring the motor insurance market
  • Use data and commercial intuition to make decisions in uncertain environments
  • Support the creation of the Business Plan for the business unit
  • Ensure delivery against this Plan, working alongside Pricing, Product, Operations, Marketing and Digital teams
  • Be curious and creative to challenge others and identify improvement opportunities for positive change
  • Drive the delivery of initiatives, working alongside specialists across the business, utilising a test and learn approach to maximise benefits and insights
  • Develop a comprehensive understanding of the regulatory landscape and identify its implications on business models, products, and processes
  • Establish an understanding of managing customer and commercial trade-offs in a highly regulated industry
  • Integrate the 'voice of the customer' into all you do

Requirements

  • Excellent collaborator and communicator, with the ability to influence and drive positive change through stakeholder management
  • Curious and creative individual who can bring a new way of thinking and challenge to existing processes or customer journeys
  • Strong data analyst who can understand and manipulate data sets to draw conclusions
  • Commercially aware with experience in identifying and delivering business change
  • Proactive and adaptable in a dynamic work environment

What we offer

  • 9% employer contributed pension
  • 50% off home, motor and pet insurance, plus free travel Green Flag breakdown cover
  • Additional optional Health and Dental insurance
  • EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way
  • Generous holidays
  • Buy as you earn share scheme
  • Employee discounts and cashback
  • 22 days holiday rising to 30 days depending on your role
  • Chance to buy and sell up to 5 days holiday
  • Income protection on 50% of your salary for 5 years
  • Life assurance cover at four times your salary
  • Discounts and cashback savings across hundreds of other well-known brands
  • Flexible benefits scheme
  • Salary sacrifice scheme for fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars, and for private dental and medical cover
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and emergency dependant leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
  • Trained mental health first aiders (MHFA)
  • Volunteering opportunities through our partnership with Neighbourly
  • Up to £50 a month to match any contributions you make to your local community
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