Trainee Finance Analyst

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 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 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

Trainee Financial Analyst

This role involves working within the Financial Analysis team. You will spend your time calculating, collecting, analysing, modelling, interpreting, forecasting and reporting on business performance. As well as this you will analyse and report on Insurance KPI’s. You will have the opportunity to use and develop your accounting skills and knowledge whilst actively studying for a recognised accountancy qualification. You will gain experience of using a variety of finance applications including our Financial Planning and Analysis system (Anaplan) and Excel. You will add value through your ability to understand and communicate with others about business performance in a commercial context.

Key Responsibilities :

• Working in the Financial Reporting and Analysis team to gather, validate and compile quantitative and qualitative financial information.
• Actively studying towards a recognised accounting qualification to support development of skills and technical knowledge
• Contributing to outperformance within the team, by developing communication skills, showing attention to detail and accuracy, strong analysis capability and high level of enthusiasm
• Running and / or contributing to the development of financial models, forecasts and analytical processes to meet business needs
• Producing reports and outputs determined by the Financial Analysis and Solvency II reporting manager
• Communicating and liaising with Finance colleagues and other functions on the analysis of results and completeness and accuracy of reported numbers.
• Carrying out financial and data analysis and compiling reports for various business purposes including :
• Monitoring and management of business 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
• Assisting the preparation of forecasts and reports on a regular or ad hoc basis to meet the needs of internal customers and stakeholders, within agreed timescales
• Contributing to a wide variety of projects and initiatives potentially including internal reviews, systems enhancements and Finance transformation projects

Requirements :

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.