Lead Finance Solutions Developer

First Central

Lead Finance Solutions Developer at 1st Central, a market-leading insurance company, delivering robust data solutions. Collaborate across finance, data engineering and actuarial analytics.

Posted 4/17/2026contractHaywards Heath • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for connecting finance, data engineering and actuarial analytics to deliver robust, insight‑driven solutions.
Design and maintain data pipelines and tools that enable complex financial and actuarial modelling, reporting, and insight.
Collate data from financial systems (Workday) and actuarial into centralized data platforms.
Collaborate with actuaries and finance professionals to understand model inputs, assumptions, and outputs.
Develop and maintain SQL/Python scripts for data transformation, automation, and advanced analytics (e.g., reserves analysis, forecast simulations).
Create and maintain relational and dimensional data models to support actuarial and financial reporting.
Ensure data quality and consistency across finance and actuarial models; implement validation controls and reconciliation processes.
Support regulatory and statutory reporting (e.g., Solvency II, IFRS 17, GAAP), ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
Build reporting tools and dashboards (using Python, Power BI, etc.) for stakeholders to analyse key financial and actuarial metrics.
Collaborate on model development, testing, and deployment into production environments.
Maintain robust documentation and version control for models, pipelines, and processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field.
Extensive experience in data development, financial modelling, or actuarial systems.
Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and data lakes/warehouses.
Strong SQL skills and experience working with relational databases.
Familiarity with actuarial models, principles, and data structures (e.g., Actuarial reserving techniques, cashflow projections under Solvency II and IFRS 17).
Experience working with actuarial datasets or outputs (e.g., policy data, claims data, assumptions).

Benefits

Comp & perks

People first. Always.
Energetic, inspirational, supportive workplace.

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Hard Skills & Tools

SQLPythondata transformationfinancial modellingactuarial modellingdata pipelinesdata qualitydata validationreporting toolsadvanced analytics

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingattention to detailorganizational skills