Rating Programmer

We are looking for an enthusiastic and numerically minded graduate to join the Rating team within the Pricing and Analytics area of our multi-award-winning business at its global headquarters in the centre of Cardiff.

We have consistently been recognised as one of the best companies to work for in the UK and we are now looking for talented individuals as we expand into exciting new products and services. As part of our rapidly growing business, graduates at Admiral enjoy fantastic opportunities for career progression as well as our unique employee ownership model, which includes a free share scheme open to all staff.

This means that there is an added incentive to make a difference to the future of Admiral and make our business your business.

What is Rating?

The Rating team is responsible for maintaining the rating engine for our Personal Lines Motor and Household products such as Car, Van, Home, and Landlord Insurance. We work closely with our Pricing and Analytics areas to understand their requirements and ensure that we carry out changes in a timely fashion. Our role is crucial in ensuring the customer journey is not affected.

What would your role entail?

Based within one of the Rating Teams, you will spend most of your time making changes to our rating structure using a software package called Ratabase.  You will be part of a team that are responsible for ensuring that required changes to our rating structure are implemented correctly and the appropriate amount of testing is completed.

As your system knowledge grows, you will be expected to take on further responsibilities and become independent when carrying out investigation, building and testing of increasingly complex changes.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 2.1 or above in a mathematical discipline
• The ability to combine analytical thinking based on numbers together with common sense and ingenuity
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to review and write concise documents.
• The ability to prioritise and manage your own workload
• Confidence in liaising with team members and other departments both verbally and in writing
• Experience of using Microsoft products such as Excel and Word
• Any coding experience from school, university, or a hobby would be beneficial (i.e. VBA, SQL, Python, Java)

Additional Information

We also offer a steady path of career growth with many of our previous graduates progressing to Senior Programmers and a variety of leadership roles involving regular contact with the highest levels of decision making within our business.

Thanks to the culture and structure of our business, the skills and experience available in our Rating team would be transferable to other departments as we grow our product portfolio.

Furthermore, working in Cardiff, successful candidates would enjoy access to a vibrant culture of restaurants, shopping and nightlife as well as a gateway to stunning Welsh countryside including the sandy beaches of the Gower Peninsula and the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons.

Benefits and Work-Life Balance

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we're voted no. 1 in the 2019 Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK. We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accomodate flexible hours wherever possible.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here; https://admiraljobs.co.uk/employee-benefits/.

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