Associate Capital Analyst

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special! The primary responsibilities of this role are to lead, develop and support the capital team executing capital modelling and management activities for Markel Corporation in whole and its regulated insurance entities and to drive improvements in talent, processes and tools that support capital allocation decisions across the company. This role is responsible for being one of the lead supports for capital analysis & communication for Markel management.

Analysis and reporting performed by the team is used by senior leaders to drive data-informed decisions at group, division, legal entity and product line levels. Active collaboration with global capital team managers as well as key stakeholders and business partners across underwriting, finance & actuarial, strategy, risk management and other functions is required. Maintaining strong working relationships across the company is critical to the success of this role.

Strong communication skills are essential. This position will report to the Global Capital Manager based in Richmond, VA.

• Support the capital team in preparing quarterly Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) outputs for Markel insurance entities.
• Participate in the ongoing update of underwriting target setting models used in capital allocation across insurance. Analyze and report on performance vs. budget and support the communication to the business.
• Maintain proper data flows from key data providers to the capital models. Challenge current processes and constantly think of better ways to receive and send information.
• Develop data manipulation skillsets in Business Intelligence (BI) and data visualization applications.
• Facilitate the update of insurance and global return on capital analysis models used to evaluate company performance. Create digestible stories for leadership based on quarterly results.
• Partner with the FP&A team and financial planning capital manager to properly input business plans into the capital models and reconcile results.
• Digest model use requests from leadership and support the Global Capital Managers in performing ad-hoc time sensitive analysis used to drive strategy and business decisions in real time.
• Partner with various teams across finance to effectively manage relationships and requirements of Markel’s rating agencies.
• Ensure that work is delivered on time and to a high standard.
• Represent the capital department on cross-functional work streams.
• Support corporate goals and principles and communicate those to members of the team.
• Work with multiple internal teams to gain a deeper understanding of financial data, to confirm assumptions, and validate output of analyses.
• Document standard processes and process workflows.

• Bachelor’s degree in a numeric discipline such as finance, accounting, actuarial.
• Graduate degree is a plus, but not required.

• CPA, CFA, or another financial certification is a plus, but not required.

• Analytical curiosity with a business-oriented mindset. This will be applied to financial modelling and quantitative interpretation of data, creating/analyzing/summarizing financial statement forecasts, automation to processes and an ability to strategically streamline, and understanding of financial processes and systems.
• Experience with Power BI, Power Query, SQL is desired.
• Strong relationship building skills with a thoughtful, constructive challenge mindset.
• Be able to work across departments, disciplines and geographies with sufficient authority.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• A customer service mindset.
• Team player who can excel in a highly collaborative team environment and can work closely with…