Hastings Direct
Lead Auditor - Home Claims
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Job Title: Lead Auditor - Home Claims
Location: Leicester, London, or Bexhill (all hybrid - with excellent flexibility offered for the right person)
Welcome to Hastings Direct
We’re a digital insurance provider with ambitious plans to become The Best and Biggest in the UK market. We’ve made huge investments in our data and tech capabilities over the past few years, along with nurturing our 4Cs culture. We’re proud of the journey we’re on as a company and know that our continued success will rely on the contribution of our talented colleagues.
We provide insurance for over four million customers, but we know there’s even bigger opportunity out there. The fact you’re now reading this job advert means we’ve tempted you to find out more about #lifeatHD – we really hope you like what you see, and you’ll join us to share in the success of the exciting chapter that lies ahead.
We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they feel they tick every box. If you’re excited about joining us and think you have some of what we’re looking for, even if you’re not 100% sure we would love to hear from you.
Role overview
This role combines both operational leadership and technical claims audit experience. You’ll lead, motivate, and develop a team of Home Claims Auditors, ensuring the delivery of a robust and effective Audit function against business objectives. The role will also include completion of audits, operationally and externally, to enable Hastings to have assurance on the level of performance across Home Claims.
Job details
- Leading a group of colleagues to ensure successful outcomes are achieved, that delivery is maintained against schedules/SLA’s and ensuring all 1:1’s, team meetings, and PDR’s are completed.
- Developing a complete understanding of all internal and supplier claims processes, new commercial initiatives, best practices, and understanding the impact of inefficient processes or poor outcomes on the customer journey, leakage, other financials, and fraud.
- Designing and developing relevant, effective audit approaches – capturing mechanisms which are flexible in nature to accommodate our changing business needs and allowing us to capture, monitor, and measure performance.
- Managing relationships with senior stakeholders within each Supplier, ensuring scoping, attendance, agendas, and feedback are delivered effectively and completing and managing both on-site and remote risk-based audits across the suppliers.
- Working with commercial teams, operational management, and wider Claims leadership to effectively identify remedial actions, tracking, and monitoring delivery, and taking appropriate steps to deliver the financial benefits in line with objectives.
- Managing root cause analysis for all, including systems and controls, and complaints (including FOS) and recommending improvements that support the goal of reducing justified complaints, increasing renewal retention, and complying with FCA regulations.
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Essential skills/experience
- Strong audit experience, ideally within the external supplier space, in a regulated environment such as insurance or financial services.
- Proven leadership experience – able to showcase strong coaching skills and team development.
- Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills – able to interpret MI to identify areas of risk and opportunity and showcase how to ‘fix’ the issues with a proactive approach.
- Knowledge of home/household claims in an insurance setting is advantageous.
The interview process
Our interview process involves the below:
- Recruiter screening call
- 1st stage interview with hiring leader
- 2nd interview with hiring leaders' leader
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive – what this means to you is if you’re applying for a job with us, you’ll have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment journey. We also welcome applications through the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). For more information on the DCS, please visit our inclusive business page on our careers website.
Regrettably we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary and £5k car allowance, you will also receive:
- Flexible working – we champion a flexible hybrid working approach – please speak to your recruiter to discuss in more detail.
- Competitive bonus scheme – all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus.
- Physical wellbeing – as a Band 4 colleague, Hastings pay for you to receive private medical insurance (also known as PMI). This gives you flexibility and convenience to see a specialist or consultant and allows you to decide when and where you will be seen.
- Financial wellbeing – as well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover, income protection at no extra cost, and matched pension contributions up to 10%, we are proud to provide you with an award-winning package which includes – discounts, cashback, free independent mortgage advice, and free access to financial wellbeing support.
- Mental wellbeing programme – we have the Thrive mental health app, our colleague assistance programme available 24/7, our own in-house mental health first aiders, support groups, and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs.
- There's more! – 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your weeks, access to our healthcare cash back plans, dental plans, discounted health assessments, Cycle to work and tech schemes, discounted and free onsite facilities, social events throughout the year, and much more.
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You’ll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company, and community. As one of our colleagues, you’ll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we’ll give you all the support, training, and development you need. Our 4Cs principles are simple: we believe by creating the right culture for our colleagues and giving them the right tools to do their job, we’ll deliver good outcomes for every customer, helping us to grow the company profitably and sustainably and allowing us to invest in the communities we serve.
Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer
We treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, or marital/family status. Please also note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks.
At Hastings Direct, we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we encourage you to be open with us. Our recruitment team is here to provide the support you need to ensure a fair and accessible experience for all.
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