Milan - Italy Head of Finance

Prima leads the revolution of the insurance world with innovation and technology, data-driven strategy, and world class talents. Born innovators, we work every day to provide a great experience and great prices to our customers. We have redesigned and digitized the entire insurance value chain powered by the most advanced tech stack and data analytics capabilities.

Since the first policy was sold in 2015, Prima has acquired over 2.5 million customers and has grown a team of 800 Prima People. We are backed by top class investors as Goldman Sachs, Blackstone and Carlyle. We are the leading online player in motor market in Italy, but our appetite for growth is huge and drives our global expansion in Europe with our offices in UK and Spain, where we are redesigning and digitizing the entire insurance value chain.

The Role

We are looking for a top-tier business-oriented Head of Finance who will work as a sparring partner to the Italy Country Manager and the Group CFO. Our perfect candidate will have a strong strategic mindset, with a sound background in corporate finance, ideally with some experience in the insurance sector. We are looking for a business-oriented manager with an analytical and data driven approach with strong communication and leadership skills. The “chosen one” will become a real business partner, supporting the Country Manager and the Group CFO in shaping the strategic plan and steering the key business decisions for Italy in an optimal growth/risk/profitability balance.

As Head of Finance and member of the Italy Management Committee, you will have a wide-reaching remit covering multiple areas:

• Support Country manager in defining strategy and targets at business unit level
• Enforce a local value-driven decision making process, generating insights and contributing to Group analyses for the Board of Directors and for investors
• Develop the business plan for Italy and coordinate the other managers to shape the annual budget
• Cascade targets to KPI at country and business unit level
• Coordinate a team of top-talent finance business partners to perform forecasts, monitor performance and provide business intelligence, analytical and negotiation support for each business line (including marketing, pricing, business development, claims management and customer service)
• Manage costs, with over € 80M annual budget
• Support managers on assessing new business opportunities
• Steer and maintain relationship with banks
• Be the main stakeholder for the accounting, tax and reporting teams as well as for the developers team responsible for the accounting tech domain

Requirements

Key Requirements:

• 7+ years’ experience in top tier investment banks with focus on insurance or fintech sectors or in top tier consulting companies with focus on corporate finance
• Strong academic background, ideally in a top-tier business school
• A passion for coaching and growing a team of high caliber finance business partners
• Positive mind-set, ownership mentality and a pragmatic, “can do” attitude is key as we rapidly grow
• Content-driven, analytics mindset, with ability to get deep in the details as well as grasping the bigger picture and the business dynamics quickly
• Advanced financial modelling background

You will be a perfect fit if you also present:

• Passion in simplifying processes, with plenty of ideas on introducing simple business monitoring dashboards
• A genuine interest in mastering insurance and insurtech technical topics and passion for working in a small, agile, fast-growing environment
• Great communication skills, for influencing other top managers based on facts

Research shows that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single criteria. At Prima we are committed to building diverse teams so please apply even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the requirements. You might still be a great fit!

Benefits

Contract Details

We will give you all you need to express your talent and work at your best:

• Young and informal workplace
• Latest generation devices and tools
• Welfare and company benefits
• Team building events

We will evaluate salary and contract terms during the interview, in order to ensure you an offer adequate to your value-adding capabilities.

The employment is Full Time and our contracts are regulated by the CCNL of Commerce.

Our office is in Piazzale Loreto 17, 20131 Milano (MI), but we also consider hiring for our offices in Rome, London and Madrid.

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Prima is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion in the workplace. The company prohibits discrimination of any kind based on race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by national laws.