A day in the life of a Finity analyst
I started my working day at about 8.15 today - it suits me to get in fairly early. My first job for the day is working on a financial model of an insurer - projecting their financial position taking into account all of their future income, claims, capital and expenses. I haven't done one of these before so I'm enjoying the challenge. If I need any help on this one the consultant running the job is only two desks away!
At 10am there's a WIP (Work in Progress) meeting for another project I'm on. At the WIP meeting the team that's working on the job gets together to update our progress on the project, share what we've learnt and talk about the discussions that we've had with the client. In this case the client was a little slow getting us the data so it has put a push on the deadline - we want to try and still meet it even though we've already negotiated a slight extension...
A reminder pops up in my calendar: I must remember to get the expense receipts from my Adelaide trip to the team PA. Done!
Back to working on my first project, the model results are looking a bit odd - I think I need to chat to that consultant!
Today at lunch we have our Finfo (Finity Information) session. This is an internal training session over a sandwich lunch and the topic today is flood insurance - an update on what's happening in the market.
This afternoon I need to do some work on a Financial Condition report which is due in about a month. I'm preparing some tables which analyse the past claims experience by claim type, they are giving us some really useful insights into the trends over the last few years.
At 3.30 I have a catch-up meeting with my manager. These happen every four to six weeks at Finity - just to help you know how you're going, and to give you an opportunity to discuss any issues with your manager. I find it really helpful - my manager is great and gathers some feedback for me every time.
Late afternoon we have a kick-off meeting for a valuation project where we're going to be using a different approach this time - modelling the experience using GLM's. I worked on the same valuation six months ago but it's going to be really different this time, we'll also use our ‘old' method as well for comparison.
I'm heading off at 5.30, looks like a few others will be here a while longer, they've got a report due out first thing tomorrow. Must remember to bring my soccer gear for the lunchtime Futsal comp tomorrow!