P2P Analyst/Sr Analyst

About the role

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Disbursements supports Markel's purchase-to-payment lifecycle by delivering accurate, controlled, and customer-focused payment and reporting services. The P2P team partners with Corporate Accounting, Treasury, Procurement, Business Support, technology teams, and other stakeholders to improve service performance, operational effectiveness, compliance, and customer experience.

Role Purpose

The Senior Analyst, P2P Disbursements provides advanced analytical, reporting, financial, and operational expertise to support effective delivery of purchase-to-payment services.

The role transforms complex data into meaningful insights, identifies trends, risks, pain points, and improvement opportunities, and develops recommendations that strengthen service performance, operational effectiveness, financial integrity, controls, compliance, and customer experience.

The Senior Analyst serves as a trusted analytical and operational partner, leads or supports continuous improvement and transformation initiatives, and acts as a subject matter expert in assigned areas of responsibility.

What we ask of you

• Collect, analyze, interpret, and communicate operational, financial, customer, and performance data to identify trends, root causes, risks, service gaps, and opportunities; translate findings into actionable recommendations for management and stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, queries, metrics, reporting, and data visualizations that support recurring and ad hoc requests, decision-making, root-cause analysis, and service performance management.
• Serve as a recognized subject matter expert in assigned regulatory, compliance, and operational disciplines, including 1099 reporting and unclaimed property requirements, and provide guidance to stakeholders, project teams, and junior associates.
• Support internal and external audits, coordinate and resolve audit requests, perform control-related analysis, and identify opportunities to strengthen the control environment and mitigate financial, operational, regulatory, and compliance risks.
• Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and related financial analyses; investigate and resolve issues in accordance with financial, regulatory, control, and audit requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement of P2P processes, controls, reporting, data quality, automation, and system utilization; lead or support process redesign, system enhancements, change initiatives, and transformation activities.
• Represent P2P on strategic Finance and cross-functional initiatives and partner with Corporate Accounting, Treasury, Procurement, Business Support, technology teams, and other stakeholders to resolve complex issues and achieve shared objectives.
• Act as an advanced user of financial systems, reporting platforms, analytical tools, automation capabilities, and emerging technologies, applying them to improve insight, productivity, operational effectiveness, and customer outcomes.
• Serve as a technical resource and mentor for junior associates by providing coaching, knowledge transfer, quality review, and developmental support that promote accuracy, consistency, analytical capability, and professional growth.
• Work independently, exercise sound judgment, manage competing priorities, communicate proactively with stakeholders, and consistently deliver accurate, timely, inclusive, and high-quality results.

What you will bring to the role

The successful candidate will

• Demonstrate advanced analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify trends, root causes, risks, and business implications.
• Bring experience in financial analysis, operational reporting, process improvement, P2P or Accounts Payable operations, or a comparable financial-services environment.
• Use relevant financial, reporting, querying, dashboard, and data-visualization tools proficiently; experience with automation or emerging analytical technologies is beneficial.
• Understand financial controls, reconciliations, journal entries, audit support, regulatory requirements, and operational-risk management.
• Translate complex operational and financial information into clear insights and recommendations for varied audiences, including management and senior stakeholders.
• Influence outcomes, lead improvements, support change, and collaborate effectively across functions without relying on formal authority.
• Coach, mentor, and provide technical guidance to junior associates while promoting knowledge sharing and inclusive teamwork.
• Operate independently, manage competing priorities, maintain confidentiality and integrity, and deliver accurate work within established deadlines.

US Work Authorization

US Work Authorization required. Markel does not provide visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future.

Pay information

The salary range for the Analyst position is $52,800-$88,000. The salary range for the Sr Analyst position is $66,000-$110,000. The posted salary range reflects the lowest and highest base salary applicable to this role across our U.S. locations. Individual offers are determined based on geographic location, experience, qualifications, internal equity, and other job-related factors. As a result, the salary offered for a specific location will fall within a narrower range than the overall range displayed in this posting. This position may also be eligible to participate in the Company's annual incentive plan.

What's in it for you

In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work.

• We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees' needs at all stages of life.
• All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance.
• We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, PTO, corporate holidays and floating holidays, parental leave.

Are you ready to play your part?

• Choose 'Apply Now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
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