Benjamin Lazar Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

Functional focusses: Top-line growth; commercial due diligence; target op modelIndustry focusses: Business services; Travel, Leisure & Hospitality

London, England, United Kingdom

Functional focusses: Top-line growth; commercial due diligence; target op modelIndustry focusses: Software & tech; travel, hospitality & leisure; business services

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Joined L1 Capital in June 2020 with a focus on building out the operations to support the continued rapid growth and success of the property fund, in preparation for listing a REIT ("UK Residential REIT").https://ukresidentialreit.com/http://www.l1property.com/

London, United Kingdom

Consultant at BCG with two focus areas:- Insurance: Advise insurance clients on strategy, operations, competitive landscape and other matters- CFO/Finance function excellence: Advise clients on CFO agenda, Finance function excellence and Finance transformation with focus on insurance industry, though more broadly across industries too

London, United Kingdom

Manager within Deloitte's Transaction Services team and aligned to financial services clients. Focuses include:- FDD (primary focus) on insurance transactions involving corporates and PE. Example deals include: - Buy-side diligence for UK PE client on one of the UK's largest MGAs - Vendor due diligence for large underwriter/broker/MGA - Long form report for insurer IPO - Buy-side diligence for US corporate on UK arm of a global target- Ops DD project involving… Show more Manager within Deloitte's Transaction Services team and aligned to financial services clients. Focuses include:- FDD (primary focus) on insurance transactions involving corporates and PE. Example deals include: - Buy-side diligence for UK PE client on one of the UK's largest MGAs - Vendor due diligence for large underwriter/broker/MGA - Long form report for insurer IPO - Buy-side diligence for US corporate on UK arm of a global target- Ops DD project involving conducting a detailed cost base analysis on the UK arm of a European composite insurer.Non-client responsibilities include:- Innovation around due diligence tools and operational process improvement (including leading the development and maintenance of the Deloitte Financial Advisory Excel toolbar, used in 60 countries around the world);- Guiding development of visualisation tool (Tableau) for the insurance industry, based on SII reported metrics across Life and GI;- Market/target research and production of related discussion documents for clients; and- Life insurance training. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Actuarial Post 2016 Awards 'Stars of the Future'​ - Sep 2016Core work:- Insurance M&A (VDD).- Independent Expert (Part VII transfer) on several post-merger clients.- Skilled Person's Review under s166.- External audit and mid-year review of UK insurer over several years.- Solvency II work in various capacities (risk calibration, IMAP, reporting and aggregation, etc.).- Monitor Deloitte (strategy team) deployment as key analytics capability.- Various VBA roles… Show more Actuarial Post 2016 Awards 'Stars of the Future'​ - Sep 2016Core work:- Insurance M&A (VDD).- Independent Expert (Part VII transfer) on several post-merger clients.- Skilled Person's Review under s166.- External audit and mid-year review of UK insurer over several years.- Solvency II work in various capacities (risk calibration, IMAP, reporting and aggregation, etc.).- Monitor Deloitte (strategy team) deployment as key analytics capability.- Various VBA roles at insurance and non-insurance clients for modelling, process automation, reporting and other purposes.General:- Experience in upwards and downwards management in small teams including ensuring delivery before deadlines, budget tracking, management of datarooms, client interaction and other project management duties.- Experience gained in instructing and presentation internally (training and development) and to clients.Non-client responsibilities:- Assistant to the CFO (Insurance) for Deloitte Consulting UK (18mths), requiring design and production of MI around revenue forecasting and reporting with excellent feedback from CFO.- Designed and delivered VBA course for the Deloitte Actuarial department on multiple occasions with excellent feedback.- Communications Lead for 2012-13 Consulting Analyst Committee, preparing communications to c.550 Analysts and being a liaison between the Analyst body and the sponsoring Partner group.- Training of new joiners in general IT skills.- Various other practice development roles.Pro-bono/volunteer work (further detail to follow):- Design and production of revenue forecasting model for community centre.- Sports mentoring for primary school children.- Mentoring of homeless youth around interview skills and job skills. Show less

- MI generation for project spanning three large teams (c.70 personnel) and spanning an end-to-end process.- Served as liaison and central point of contact across grades and teams due to exposure to entire process.

- Generated sales results and sales performance MI.- Served in back-office administrative roles (payroll, etc.)

- Accounting (accounts payable/receivable).- Redesigned and implemented new operational process for receiving and fulfilling first aid equipment orders for state sales and distribution centre.

Fellowship Of The Institute And Faculty Of Actuaries, Actuarial Science, Fia

Core modules: - CT1-9 - CA1-3 Specialist modules (first-time passes): - ST2 (Life insurance - technical) - ST5 (Finance - technical) - SA2.

Bachelor Of Commerce And Partial Bachelor Of Science, With Finance, Economics, Actuarial Studies And Some Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology And Programming.