MDD Forensic Accountants

Underwriting Portfolio Director

MDD Forensic Accountants

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Reporting into the CUO, responsible for managing a Portfolio team within Underwriting Management and overseeing underwriting activities for Asta’s managed clients.
  • Support the CUO and manage a Portfolio within the Underwriting Performance function, ensuring robust underwriting management framework.
  • Act as interface between Asta, managed clients and Lloyd’s on underwriting performance and strategy.
  • Report business plans, underwriting performance and oversight to relevant boards and committees.
  • Continuously review and enhance underwriting performance oversight capabilities offered to managed clients.
  • Manage and develop individuals within the Underwriting Performance function and contribute to senior management team.
  • Oversee development and enhancement of UWM Framework in line with Lloyd’s principles, regulatory requirements and market best practice.
  • Participate in strategic discussions with syndicates and lead onboarding and Lloyd’s 'Make it Happen' processes.
  • Manage key underwriting relationships with Asta clients and Lloyd’s.

Requirements

  • Leadership: proven ability to drive and motivate staff to achieving common goals and objectives, self-motivated, able to take the initiative and act decisively.
  • Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication with strong interpersonal skills. Confidence to lead meetings and provide constructive challenge where appropriate to clients and senior management.
  • Excellence: Leads by example, demonstrating and promoting high standards in behaviour and the delivery of quality services. Thinks innovatively and responsively.
  • Adaptability: Ability to deal with multiple tasks across multiple clients, work under pressure to strict deadlines. Calm under pressure, with ability to adapt rapidly to changing priorities.
  • Collaboration: Strong team worker who is able to work well with others and establishes strong relationships both internally and externally.
  • Extensive underwriting management experience recently gained within a senior management role. Experience of managing regulatory relationships e.g. Lloyd’s/PRA.
  • Able to demonstrate proactive participation in boards/committees.
  • Sufficient knowledge of all functions and activities of an insurance entity to effectively identify and manage corporate risks and support the CEO in successfully developing the business.
  • Broad understanding of a Lloyd’s Managing Agency including a good knowledge of the governance, regulatory & financial environment in which it operates.
  • Good commercial awareness.