
Claims Team Manager
MDD Forensic Accountants
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Preston • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Ownership and oversight of the claims handling team, including management of team workload
- Managing a mixture of remote and office based claims handlers
- Development of claims handlers to achieve client SLA’s via support and coaching
- Ensure a high level of staff engagement
- Attend Client Review Meetings where appropriate
- Conducting regular performance and audit reviews, include annual PDR’s
- Managing claims handler absences
- Continuous improvement focus leading excellent customer service and technical delivery of claims
- Complaint escalation point
- Ensure Key Performance Indicator targets are reached and maintained.
- Oversight of payment audit approval process to defined limits
- Involvement in recruitment and interview processes for claims handler/administrator roles
Requirements
- A strong background in **Claims management**
- Proven ability to **lead, coach, and inspire teams**.
- A proactive mindset and appetite for **continuous improvement**.
Benefits
- **Career & Purpose **
- - Davies Innovation Lab
- - Leadership training programme
- - Funding for professional qualifications
- - Thrive at Davies; learning opportunities
- **Environmental & Social**
- - The Davies Foundation
- - Local charity funding
- - Pennies To Heaven
- - Employee Resource Groups
- - Employee volunteering programme
- **Financial Health**
- - Pension, 5% employee and 5% employer contribution
- - My Choices at Davies provides; High Street discounts and Financial wellbeing hub
- - Life assurance: x4
- - Refer a Friend
- - Cycle to Work Scheme
- - Lease car salary sacrifice
- - Davies Incentive Plan
- - Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- **Mental, Physical & Emotional Wellbeing **
- - Wellbeing centre; move, munch, money & mind focus
- - Discounts with 100's of UK retailers
- - EAP; 24/7 confidential helpline
- - 25 days holiday, increases to 26 days after 5 years and 27 after 10 years
- - Flexible working; hybrid, work from home or join a collaborative office space
- - Dress for your day
- - Inclusive employment policies eg. Menopause, fostering friendly, fertility, sabbatical policy and baby loss and miscarriage
- - Flexible benefits include; holiday purchase plan and a opportunity to purchase heath cash plan and BUPA dental plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
claims managementperformance reviewsaudit reviewsSLA managementKPI managementpayment audit approval
Soft skills
leadershipcoachingteam managementstaff engagementcontinuous improvementproblem-solving