Underwriting Risk - Sydney Central Business District, Australia - Morgan McKinley

Morgan McKinley

Verified Company

Sydney Central Business District, Australia

2 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

The Company

Morgan McKinley has partnered exclusively with this Global insurer and reinsurer with a leading local presence that offers commercial, personal and specialty products and risk management solutions to help people and businesses manage risks, build strength, and embrace change to their advantage.

Their product portfolio includes property, motor, crop, energy, marine and aviation insurance.

Recognized as a Top Employer; Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards; Gold Employer status; Top 20 Workplaces for Dads and accredited a Family Friendly Employer since 2021

Company Benefits
- 'Hybrid Working' - a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance

Wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
12 weeks' genderequal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching
Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services

The role

This is a Senior role reporting into Head Of/General Manager level responsible for the developing and embedding all aspects of underwriting risk, including pricing risk, underwriting product risk and underwriting standards.

The role will build a plan to rollout the component parts of the Enterprise risk framework in a well sequenced and efficient manner that provides maximum value, the wider Enterprise Risk team and leadership.

The role will ensure the plan is agreed with all key stakeholders and is supported by adequate resourcing and Subject Matter Expertise in its execution.

In your new role, on a day-to-day basis you will

Deliver and embed the Enterprise Risk Management framework across all aspects of Underwriting.
Work with management to determine appropriate risk management responses to risk situations as necessary.
Recommend, implement and lead initiatives that impact on the longerterm risk management effectiveness of the business.
Embedding of these risk processes and tools
Maintain a strong network with risk professionals both across the Group and externally.
Second line oversight and challenge of internal processes and controls including monitoring the timeliness of control performance.
Leverage resources within the risk team and broader Group to assist the rollout of the Enterprise Risk Management framework to the group Risk and Group Underwriting functions. Use the outputs of other departments, adopt for specific needs and review the fitness for purpose.

To be successful you will have extensive experience within Underwriting or Underwriting risk, preferably in Commercial property.
You will also have;

Ability to influence Group Chief Underwriting Office and Group Risk Senior Management and develop relationships with key stakeholders.
Excellent written and verbal communication.
Strong problem solving skills.
Ability to manage and deliver conflicting priorities.
Able to identify opportunities to improve processes.