Manager, Underwriting - Melbourne, Australia - eFinancialCareers Ltd.

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    Manager, Underwriting

    MLC Life Insurance Melbourne, Australia Posted 10 days ago Permanent Competitive

    Are you committed to bringing your best to life every day?

    At MLC Life Insurance, we're proud of our history of protecting Australians for over 135 years. We provide flexible, affordable, and innovative insurance products to almost 1 million Australians. We're Australian-led and managed, and part of a global network through our partnership with one of the world's leading life insurers, Nippon Life Insurance Group.

    We're driven by a powerful purpose, providing our customers and their families with a Promise for Life to be there when they need us most - and that's a great purpose to bring us together at work every day.

    We work hard to deliver a total customer experience that keeps our customers and partners at the forefront of all our decisions. We're a values-driven business that strives for high performance and growth as we look towards the future.

    The Role

    We have an opportunity to join our Underwriting & New Business team as a Manager, Underwriting.

    As the Manager, Underwriting, you will be responsible for managing the delivery of our underwriting service over a defined area. Working closely with key internal stakeholders, the focus for the role is leading a team to deliver a market leading underwriting capability, delivering the best possible end to end service for Advisers and customers.

    You'll work closely with peers to deliver a highly efficient Underwriting operating model & implementing any improvements to ensure an outstanding customer experience for all services in their designated area.

    You will work closely with and support the Head of Underwriting to meet service delivery and operational targets, identify and optimise solutions, champion process simplification and continuous improvement.

    About You

    The successful candidate will be a seasoned Underwriter and experienced people leader with demonstrated success in continuous improvement and process efficiency, resulting in an increase in partner and customer satisfaction.

    ALUCA CPLI qualified, you have a broad knowledge of the financial services industry, how our business operates and the legislative/regulatory framework.

    Your balanced set of skills includes critical and analytical thinking, positive interpersonal and influencing skills and the ability to coach team members.

    Bringing our best to life - why join us?

    • We do work that makes a genuine difference to our customers, partners and community.
    • We have a supportive, inclusive and flexible team culture, including hybrid working.
    • We support your growth and development, and careers across our business units and teams that are as unique as our people.
    • We reward and celebrate our successes, through our incentive and recognition programs.
    • We offer tools, resources and benefits to support your wellbeing, including additional lifestyle leave and our Family Life hub.
    • We connect and celebrate our diversity at work through our social committees and employee groups, and we contribute to our community with paid volunteer leave and through our sustainability commitments.
    Should an applicant be the preferred candidate, background checks (including Federal Police Checks, Employment checks, ASIC banned and disqualified persons and Bankruptcy checks) will be completed prior to the candidate's employment being confirmed. The outcomes of the background checks do not automatically bar candidates, however they will be assessed against the inherent requirements of the position.

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