Strategic Portfolio Specialist – Retail, UK & Lloyd\'s

What you’ll be doing

What will your essential responsibilities include?

Strategy:

• Supporting the development of strategy of the Retail team and it’s lines of business
• Collaborating with the Head of Portfolio Optimisation to align division and product line objectives.
• Leading strategic projects in the Lloyd’s region to drive profitability, growth and operational efficiency.
• Executing critical business change initiatives and providing regular updates to the Underwriting leadership team.

Portfolio Management:

• Analyzing and tracking underwriting performance through the Portfolio Management Process (PMP) and QBR’s.
• Maintaining effective broker relationships and aligning portfolio strategies with other business lines and country managers.
• Ensuring effective implementation of the PMP within teams to align with strategic goals.

Planning and Reporting:

• Gathering information from all business lines to report and make recommendations to executives.
• Driving the UK & Lloyd’s quarterly business review process and collaborating on regional and legal entity plans.
• Managing budgets, monitoring expenses, and providing financial reporting to support decision-making.
• Developing KPIs and metrics to evaluate organizational performance and track progress.

Oversight, Communication & Collaboration:

• Overseeing strategy delivery and day to day management with the CUO and global product heads.
• Representing UK&L UW with internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinating teams to address key issues and prepare communication materials for meetings.
• Providing counsel on initiatives and managing relationships between business lines and country managers.
• Lead on governance topics for the Retail CUO.

Operational Efficiency:

• Working with underwriting leadership to improve underwriting strategy, rules, guidelines and operations.
• Developing and implementing strategic underwriting operational plans aligned with objectives.
• Supporting recruitment of talent and ensuring the timely use of underwriting metrics for decision-making.
• Conducting pre and post bind reviews in conjunction with GCUOs and providing feedback to improve Underwriting and Operations.

You will report to the Retail CUO

What you’ll bring

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

• Sound understanding of underwriting, underwriting processes, governance frameworks and portfolio management
• Familiarity with planning and finance processes
• Acting autonomously and thinking strategically on a global scale with exceptional business acumen.
• Developing and maintaining productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Using sound judgement to identify and resolve day to day and complex issues.
• Analyzing and interpreting data accurately to drive informed decision making.
• Leading strategic projects and planning budgets aligned to strategic objectives.
• Developing and implementing operational plans for continuous improvement and underwriting practices.

What we offer

Inclusion

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential. It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.

• Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
• Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
• Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
• Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
• Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter

Learn more at axaxl.com/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Total Rewards

AXA XL’s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.

We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.

Sustainability

At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience”, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.

Our Pillars:

• Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems – the foundation of a sustainable planet and society – are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature – from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard – by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
• Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far-reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We\’re building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
• Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We’re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
• AXA Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL’s “Hearts in Action” programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day – the Global Day of Giving.

For more information, please see axaxl.com/sustainability.

Who we are

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

Learn more at axaxl.com

#J-18808-Ljbffr