Portfolio Manager - Financial Institutions - QBE Management Services (UK) Limited : Job Details

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Portfolio Manager – Financial Institutions

(Financial Lines, European Operations)

The Financial Lines team are looking to recruit a portfolio manager to lead the QBE FI book. Managing a team of 5 you’ll be running a global, successful book that underwrites a broad appetite of business across the FI sector. The team have the capability to offer company or syndicate capacity to suit our clients’ needs and provide market leading solutions. The Portfolio Manager would join the broader financial lines team leadership team supporting the strategic growth and helping to develop our Financial Lines business  

Your New Role:

• Lead the team’s underwriting capabilities in both direct line management and hands on underwriting
• Prepare and deliver the annual business plan for the portfolio, monitor and report on progress, identify deviations and implement any actions to achieve business objectives.
• Manage resource, motivate, develop and focus the team to ensure the required standards of performance and support the continuing personal and professional development of team members
• Initiate new ideas and concepts to support the development and delivery of the business plan in changing market cycles
• Ensure strategic direction of portfolio is aligned to delivery of broader business objectives.
• Ensure that the portfolio:
• -Complies with legal and regulatory requirements
• -Adheres to QBE underwriting standards and best practice
• -Meets reporting requirements
• -Enables management of insurance risks
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders including customers, brokers, industry bodies, business partners, reinsurers and colleagues, to maximise influence
• Positively promote the department, division and company as a whole to maximise brand leverage
• Attend internal and external groups and participate in industry forums and corporate activity to represent QBEs EO interests
• Keep abreast of market dynamics and demonstrate market cycle awareness to be able to operate effectively and appropriately.

About You:

• Deep knowledge of the FI and wider Financial Lines market, with strong client and broker relationships.
• A strategic mindset to assess, design and implement Portfolio business plans in a dynamic market environment and across pricing cycles.
• Capability to analyse and use data for decision making and demonstrate financial acumen
• Financial and actuarial principles to assess risk
• Capability to manage a team, providing support and development
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.

At QBE, we view our people as our most precious asset. We understand the importance of fostering a work environment that is responsive to the changing needs of today's workforce. QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job. 

Why QBE? At My Best  

At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best.” It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA - because we know it’s not just what we do that matters, it’s how we do it that makes the difference. In addition to this, we also offer flexible parental leave for both parents and have several employee network groups that support and empower our diverse workforce.

At QBE, we view our people as our most precious asset. We understand the importance of fostering a work environment that is responsive to the changing needs of today's workforce. QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation.

Some of the award’s QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include.? 

Employer of the Year 2022Winner – Insurance Insider 

British Claims Awards 2022 Winner - InsurTech Award? 

Insurance Times Claims Excellence Awards 2022 Winner - Claims Product Solution of the Year? 

Working Families Best Practice Awards 2021 Finalist for: Best COVID-19 Response?? 

Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2022 Shortlisted for: Best Customer Care, Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year 2022, Specialist Insurer of the Year (for Construction), General Insurer of the Year? 

We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families, and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent. 

Inclusion of Diversity 

We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included, and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in. 

We know that diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision making, improves the quality of our delivery and helps us to meet the needs of our customers.