State Manager

**Working hours: Full-time**

**Duration**:Permanent**

**Location: New South Wales**

**About the role***:
**Ansvar Australia**, who are proudly part of **Benefact Group**, are looking for a **State Manager** for **New South Wales**. This is a critical role within our organisation.

The State Manager is responsible for leading the performance of Ansvar NSW operations and distribution team to achieve the Company strategic objectives and vision. The role reports to the Chief Commercial Officer and is based within the Sydney CBD office.

Joining our rapidly expanding and innovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and become an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Grow profitable, sustainable business by building and maintaining productive business relationships with, and delivering outstanding customer service to, Ansvar’s distribution partners and customers
- Lead, coach and support direct reports and reporting functions to embrace Ansvar’s values and to effectively carry out their roles
- Effectively communicate and oversee the implementation of Company strategy and policies to all reporting functions
- Develop business plans to deliver on annual financial and strategic targets
- Contribute to the alignment of risk and compliance management practises to Ansvar’s strategic objectives by sitting in the first line of defence

**Knowledge, skills and experience**:

- Strong commercial negotiation, influencing and stakeholder management skills
- Possess a modern and progressive approach to business practices, coupled with the ability to identify and develop practical strategies for your state’s operations to implement and secure new business opportunities that fit within our risk appetite.
- Able to demonstrate the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders
- An experienced leader with proven ability to coach, develop your team to achieve agreed targets / KPIs
- A significant amount of underwriting experience working in the general insurance industry, with a minimum proven experience working within a senior sales leadership position.

**What we offer****:

- Learning and Development opportunities
- Employee Referral Program
- Flu Vaccinations
- Reward & Recognition Program with discounts and deals at 100’s of local retailers
- Competitive Parental Leave Arrangement
- Purchase additional Annual Leave opportunity
- Hybrid work arrangement
- Paid Volunteer day - 1 per year
- Community Education Grant Program - Ansvar staff can participate in the review and selection of the Grant recipients each year, to determine who receives funding from Ansvar’s profit pool
- EAP access for staff and families
- Participation in Ansvar’s short term incentive scheme - up to 15%

**About us**:
**Benefact Group** is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and are currently the UK’s 3rd largest corporate donor, having given away £200 million since 2016. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.
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