Reinsurance Operations Lead

**Working hours**:37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

**Duration**:Permanent / FTC / Temporary

**Location**:Sydney or Melbourne

**Job ref**: REQ203649

**About the role***:
**Ansvar Australia**, who are proudly part of **Benefact Group**, are looking for a **Reinsurance Operations Lead** to join our **Sydney or Melbourne** 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.

The Reinsurance Operations Lead is responsible for managing and coordinating the reinsurance operations, ensuring accurate reporting, efficient placement processes and effective treaty and facultative reinsurance administration. This role will support the business with reinsurance related inquires and process improvements.

**Key responsibilities***:

- Liaise with Ansvar’s Chief Underwriting Officer and Head of Underwriting Performance to assist with managing all aspects of reinsurance reporting including: 1. The production of the quarterly reinsurance returns for Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Plc (EIO) including the breakdown of reinsurance receivables by reinsurer. 2. Timely and fit for purpose reinsurance reporting to enable effective management of the business and decision making.
- Manage the preparation of reinsurance related reports for APRA Returns on monthly/quarterly basis
- Prepare Committee and Board papers relating to Ansvar’s reinsurance program
- Assist the company’s Finance team with reinsurance accounting
- Manage the Company’s reinsurance premium payments and receivables
- Maintain an up-to-date Reinsurance Operations Manual
- Manage the reinsurance treaties set up in the i90 and Access (SSP Select) systems and ensure reinsurance arrangements are implemented in these systems accurately and in a timely manner
- Manage the reinsurance treaties and recoveries system maintenance
- Provide support in managing and performing the Reinsurance elements of key business projects as required, including assistance with business case analysis on projects as required.

**Knowledge, skills and experience**:

- Extensive experience (min. 10+ years) in a reinsurance technical role
- Knowledge of Property and Casualty lines of business
- Sound knowledge and understanding of the Australian legal and regulatory framework, in particular as it affects general insurance
- Confident and influential communicator with the ability to negotiate at all levels
- Experience of effective stakeholder management within a commercial environment (including both internal and external stakeholders)
- Experience in report writing
- Experience in data analysis and management information (MI) reporting

**Highly desirable**
- Undergraduate degree in Insurance, Business/Commerce, Finance, Mathematics or a related discipline
- ANZIIF Qualification (Senior Associate or above)

**What we offer***:

- Learning and Development opportunities
- Employee Referral Program
- Flu Vaccinations
- Reward & Recognition Program
- Competitive Parental Leave Arrangement
- Purchase additional Annual Leave opportunity
- Wellbeing and Birthday leave
- A range of Wellbeing and Safety benefits available to colleagues and their families
- Volunteering opportunities provided throughout the year
- Flexible working conditions are part of our DNA, and our hybrid working practices enable colleagues to collaborate effectively whilst balancing personal needs
- 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
- Participation in Ansvar’s short term incentive scheme

**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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