Assistant Sme Underwriter

**Assistant SME Underwriter | Brisbane, QLD**
- **Build a career in commercial packages underwriting**:

- **Engage with a variety of brokers & build long-standing relationships**:

- **Allianz is a Flex Ready employer, flexible work options are available**

At Allianz, we're proud to be one of the world's leading insurance and asset management brands, with a workforce as diverse as the world around us.

We care about our customers, which is why we hire the very best people to further our commitment to securing the future of our customers, partners, and the community so we're ready when they need it most.

We offer our people a workplace where everyone feels like they belong, while promoting a culture of lifelong learning, development, and global mobility. Join us and share your ideas, be inspired, give back and feel proud to be a part an organisation doing meaningful work that matters like tackling climate change, mental health, and well-being.

Let's care for tomorrow, so we can create a better future together, for everyone.

**You'll be responsible for**:

- Working effectively within the underwriting team to convert quality business to achieve profitable growth;
- Underwriting insurance risks in area of responsibility, adhering to underwriting guidelines and standards, as per delegated authority limits;
- Ensure all business underwritten enhances portfolio targets and profitability and that underwriting bias is given to risks that display better than average profitability through selection and prudent underwriting.
- Effectively manage workflows and phone queues to ensure delivery of quality products and services.
- Manage relationships across various distribution channels as per delegated authority limits.
- Accurately interpret, anticipate and provide solutions to customers' needs from available information to design sustainable responses to suit customer circumstances and address their needs.

**Important to your success**:

- Experience in an operational, commercial underwriting role with exposure to at least a couple of annual underwriting cycles.
- A passion for providing a quality and responsive service to our internal and external customers;
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to both build relationships and influence at all levels;
- Adept at proactively building and maintaining professional relationships and networks to enhance industry positioning, exchange knowledge and elicit beneficial outcomes.
- Ability to plan and prioritise effectively with good attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of communicating with clarity, impact, and influence.

**What's on offer?**
- Access on-demand lifelong learning and take control of your career development;
- Learn through being supported and encouraged to take on new challenges that will help you to develop new skills;
- Be part of a team that's open-minded, supportive, approachable and genuinely focused on customer outcomes;
- A team which embraces diversity and inclusion to create an environment built on respect and genuine care for one another;
- We understand about work-life balance, we have adopted a hybrid working approach and we are always willing to discuss flexible & remote working options with our employees. Allianz is an accredited FlexReady employer;
- Access a range of benefits, such as discounts at retailers, travel firms, health insurers, gyms and financial institutions, alongside a discount on Allianz insurance products.

**About Allianz**

At Allianz, we care about everything that makes you, you. We believe in an equitable workplace that celebrates diversity and inclusion, where people of all genders, ages, religions, sexual orientations, abilities, and work statuses are not only welcomed, but valued for the perspectives and talents they bring to work. We are committed to fostering an environment where everyone can thrive, grow, and contribute their unique perspectives to our collective success and reach their fullest potential.

**Adjustments and support**

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**Job Level**:
Professional

**Location**:

- Brisbane, QLD, AU, 4000**Area of Expertise**:
Underwriting

**Unit**:
Allianz Australia

**Employing Entity**:
ALLIANZ AUSTRALIA SERVICES PTY LTD

**Job Type**:
Full-Time

**Remote Job**:
Hybrid working

**Employment Type**:
Permanent

**ID**:
41178

**Position Cluster**:
Non-Executive