OUR ORGANISATION

Atradius provides trade credit insurance, surety and collections services worldwide through a strategic presence in 50 countries. Atradius has access to credit information on 200 million companies worldwide. Its credit insurance, surety and collections products help protect companies throughout the world from payment risks associated with selling products and services on trade credit..
Within the Credit Specialties Unit, we have a vacancy for an Underwriter based in Amsterdam. The purpose of the role is to manage and strategically grow our Credit Specialties book, predominantly through our broker community whom are mainly based in Netherlands, Belgium and the Nordic region, whilst providing the highest standard of service and expertise to customers worldwide.

UNIT DESCRIPTION

Credit Specialties designs and creates unique credit insurance solutions for individual contracts or situations, as well as for portfolios of obligors, either for corporates, traders or financial institutions. Our solutions range from a short tenor spot cargos up to 12-years Project Finance deals. The team where this underwriting opportunity sits focusses on the following solutions:

• Excess of Loss and Multi-buyer policies
• Single Risks and project business for exporters, corporates and occasionally Financial Institutions
• Portfolio solutions for Financial Institutions

Within the team we have responsibilities throughout the entire lifecycle of an insurance transaction.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING PROFILE:

• An education of at least Bachelor level or equivalent experience, combined with a mature business understanding.
• Strong research / analytical skills (corporate & financial, sectorial, political risk as well as transactional analysis) with affinity in geopolitics and economics.
• A proven understanding of the business environment and creativity in finding the right solutions.
• A proven networker
• Very comfortable in a customer facing role and managing a portfolio of highly demanding customers.
• At least 2 years working experience as an (Junior) Risk Underwriter, Sales Manager, Broker or Account Manager in financial services, ideally in Credit Insurance
• First class organizational skills and the ability to manage strategic partnerships at all levels, from operational to C-suite, while working well under pressure.
• Able to provide structured updates to all stakeholders (line management, other departments, external stakeholders).
• A team player with excellent communication skills in English, and a strong command of Microsoft products (Excel, Word, Teams)
• Always looking for efficiencies and process improvements
• Willingness to travel on an occasional basis (national and international).

• Lead generation and the acquisition of new business.
• Underwriting / reviewing new insurance requests.
• Financial / Sectoral / Geopolitical analysis.
• Close collaboration with internal stakeholders and risk underwriting teams.
• Pricing negotiation.
• Wording negotiation.
• Policy structuring.
• Account management.