Underwriting Performance Specialist

at  Benefact Group

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Duration: Permanent
Location: Gloucester
Job ref: 202578

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Dip CII qualified or progression towards
• Experience of influencing senior stakeholders within underwriting and wider business areas
• Proven ability to coach/train for enhanced performance of others
• Experience of internal audit and understanding of best practice audit principles
• Data analysis experienceSignificant experience within commercial underwriting

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.
At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.
If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Ecclesiastical Insurance, who are proudly part of Benefact Group are looking for a Underwriting Performance Specialist to join our Gloucester office.
As Underwriting Performance Specialist you will manage and improve our underwriting capability through training, underwriting tools, resources, and governance. To ensure underwriting quality is delivered in line with the company’s underwriting philosophy and strategy.
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

• Support the maintenance and use of the UK underwriting academy to ensure underwriters and team managers engage with the framework and make best use of the learning opportunities provided.
• Maintenance of the underwriting referral log, including regular analysis to support improvements in underwriting authorities, guidance and processes.
• Support and deliver the annual audit programme, ensuring audits are completed within agreed timescales and escalating issues as necessary. Communicate and liaise with all key stakeholders to agree robust and effective audit actions that drive continuous improvement in underwriting quality.
• Deliver and support the rollout of the technical training programme, managing the training calendar and supporting other trainers as necessary.
• Support maintenance of the Underwriting Hub (underwriting guides) structure and functionality.
• Use of data quality tools for data driven quality and governance insight.
• Keep up to date with market conditions, practice and legislation and liaise with colleagues to support the identification of future training needs and help develop effective training solutions.
• Support defined pieces of work end to end within agreed timescales.
• Managing and prioritising own workload effectively.
• Supporting the Underwriting Performance Consultants and Underwriting Performance Manager with their role objectives as needed.
• Understand and operate within regulatory framework and identify and escalate any risks to the business.