AVP, TA&A Team Leader

Job description

The Team Leader Portfolio Manager Operations is in charge of her/his team and oversees the administration of insurance and/or reinsurance accounts and contracts, from establishing and maintaining contractual data, processing the insurance and/or reinsurance account bookings, claims handling and manage the related cash flow. He/she also supports the underwriters in administrative activities related to the underwriting process.

Responsibilities Team Leader key duties and responsibilities

- Ensure the correctness of the data managed by her/his team

- Liaise with the other stakeholder, e.g. underwriters, reserving, closing team, financial accounting.

- Understanding of the company priorities and act accordingly

- Organize and monitor the workload within the team, maintain a low backlog, intervene when needed and set priorities.

- In charge of HR topics within the team

- Set the stage for a high-performing and successful team by providing coaching and support to direct reports

- Set individual performance and development objectives; support employees in reaching them and review their performance

- Communicate constructively and openly to staff and management.

- Manage company resources responsibly and effectively

- Support together with your team other teams within the department if necessary

- Close collaboration with peers and Head of Technical Accounting & Administration

Portfolio Manager key duties and responsibilities

- Responsible for entries (treaties and/or facultative) in the Accounting and Underwriting system/platforms and all further modifications

- Enter T&C (Terms and Conditions) into the accounting system with accuracy.

- Check contractual T&C (Terms and Conditions), submit them to Underwriters for signature and draw their attention in case of ambiguities or changes,

- Check and process of accounts and claims advices.

- Clarify discrepancies of accounts and claims with underwriters/ claim experts/ cedents/brokers

- Manage cashflow including setting-up of client bank accounts in the accounting system, processing of outgoing/incoming payments and follow up on pending payments and open balances,

- Perform ICS controls (Internal Control System) according to relevant guidelines and pro-actively support Underwriters in the performance of these controls,

- Monitor client accounts / statistics by using internal reports, perform data analysis and support Stakeholders with reports and statistics,

- Ensure compliance with sanctions and embargos by scanning respective lists and forward to Underwriter/Legal for further investigation if needed.

- Ensure completeness and proper filing of underwriting, accounting and claims documentation DMS (Document Management System)

- Maintain good communication with clients by attending internal and external meetings and workshops as required.

- Be accountable for internal and external audit purposes.

Qualifications

- Bachelor / completed commercial apprenticeship (ideally in re-/insurance company) or equivalent.

- At least 5 years of experience in the industry (re-/insurance) accounting and underwriting assistance and/or controlling

- Advanced MS Office skills (focus on MS Excel, Power Query)

- Business Objects skills beneficial

- Power Bi, Tableau, skills beneficial

You may not meet every requirement listed in the job description. If you bring broad expertise and alignment to the role and resonate with our core values, we encourage you to apply.

SCOR welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Hybrid Work Policy:

SCOR is committed to an “in-office” culture where people can collaborate, exchange ideas, and establish stronger working relationships while ll providing flexibility. To support employee work-life balance and increase opportunities for employees to excel every day, SCOR operates with a hybrid working arrangement. SCOR employees work 3 days per week in an office with the flexibility to work 2 days per week remotely.

At SCOR, we CARE about clients, people, and societies, and we are committed to placing them at the center of everything we do. Providing great benefit choices to you and your family is just one of the ways we support the physical, financial, and emotional well-being of the people who make our company successful – you.

Pay Range for roles performed in Toronto: $99,635-$134,801 base salary per year. Actual salaries may vary based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, role and performance. The range listed is just one component of SCOR's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long term incentives. In addition, we provide a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement saving plan, paid holidays and paid time off.

As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.

Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.

As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.

SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.