Senior Risk Manager

Beazley Management Limited

$200K — $215K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in risk management, ideally in specialty insurance
  • University degree required; professional qualification is a plus
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills for diverse audiences
  • Proven project management capabilities with a history of meeting deadlines
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

  • Challenge first line processes related to operational risk for US and Bermuda entities
  • Produce and analyze risk reports, highlighting key risks and incidents
  • Support the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment, focusing on insurance and financial risk
  • Contribute to the development of the overall risk management framework
  • Foster relationships with stakeholders to enhance risk management practices
  • Collaborate with the Global risk team on best practices

Benefits

  • Opportunity to build professional relationships in a growing organization
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan with competitive company match and immediate vesting
  • 22 days PTO plus 11 paid holidays, with flexible observance of religious holidays
  • Flexible working policy allowing for a balanced work-life arrangement
Full Job Description
General

Job Title: Senior Risk Manager

Division: Risk and Compliance

Reports To: As per Beazley's organisation chart

Key Relationships: Internally: Risk Management, Internal Audit, Compliance, Risk Owners, Control Reporters, Underwriters, Claims and managers of support functions. Externally: Regulators.

Job Summary: The role will deliver a broad range of risk management activities on behalf of Beazley's US and Bermuda entities, with a particular focus on operational risks. This will involve producing risk reports and analysis (including Beazley's US and Bermuda ORSAs), providing review and challenge of first line processes, performing deep-dive reviews on specific risk areas, as well as supporting the risk team with delivering on the wider risk management framework.

The role is most likely to suit an ERM professional, who has significant experience in risk management, preferably within specialty insurance.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide challenge of the first line processes for Beazley's US and Bermuda entities around operational risk, including regulatory, underwriting, claims, finance, procurement, and IT risks as well as operational components of other risk groups including insurance risk.


  • Produce risk reporting and opinions, including deep-dive reviews on key risks, hot topics and any risk incidents influencing Beazley's risk profile, to support reporting to internal and external stakeholders.


  • Support the delivery of the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment for Beazley's US and Bermuda entities, particularly those sections relating to insurance and financial risk.


  • Support with the development of the wider risk management framework.


  • Maintain strong stakeholder relationships with members of the first line, to help support Beazley's risk management framework.


  • Collaborate closely with the Global risk team.


General

At Beazley we are committed to doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do. It is important that within all your interactions both internally and externally you adhere to this principle through adoption of Beazley's core values and behaviours.

  • Adopt the Beazley culture of professionalism, integrity, effectiveness and dynamic attitude that contributes to an internal environment of teamwork and promotes a positive brand image and experience to our external customers.


  • Comply with Beazley procedures, policies and regulations including the code of conduct. Undertake training on Beazley's policies and procedures as delivered by your line manager, Culture and People or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) either directly, via e-learning or the learning management system.


  • Display business ethics that uphold the interests of all Beazley's customers.


  • Ensure all interactions with customers are focused on delivering a fair outcome, including having the right products for their needs.


  • Comply with any specific responsibilities necessary for your role as outlined by your line manager, Culture and People or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) and ensure you keep up to date with developments in these areas. This may include, amongst others, Beazley's underwriting control standards, Beazley's claims control standards, other Beazley standards and customer relationship management.


  • Carry out additional responsibilities as individually notified, either through your objectives or through the learning management system. These may include membership of any BFL committees or working groups.


Personal Specification:

Education and Qualifications

  • University degree


  • Professional qualification advantageous


Skills and Abilities

  • Methodical approach to problem solving, with a high attention to detail.


  • Ability to act pragmatically in the face of new challenges and exercise sound judgements based on overall business needs.


  • Excellent interpersonal, communication skills, and ability to tailor communication to both technical and non-technical audiences.


  • Ability to prepare comprehensive well written reports for internal and external stakeholders.


  • Proven project management and organisational skills with track record of delivering projects to strict deadlines.


  • Results oriented, with the energy and determination to succeed in a fast-paced environment


  • Advanced proficiency in using Microsoft Office.


Knowledge and Experience

  • Experience working as an ERM professional with a focus on enterprise and operational risk within specialty insurance.


  • Experience of providing challenge across any of the following areas would be an advantage: Operational risk within Finance, Insurance, IT, and wider Operations teams.


  • Experience in providing risk challenge to the first line and producing and presenting risk analysis to internal and external stakeholders.


  • Interest in gaining a deeper understanding of insurance and financial risk management in the Lloyd's / London Market.


Aptitude and Disposition

  • Experience working as an ERM professional with a focus on operational risk within specialty insurance.


  • Experience of providing challenge across any of the following areas would be an advantage: Operational risk within Finance, Insurance, IT, and wider Operations teams.


  • Experience in providing risk challenge to the first line and producing and presenting risk analysis to internal and external stakeholders.


  • Interest in gaining a deeper understanding of insurance and financial risk management in the Lloyd's / London Market.


Competencies

  • Information seeking


  • Problem solving


  • Technical expert


  • Time management


  • Influencing others


  • Quality focused


  • Initiative


  • Customer focused


  • Analytical thinking


  • Team working


The Rewards
  • The opportunity to connect and build long-lasting professional relationships while advancing your career with a growing, dynamic organization
  • Attractive base compensation and discretionary performance related bonus
  • Competitively priced medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Company paid life, and short- and long-term disability insurance
  • 401(k) plan with 5% company match and immediate vesting
  • 22 days PTO (prorated for 1st calendar year of employment), 11 paid holidays per year, with the ability to flex the religious bank holidays to suit your religious beliefs
  • Up to $700 reimbursement for home office setup
  • Free in-office lunch, travel reimbursement for travel to office, and monthly lifestyle allowance
  • Up to 26 weeks of fully paid parental leave
  • Up to 2.5 days paid annually for volunteering at a charity of your choice
  • Flexible working policy, trusting our employees to do what works best for them and their teams

Salary for this role will be tailored to the successful individual's location and experience. The expected compensation range for this position is $200,000-$215,000 per year plus discretionary annual bonus.

Don't meet all the requirements? At Beazley we're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly align with every requirement and qualification in the job specification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or one of our other roles.

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