Lead Reinsurance Manager

Summary

Join Wakam's Reinsurance team as a Reinsurance Lead Manager, contributing to the company's sustainable growth and risk mitigation strategies. Reporting to the Chief of Reinsurance, you will build and maintain relationships with reinsurance partners, optimize reinsurance programs, and contribute to new partnership assessments. You will also define and revise reinsurance clauses, manage treaty back office operations, and develop performance monitoring. This role requires strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, along with experience in P&C insurance and reinsurance. Wakam offers a modern, innovative work environment with a focus on collaboration and a full-remote work option.

Requirements

• Actuarial, Insurance Business, Management or equivalent degree, with 7 to 12 years of experience acquired in insurance or reinsurance on a similar function
• Robust knowledge of P&C insurance product and economics, with an experience in pricing or solvency 2
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal abilities
• Collaborative work approach across multiple departments

Responsibilities

• Build trust relationships with the company's reinsurance partners and prospect for new ones
• Define and optimize your scope of reinsurance programs, prepare renewal files, run actuarial analysis, and participate in negotiations for the placement of reinsurance programs
• Contribute to new partnership assessment and develop reinsurance structures when needed
• For your scope of treaties, define and revise reinsurance clauses, participate in treaty writing, and ensure there are no undesired protection gaps
• Ensure your scope of treaties back office is correctly and timely managed and maintain good collaboration with the accounting team
• Develop performance and accounting monitoring of your treaties to report to reinsurer on a regular basis
• Maintain reinsurance policy in line with the company's risk appetite and ensure compliance of practices
• Transform reinsurance processes to improve service quality by leveraging the company's digitalization projects
• Organize internal communication to raise employee awareness about reinsurance mechanisms

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to navigate in a fast-paced environment
• Proactivity to propose options and justify assumptions
• Rigour and autonomy
• Ability to work in a team
• Adaptability in a rapidly changing environment
• Ability to communicate, both written and spoken

Benefits

• Full-remote is a reality at Wakam (there is even one Wakamee who works from his sailing boat ⛵) with our Wakam From Anywhere (WFA) program
• Every last Friday of the month, it's Free.day @Wakam, a day without meetings to take a step aside and dedicate ourselves to skills sponsorship or other activities