We are a business support services firm with offerings in Human Resource Management, Expatriate and Allied Services, and Estate Management. Our client, a pace setter in the insurance Industry is seeking to hire a talented Head of Underwriting (General).
Key Focus
This role is accountable for execution of tactical business plans at operational level through
other managers and their teams, over periods of 3 months to a year.
Description
• Accountable for execution of tactical business plans (derived from BU Strategy) at operational level.
• Manages direct (Team Leaders and Specialists) and indirect (Clerical staff) reports, usually amounts to between 40 to 100 staff.
• Owns operational efficiency and quality including an operations balanced scorecard incorporating finance, people, process and customer dimensions of the business.
• Integrates decision making across all of these spectrums.
• Contributes to projects impacting on business deliverables (Delivery of level three plans).
• Makes major operational decisions within business plan.
• Provides operational and best practice context for internal environment.
• Builds relationships with peers and or colleagues that impact across business areas. Accountable for execution of tactical business plans (derived from BU Strategy) at operational level.
• Manages direct (Team Leaders and Specialists) and indirect (Clerical staff) reports, usually amounts to between 40 to 100 staff.
• Owns operational efficiency and quality including an operations balanced scorecard incorporating finance, people, process and customer dimensions of the business.
• Integrates decision making across all of these spectrums.
• Contributes to projects impacting on business deliverables (Delivery of level three plans).
• Makes major operational decisions within business plan.
• Provides operational and best practice context for internal environment.
• Builds relationships with peers and or colleagues that impact across business areas.
Key Result Areas
Governance & Compliance:
• Accountable for governance and compliance at an operational level.
Relationship Building:
• Builds relationships with peers and/or colleagues that impact across business areas.
Management Effectiveness:
• Manages service delivery through a team of managers over periods of 3 months to 1 year.
• Manages the HR function for the department as well as all day-to-day staff administration.
• Drives operational excellence through area of supervision.
• Provides operational and best practice context for internal environment.
• Holds first line managers accountable for managerial work, including selection, performance management and talent management.
• Develops MOs and specialists under supervision.
• Selects potential MOs to sustain pipeline.
Qualifications and Experience
• Relevant tertiary qualification/recognition of prior learning.
• 12-15 years working experience.
• Strong technical underwriting knowledge.
Skills
• Excellent Communication & Presentation skills
• People management skills
only qualified candidates will be contacted
What We Do
Fosad Consulting is an independent cross-industry HR and Engineering consulting firm. We partner with international and local companies seeking to accelerate the growth of their businesses by providing solutions that drive their businesses to succeed. Our solutions cater to multiple industries, including the oil and gas, financial services, telecommunications, transport, hospitality, healthcare and retail; and our projects are supported by professionals who have proven that they have what it takes to deliver against the odds to delight our clients.
For over 20 years we have provided hands-on solutions to a number of global brands, hence we understand how they work, their expectations, as well as the need to constantly provide services that are top-notch and meet the required global standards.
We are a leading provider of specialist Outsourcing solutions that extend to HR Services, Engineering, Expatriate Management protocols, Procurement, Learning & development interventions, Oil & Gas, and a host of services to some of the world’s most interesting brands.
We are proud members of the Nigerian American Chamber of Commerce – a foremost organisation that seeks to bridge the gap between Nigerian businesses and their counterparts in the United States. We are also registered members of the Networking with the United States of America (NUSA) program; under the auspices of the US Commercial Service initiative in Nigeria.
Part of our commitment to customer service means giving our clients honest, straightforward and, sometimes, even difficult advice. At Fosad we know you can’t afford to get it wrong and that’s why we do everything to make sure you get it right.
