The Opportunity
This role leads a team of Team Leaders handling Accident Benefit claims, providing strategic direction, coaching, and oversight. It focuses on driving performance, ensuring strong governance, and collaborating with key stakeholders. The position also emphasizes talent development, continuous improvement, and leading change.
What to Expect
- Lead a team of 5 - 7 Team Leaders overseeing a portfolio of Accident Benefit claims
- Provide strategic direction, coaching and mentorship to Team Leaders
- Drive financial, strategic and operational objectives
- Provide technical oversight, authority and direction
- Effective planning, recruiting, development and retention of skilled and engaged talent
- Engage all stakeholders in effective portfolio management ,including underwriting, actuary and senior claims leadership.
- Ensure appropriate governance and oversight.
- Drive our quality assurance, transformation and continuous improvement journey
- Creating, implementing and measuring action plans to address gaps and opportunities
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional claims teams and broker partners
- Have a team mentality and ability to work outside of silos.
- Lead change
What You Bring
- University degree in any discipline or a 2 year college diploma from a provincially recognized and funded community college
- Completion of FCIP, CIP or CRM designation is an asset
- A minimum of 10 years general claims handling experience
- A minimum of 5 years claims leadership experience
- Proficiency and strong knowledge of Accident Benefits claims handling and portfolio management
- You must be enthusiastic and goal oriented
- Execution focused with a demonstrated history of change management
- Experience in an agile and fast paced environment
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
- A passion for coaching and mentoring
- You bring a sense of understanding and inclusion to problem solving
- Develop collaborative relationships with both external and internal customers
- You’re dependable with strong interpersonal skills
- Engagement and culture champion
- Must be proficient with Windows operating system and Microsoft Office (Excel)
Salary Range:$106,500 - $156,500
About the TeamSkills Required
- University degree or 2-year college diploma
- Completion of FCIP, CIP or CRM designation
- Minimum 10 years general claims handling experience
- Minimum 5 years claims leadership experience
- Proficiency and strong knowledge of Accident Benefits claims handling and portfolio management
- Experience in an agile, fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated history of change management and execution focus
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
- Passion for coaching, mentoring and talent development
- Proficient with Windows operating system and Microsoft Office (Excel)
- Experience leading and developing multiple team leaders (managing team leadership)
What We Do
Definity Financial Corporation is the parent company to some of Canada’s most long-standing and innovative property and casualty insurance brands and companies, including Economical Insurance, Sonnet Insurance, Family Insurance Solutions, and Petline Insurance. We focus on making insurance better for our customers, our employees, our broker partners, and our communities. Our promise to employees is to provide a workplace that’s collaborative, ambitious, rewarding, and empowering. Our inclusive environment provides the space to innovate with colleagues and implement even better ways of doing things. We invest in our employees’ growth and development and help them thrive. With our flexible, hybrid work arrangements, total rewards packages, company share ownership program, and emphasis on work-life balance, it’s better here. If you’re looking for a career where your perspective and expertise are valued, you’ll find it here at Definity.
