Senior Reinsurance Specialist; FTC)

Ceded Reinsurance - Senior Reinsurance Specialist (12 Month FTC)

AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

London, England, United Kingdom

Ceded Reinsurance is a strategic function within AXA XL in charge of defining and implementing the reinsurance strategy as well as administrating all reinsurance treaties through their lifecycle. Ceded Re is part of the AXA XL Underwriting function, the AXA XL Global Chief Underwriting Officer being a member of AXA XL Leadership team.

Ceded Re Operations team is responsible for the administration of all Treaty Reinsurance business written within AXA XL. Ceded Re Operations is composed of 4 key areas:
Technical Operations, Technical Accounting, Data & Operations Reporting and Central Operations.

This role resides within the Ceded Reinsurance Specialty Technical Operations team based in London, which is responsible for:

• Global reinsurance policy set-up for all lines of business and administration of Ceded Reinsurance issued to brokers.

The job is for a Reinsurance Specialist within the Ceded Reinsurance Technical Operations team at AXA XL in London.

The role involves managing the lifecycle of treaty reinsurance across various Non marine Specialty classes of business, such as Accident & Health, Political Risk, War, and others.

Key responsibilities include overseeing reinsurance operations across multiple systems, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring contractual and reporting compliance, supporting transformation projects, and managing financial processes like premium payments and claims.

The position requires experience in reinsurance, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with virtual teams.

The role also involves building relationships with brokers, claims, legal, and finance teams, and supporting the overall strategic and operational goals of the reinsurance function.

• Experience with multiple lines of business in Reinsurance environment in previous roles.
• Advanced command of MS office and in particular advanced Excel skills and potential Access, Power BI.
• Ability to liaise with key stakeholders internally and externally.
• Good Collaborator: can work effectively with key stakeholders at all levels
• Coaching and capability-building, conscientious about quality and accuracy of work provided
• Excellent Time management and organization skills
• Agility and ability to work on several topics at the same time
• Experience working with a virtual team
• Effective communicator:
  Excellent verbal and written communication, collaboration both in person and virtual.
• Able to work to tight deadlines in order to correctly reflect in financials for close
• Good eye for detail and process.
• Comfortable in giving training to team where required.
• Ability to travel to other AXA XL offices for meeting and training colleagues.

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential.

It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.

• Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
• Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
• Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
• Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
• Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter

Learn more at Inclusion | AXA XL. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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