Director, Reinsurance Operations

Overview

The Director, Reinsurance Operations provides enterprise leadership for the execution, coordination, and governance of The Mutual Group’s (TMG) member-owned reinsurance programs. TMG’s member institutions are the purchasers of reinsurance and retain ownership of reinsurance strategy and placement decisions. This role ensures those strategies are executed with operational discipline, financial integrity, and strong controls across treaty and facultative reinsurance. This role is accountable for the end-to-end operational administration of the member-owned reinsurance programs, ensuring accurate data, timely execution, compliant contract structures, and disciplined reinsurance accounting and recoveries.

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Employees who live within 30 miles of the TMG home office are expected to follow a hybrid or in-office schedule. The initial training period may require additional in‑office days.

• Provide enterprise ownership of operational administration for all treaty and facultative reinsurance programs.
• Lead operational execution of annual reinsurance renewals in accordance with member-defined strategy, appetite, and placement decisions.
• Oversee reinsurance data submissions ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timeliness.
• Manage operational execution of facultative placements and post-bind administration.

• Ensure integrity and timeliness of reinsurance accounting, including ceded premiums, loss recoveries, invoicing and cash application.
• Maintain and continuously enhance internal controls related to reinsurance operations and financial reporting.
• Ensure timely and complete submission of all ceded losses to reinsurers in accordance with treaty and facultative terms, establishing controls and monitoring mechanisms to maximize recoverability and minimize leakage.
• Monitor reinsurance receivables and collateral; escalate credit or collection risks.
• Oversee reinsurance collateral management, including estimating collateral requirements, coordinating collateral postings with assuming reinsurers, and monitoring compliance with contractual and regulatory standards.
• Ensure collateral levels appropriately mitigate credit risk and statutory exposure, including support of Schedule F provisions.
• Ensure accurate tracking, reporting, and documentation of collateral balances.
• Support planning, forecasting, and reinsurer-level performance analysis.
• Oversee reinsurance statutory and management reporting including Schedule F and Schedule P.

• Maintain complete and auditable reinsurance documentation.
• Review and evaluate contract terms in partnership with Legal and member institutions leadership teams.
• Coordinate reinsurer audits, collateral reviews, and diligence activities.
• Monitor reinsurer credit exposure and collateral sufficiency, escalating risks and recommending mitigation strategies as needed.
• Identify operational and financial risks within reinsurance programs and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Ensure regulatory, statutory, and contractual compliance.

• Provide regular, actionable reporting on key reinsurance metrics, including aggregations, collateral positions, receivable status, and recovery performance.
• Monitor and analyze performance of reinsurance programs, identifying operational risks and improvement opportunities.
• Serve as a key operational partner to internal stakeholders, ensuring transparency, alignment, and timely communication.

• Drive continuous improvement of reinsurance processes, including automation, standardization and documentation.
• Design scalable reinsurance operational frameworks to support growth, acquisitions, and evolving business complexity.
• Support governance, reporting discipline, and investor transparency.
• Contribute to operational efficiency and enterprise value creation.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 5–8+ years of progressive reinsurance…