Business Development Analyst

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*** About the role
** A career with Intact Specialty Solutions is an opportunity to deepen your expertise in the insurance industry and grow your skillset across a wide variety of lines of business spanning 180 countries. Being part of Canada’s largest P&C insurer and leading provider of global specialty insurance means learning from industry experts and expanding our capabilities. Here you’ll develop not only your career, but also establish Intact’s reputation as a leader in Specialty Solutions across the globe.

Our team is seeking a  
** Business Development Analyst
** to support our growing team!
** What you’ll do here:
*** Build out potential strategic projects independently, ensuring alignment with strategic ambition and that there is clear consultation with the business.
* Assess the strategic future direction of our portfolio mix to support consistent profitable performance and a sustainable and resilient result.
* Alongside the SL Business Development executives, lead consulting projects with portfolios, business units, as well as executive team members, to support organic and inorganic growth and market benchmarking.
* Support Canadian BD executives with current market dynamics and technical performance commentary on a monthly basis to generate opportunities and strategize under performance within the business
* Monitor all of the company's activities that influence the business relationships of the firms on our Scorecard
* Identify trends in the performance of the business unit and recommend actions to help improve the underwriting result.
* Support the business from a strategy and planning perspective.
* Represent your role and region on various regional and provincial committees and advise other areas of the company (Actuarial, Finance, HR, Marketing and other departments).
* Contribute to the portfolio strategy preparation for individual classes of business
** Function specific
*** Strong understanding of Commercial and Specialty Lines insurance (including internationally), and associated products and features.
* Strong understanding of market and economic dynamics, with the ability to articulate observed trends and craft operational actions for the business.
* Strong knowledge of Portfolio Management and associated metrics, and ability to co-ordinate and drive action across the business.
* Will need a good network and interpersonal skills to support delivery of the role.
** General
* ** Able to challenge standard thinking, get to the root cause of an issue, and fostering an increasingly data led business.
* Ability to balance competing priorities and timelines.
* Proven research and analysis skills, both qualitative and quantitative and ability to generate robust insights.
* Ability to build and maintain effective relationships through the organisation and demonstrate good influencing skills to effectively execute and deliver on collaborative work.
* Ability to tailor thinking, insights, initiatives, and ideas to different audiences, including internationally.
** Decision Making and Authority Impact
*** This role will support the Business Development function to deliver out performance, via operational plans and strategic portfolio optimisation, helping set the broader growth appetite, KPIs and framework within which the P&Ls will utilize and optimise/grow the portfolio – all within set frameworks.
* This role will support the successful delivery of key strategic growth initiatives across Canada and advance cross-territory / IFC Group collaboration.
* This role will seek out and own the analysis of external opportunities and risks to drive growth
* This role will lead consulting to the business on…