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Role Description - Commercial Motor Portfolio Manager

We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join the Allianz Commercial Motor Team as a Commercial Motor Portfolio Manager, reporting to the Head of Motor. The Commercial Motor portfolio is one of the largest lines of business in Allianz UK making it integral to the continued success of Allianz Commercial.  In this role you will support the delivery of growth and profitability in line with the portfolio objectives. This role requires strong collaboration across the business and industry to deliver our customers product value. In this role your responsibilities will include product development, underwriter development, thought leadership as well as supporting our regional offices.

The role provides an exciting opportunity to work alongside the Portfolio Steering Team to shape the go-forward framework for portfolio monitoring and steering within Allianz Commercial, through the utilisation of latest tooling, developing improved segmentation and optimising the use of pricing data assets.

As a Portfolio Manager you will support the development of superior technical underwriting and analytical skills. You will be able to develop and apply appropriate risk management offerings and techniques. Your role will help maintain and improve underwriting standards. You will ensure that appropriate targets, objectives and development plans to support the accounts aspirations to grow profitably.

About You

To be a success in this role, you will have a strong commercial background as well as the following:

• Outstanding Commercial Motor technical underwriting ability
• In depth knowledge of the Commercial Motor market
• Strong leadership skills
• Proven account management skills
• Strong negotiating/influencing skills
• Engaging and confident communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent numerical and analytical ability

We are looking for somebody with:

• Experience of Underwriting Motor Fleet business
• Experience of working within a general insurer environment with responsibility for top and bottom line performance of a portfolio or suite of portfolios
• Supervisory/management/team leadership experience
• Strong record of delivery against challenging objectives
• Proven ability to understand key underwriting concepts and principles
• Professional qualified such as ACII or equivalent would be preferable

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you.

We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options
• Hybrid working.
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Development days
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet

Our Ways of Working

Do you need some flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. 

Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Our Purpose and Values

We secure your future

Be Brave | With Heart | Everyone Counts | Inspiring Trust

Our purpose and values are more than just words on a website - they are the why and how of Allianz.  They influence everything we do and guide us how to do it.

Created by our people, for our people, they shape our culture, bring us together, and inspire us to be the best.  Building on inclusive culture for us all to succeed.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Allianz, we value diversity and inclusion and back this up with our accreditations, Allianz is EDGE certified for gender inclusion, members of the Women in Finance Charter, a Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion members, signatories of Business in the Community's Race at Work Charter, and an Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer. 

We recognise the strength of neurodiversity in the workplace, and the far-reaching benefits of embracing a spectrum of thinking styles and innovative capabilities. We proudly welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, and can offer tailored adjustments to remove barriers and set you up for success in your career.
At Allianz, we encourage our people to advocate for what they need, we listen, and we act – this could include providing assistive technology, ergonomic specialist equipment, mentoring and coaching, or flexibility in the way you work, among a wide range other adjustments.

Join us - Let’s Care for Tomorrow.
44052 | Underwriting | Management | Non-Executive | Allianz UK | Full-Time | Permanent

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