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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 outperformance, 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 portfolio-specific assignments
What you bring to the table:
University degree or college diploma in business, accounting, finance, economics, statistics or related field or any combination of education and experience.
Minimum 7 years of progressive actuarial or analytical experience in Insurance industry.
Expert knowledge of advanced Excel, PowerPoint, data visualization tools (like PowerBI, Tableau, Zoho etc) and other analytical tools.
Can influence business relationships to achieve business development and growth objectives.
Good management of the pressure to achieve objectives.
Very good knowledge of the SL business and insurance products.
Can work independently and as part of a team.
Strive for excellence and be inspired by the generating resources to achieve growth
We are an equal opportunity employer
At Intact, our Value of respect is founded on seeing diversity as a strength. We strive to create an accessible workplace where employees feel valued, included and encouraged to share their unique perspectives.
We encourage applications from individuals who are members of equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, Black people, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.
As part of Intact’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that we work, meet and travel across the land currently called Canada, originally inhabited by First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. This history extends through many centuries and continues to evolve today.
We have policies to ensure equal access and participation for people with disabilities, including providing workplace adjustments (accommodations). A copy of applicable policies is available on request.
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Learn more about our recruitment process and your candidate journey here.
Please note that Intact does not provide sponsorship or other support for immigration-related matters including but not limited to employer-specific closed work permits. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada from the anticipated start date and throughout their employment and are solely responsible for maintaining their work eligibility.
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