CA Global Headhunters is an international recruitment and staffing company with an in-depth focus on Recruitment in Africa. We recruit talent of the highest standard across African Sectors in Mining, Oil & Gas, Engineering, Banking, Finance, Legal, Insurance, Commodities and Agriculture.

Nature And Scope

Under the supervision of, and reporting to the Chief Underwriting Officer, the Senior Underwriter’s key duties and responsibilities will be as below:

Key Duties And Responsibilities

• Generate business through marketing activities and increasing the visibility of ATIDI. This involves meeting one-on-one with clients and prospects and attending different marketing events organized by ATIDI or ATIDI’s business partners;
• Assist to organize/manage awareness events in countries of responsibility;
• Support underwriting business through:
• Screening business enquiries based on eligibility criteria;
• Assessing the risks of the proposed transactions and produce a report of the risk to convince approvers to accept the risk;
• Issuing non-binding/indicative term sheets;
• Arranging reinsurance for transactions requiring reinsurance support;
• Preparing of policy documents; and
• Educating policy holders on the A-Z of the policy they are about to sign.
• Manage and monitor the underwritten risk – Support and guide the Principal Portfolio Services Officer in:
• Ensuring timely payment of premiums;
• Following up on any outstanding documentation/information from policyholders and
• Continuously monitoring the assigned portfolio, pre-empting any potential risk events thereon; and promptly bringing such to management’s attention.
• Support generation of reports such as Underwriting reports, Broker reports, Marketing reports, Mission/back to office reports, Underwriting Department country marketing plan and activity reports, Policy wordings and any other Management reports;
• Assist the Claims Department to manage claims particularly risks under Watch list, and support on recovery initiatives;
• Implement effective people management initiatives including:
• Monitoring workflow, volume of work deliverables and the delivery of work of direct reports;
• Assisting team members in outlining their professional development goals and identifying any need for and monitoring “on the job training”; mentoring and coaching team members;
• Ensuring the efficient and fair assignment of work to direct reports; and
• Providing ongoing informal and formal feedback to direct reports and ensuring direct reports who are primary supervisors provide similar feedback to those they supervise.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time.

Role Specifications

• A Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Economics, Banking or other financial service specialization;
• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Banking or other financial service specialization;
• CII or CPA/ACCA (an added advantage);
• A minimum of Eight (8) years relevant experience;
• Technical understanding, expertise and experience in finance, investment or corporate banking, sovereign operations/financing, trade finance, insurance, guarantees or reinsurance;
• A proven track record of success underwriting complex transactions or providing sector specific underwriting skills;
• Relevant experience in international insurance and reinsurance markets, or Export Credit Agencies will be an added advantage;
• Key Stakeholders management skills;
• Demonstrate ability to initiate ideas for product development;
• Team leadership skills;
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of policy wordings;
• Strong analytical skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to details;
• Excellent negotiation skills;
• Good judgement and decision-making skills;
• Ability to work under pressure and meet urgent deadlines;
• Excellent communication (oral, written, presentation) and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment;
• Strong people management skills; and
• Demonstrate ATIDI’s core values – unity of purpose, customer first approach, integrity, getting it first the right time and creativity