New Business Mid-Market Team Manager

Job description

New Business Mid-Market Team Manager

Competitive salary

We have an exciting new opportunity within in Underwriting as a New Business Mid-Market Team Manager within the central London area. The role is accountable for delivery of the team's people and operational performance ensuring strong underwriting quality and capability development, driving profitable growth and supporting strategic direction.

A bit about the job:

This role is responsible for the operational performance of a team of around 12 Underwriters in the Central London area. The role involves working alongside the Senior Underwriters to enable the delivery on the profit/loss, revenue, capability, resource, governance and engagement of the team. You'll be expected to confidently make decisions without delay, ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal/external stakeholders, and be well organised with excellent diary management skills to ensure that all deadlines are met every time.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Excellent leadership, communication, listening and negotiating skills
• Strong underwriting background across multiple classes of business (Property/Casualty/Construction/Motor)
• Great relationships within the market
• Able to analyse risks, communicate and present effectively to brokers and customers
• Have a love of learning grounded in curiosity, open-mindedness and a drive to make things better by understanding them more completely

What you'll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow - is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Competitive salary (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer's leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We're inclusive and welcome everyone - we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you're in a job share just apply as a pair.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working -spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you've applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we'll interview you.

We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Tawana Chin a call on 07789 624461 or send an email to [email protected] .