Director - Credit Risk Insurance & Underwriting

JS Careers Pty; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JSCareers are partnering with a leading Australian financial institution to appoint a senior underwriting professional focused on credit risk insurance, credit risk transfer, and complex transactions in Sydney. This role involves working with senior executives, transaction teams, brokers, insurers and underwriters to assess, structure, and challenge insurance solutions around complex credit exposures.

The ideal candidate will have strong insurance market experience, the ability to evaluate

Qualifications

• Must have background in insurance or deep insurance market experience.
• Experience across credit risk insurance, credit risk transfer, trade credit, political risk or structured credit.
• Strong understanding of how complex transactions are structured.
• Ability to assess pricing, coverage, terms, exclusions and overall insurance structure.
• Experience working with brokers, insurers and underwriting markets.
• Confidence challenging external advisers and recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder management across internal and external parties.
• Commercial judgment and the ability to understand broader credit and transaction risk.

Responsibilities

• Work across senior executives, transaction teams, brokers, insurers and underwriters to structure and challenge insurance solutions for complex credit exposures.
• Assess and structure credit risk insurance solutions for non-standard deals and pricing considerations.

Skills

Insurance background

Credit risk insurance

Structured credit

Pricing & terms assessment

Brokers & markets experience

Stakeholder management

Challenging advisers

Commercial judgement

Job description

Director – Credit Risk Insurance & Underwriting

Sydney | Permanent

JSCareers are partnering with a leading Australian financial institution to appoint a senior underwriting professional with strong experience across credit risk insurance, credit risk transfer and complex transactions.

This is an opportunity for someone currently working within insurance, or with a substantial insurance background, who understands how to assess, structure and challenge insurance solutions around complex credit exposures.

The role will work across a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including senior executives, transaction teams, brokers, insurers and underwriters.

What we’re looking for

• Background within an insurance business or deep insurance market experience
• Experience across credit risk insurance, credit risk transfer, trade credit, political risk or structured credit
• Strong understanding of how complex transactions are structured
• Ability to assess pricing, coverage, terms, exclusions and overall insurance structure
• Experience working with brokers, insurers and underwriting markets
• Confidence challenging external advisers and recommendations
• Strong stakeholder management across both internal and external parties
• Commercial judgement and the ability to understand the broader credit and transaction risk

This role would suit someone who enjoys combining technical underwriting expertise with commercial transaction analysis and wants greater exposure to complex, non-standard deals.