Senior Risk Management Advisor, P&C Insurance

Desjardins Group; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organization in Montreal is hiring a Senior Risk Management Advisor for P&C Insurance. The role involves advising clients, developing policies, and addressing strategic initiatives while requiring at least eight years of experience and fluency in French. The successful candidate will enjoy a competitive salary, bonus, and excellent benefits including flexible vacation and retirement plans. This position fosters diversity and inclusion in the workplace, ensuring a respectful and positive environment for all employees.

Benefits

Competitive salary and annual bonus

4 weeks of flexible vacation

Defined benefit pension plan

Group insurance including telemedicine

Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of French is required.
• Advanced proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients and partners on strategic projects and initiatives.
• Develop and update policies and programs for strategic projects.
• Identify and address major issues with recommendations.

Skills

Action oriented

Customer Focus

Interpersonal Savvy

Strategic mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

As a Senior Risk Management Advisor, P&C Insurance, you help ensure profitability and balanced risk-return ratios for products and services. You also establish reserves, produce statistical models that inform decision-making, and analyze problems and business opportunities for the organization’s actuarial initiatives. You lead and influence development projects and complex, highly innovative strategic initiatives involving multiple sectors. You help develop and recommend strategic directions and business positions. Your initiatives require extensive knowledge of your field. You make recommendations on the planning and execution of operationally and conceptually complex projects and initiatives that require comprehensive analysis and understanding of the organization and line of business. Coordination is critical, so you interact with stakeholders working in a wide range of other fields. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential. You serve as expert advisor and subject matter expert, as well as resource person and coach for senior management and decision-making bodies. More specifically, you will be required to:

• Advise your clients and partners to help them position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic projects and initiatives
• Develop and update policies, standards, models and programs to support your unit’s strategic projects and initiatives
• Identify, analyze, diagnose and address major issues and make recommendations to decision‑making bodies
• Represent your unit before senior management committees and decision‑making bodies
• Represent and negotiate on behalf of Desjardins and enter the organization into agreements with external partners and organizations

What we offer*

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

* Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

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What you bring to the table

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• A minimum of eight years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of French is required
• Advanced proficiency of English due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with English‑speaking partners, members and/or clients

• Action oriented
• Ambiguity
• Customer Focus
• Differences
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Nimble learning
• Strategic mindset

Trade Union (If applicable)

At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.

If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!

Job Family

Actuarial Services (FG)

Unposting Date

2025-12-12