Insurance Risk Senior Manager

bbva; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

BBVA is seeking an Insurance Risk Senior Manager to analyze, monitor, and review risks within the insurance sector. The role requires extensive experience in financial risk management and the ability to lead projects effectively across diverse teams. This position is crucial in managing a portfolio of institutions, ensuring compliance with regulations, and presenting findings to stakeholders.

Benefits

Access to gamified training platform (Ninja project)

Opportunities for personal and professional development

Collaborative and inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Risk Management covering Financial institutions.
• Experience in a senior risk role within financial services.
• Broad understanding of insurance company operations.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the Financial Program process and credit documentation.
• Present credit risk proposals at risk committees.
• Monitor portfolio and perform ad-hoc reviews.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

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Previous experience and knowledge:

• At least 8 years in Risk Management covering Financial institutions, Mutual funds, Private Equity and Institutional Family Offices.
• Experience in a senior financial risk role within a relevant financial services firm or consultancy, with experience of the insurance sector.
• Broad and holistic understanding of general insurance company operations.
• Understanding of financial risk management techniques and practices.
• Ability to understand capital markets products and complex financing and product structures from a risk perspective.
• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Master's degree preferred.

Languages :

• Working Knowledge of Spanish is a plus.
• Ability to interact with different audiences (internal and external) at a range of levels.
• Evidence of leading high performing teams in a risk role.
• Demonstrate highest ethics and integrity standards.
• Dynamic, flexible, and strong communication skills.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure and short timelines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as active listening skills.
• Excellent presentation skills – adept at presenting effectively to audiences of various sizes and various constituencies.

Overview

The Global Credit Financial Institutions within BBVA’s CIB area is the team in charge of analyzing financial institutions including banks, insurance companies, non-banking FI and funds, assigning internal ratings and setting the risk appetite for each group at a global level. The candidate will join a team of 16 people where he/she will be responsible for a portfolio of institutions. In order to successfully manage the risks in the portfolio, the wholesale risk senior manager will need to keep updated on market developments, updated regulations and products that may affect the sector they cover.

The Insurance Risk Senior Manager will be part of the global Credit Risk Management underwriting function. The successful candidate will be in charge of analyzing, monitoring and reviewing the insurance sector and a portfolio of companies/underwriters, primarily, but not exclusively, based in the UK.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Take full ownership of the Financial Program process (PF), draft the credit review documentation, prepare the internal risk rating models. This will include initial PF as well as the annual (or more frequent if necessary) reviews of the names in the portfolio.
• Present and defend the credit risks proposals at the appropriate risks committees.
• The role demands excellent analytical skills, a good understanding of insurance underwriting risks, and consistency of analytical approach across the portfolio and geographies.
• The successful candidate is expected to have proven past experience as an analyst covering the insurance sector in the area of credit risk, whether on the buy-side, sell side, as a consultant, an auditor or any other relevant role.
• The ability to assess complex financial transactions and understand and explain the credit risk associated with.
• Facilitate relationships with key clients in CIB and Risk Client Relationships / Business Partnership
• Perform an ongoing monitoring of the portfolio and participate in ad-hoc reviews of the sector. This could include reviewing the impact of stress tests on the portfolio and recommend any appropriate action.

Working at BBVA

BBVA is a global company with over 160 years of history present in 25 countries with over 81 million customers. We are more than 110,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary and diverse teams.

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