Mid Corporate Business Resilience Manager

AXA UK; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

AXA UK is seeking a mid-corporate business resilience manager with extensive experience in managing large fleet and risk reduction programmes. The role encompasses complex risk management and requires excellent negotiation and communication skills to influence senior underwriters and build effective client programmes. Offering competitive salary and benefits, this position allows flexibility in working arrangements, with a focus on empowering employees.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary dependent on experience

Annual company & performance-based bonus

Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)

Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)

Tool of Trade Car/Cash Allowance

Private health cover

28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

AXA employee discounts

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing large fleet and risk reduction programmes required.
• Proven multi-site operations experience.
• Knowledge of national and international C&U regulations essential.

Responsibilities

• Conduct complex risk assessments and surveys of large exposures.
• Influence senior underwriters and recommend actions to mitigate risks.
• Build client risk management programmes engaging with stakeholders.

Skills

Risk identification

Negotiation skills

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Education

CPC in Road Haulage

MIRTE (Institute of Road Transport Engineers)

NEBOSH National General Certificate

Job description

Description

Do you have experience managing large fleet and risk reduction programmes? AXA Commercial are looking for a mid-corporate business resilience manager to manage, advise and influence delivery of a profitable underwriting account through ownership of complex risk management procedures and industry best practice initiatives, leading to positive customer engagement.

You'll lead and manage engagement with mid-corporate customers and deliver through conducting national complex on site surveys. You'll partner with the wider team via assessment of the largest exposures across commercial mid-corporate insurance policyholders.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home, moving to the majority of your working week from September 2025. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.

We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

What you'll be doing:

• Complex risk identification, management and mitigation by conducting on site and remote surveys of complex and large exposures by sum insured across policyholders.
• Deliver clear, articulate and industry best practice complex risk assessment reports to identify and reduce risk exposures to AXA Commercial and its customers.
• Influence senior underwriters, utilizing complex technical risk and underwriting knowledge, to ensure risk identification and mitigation are in line with risk control and underwriting strategy.
• Challenge underwriters and recommend actions to risks.
• Build and deliver utilising the wider Business Resilience team client risk management programmes engaging with stakeholders.
• Identify, negotiate and agree risk improvement programmes with policyholders necessary for risk acceptability.
Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we're able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you're interested in joining us at AXA, please don't hesitate to apply.

What you'll bring:

• Extensive experience managing large fleet and risk reduction programmes - essential.
• Multi-site operations experience - essential.
• Experience of motor fleet surveying, with understanding of associated underwriting practice.
• Experience of dealing with mid to large customers, or more technical challenging risks.
• Thorough knowledge of risk identification, assessment and improvement techniques and standards.
• Thorough understanding of national and international C&U regulations, Operator Licencing and health and safety principles.
• Presentation, negotiation and communication skills, including the ability to write clear reports of complex risks.
• CPC in Road Haulage, MIRTE (Institute of Road Transport Engineers), NEBOSH National General Certificate- desirable.
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

This position has been defined as an Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) role under the IDD regime which means that in addition to pre-employment screening checks, the successful candidate will be subject to background screening every 4 years with an annual declaration in interim years.

What we offer:

At AXA UK, we're appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive annual salary dependent on experience
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• Tool of Trade Car/Cash Allowance
• Private health cover
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Wellbeing services & resources
• AXA employee discounts
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Who we are:

AXA Commercial protects businesses, from multinationals to micro start-ups, giving them the confidence to thrive. We're currently making our biggest ever investment to develop the expertise and skills we need to be the best. We're a vibrant community where everyone is supported to learn, develop, and take ownership of their work.