Lead Underwriting Assurance & Regulatory Reporting

AXIS Capital; Dublin; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Health and wellness programs

Retirement plans

Tuition reimbursement

Paid vacation

Job summary

AXIS Capital in Dublin seeks an experienced Team Lead for the Underwriting Assurance - Global Markets. You will lead Analysts and Interns, ensure timely regulatory returns, and strengthen reporting controls with practical improvements across underwriting activity.

Join a collaborative, fast‑moving team and develop leadership skills while delivering high‑quality assurance, governance and data-driven insights across stakeholders in a dynamic insurance and reinsurance environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in insurance, underwriting operations, regulatory reporting, governance, controls, compliance or assurance.
• Experience leading, coaching, mentoring or supervising colleagues.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and confidence reviewing evidence, reporting outputs and findings.
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, maintain quality and escalating issues appropriately.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and oversee key underwriting regulatory returns, including ATIA, GAREAT, NNPP and other governance returns as required.
• Work with Underwriting, Operations, Finance, Compliance, Tax, Data Analytics and other stakeholders to obtain inputs and resolve issues.
• Maintain clear procedures, checklists and supporting evidence for key reporting activities.
• Identify and elevate data quality issues, unclear ownership, missed dependencies or reporting risks.
• Provide day‑to‑day leadership, workload allocation and support for Analysts and Interns.
• Review work and provide constructive feedback to improve accuracy, judgement and confidence.
• Support onboarding, coaching, mentoring and knowledge sharing across the team.
• Promote cross‑training and a supportive environment where issues are raised early and addressed constructively.
• Manage underwriting file reviews, including planning, quality checks, results reporting and action tracking.
• Review findings to ensure they are accurate, balanced and supported by clear evidence.
• Identify themes, recurring issues and opportunities to strengthen controls or processes.
• Support constructive feedback to Underwriters and stakeholders, escalating material or repeated issues where appropriate.
• Identify opportunities to make processes clearer, more efficient and less manual.
• Support agreed improvements, automation opportunities and new ways of working.
• Help embed changes through updated procedures, training and follow‑up checks.

Skills

Insurance underwriting

Regulatory reporting

Governance & controls

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Excel/Office

Tools

Power BI

SharePoint

Microsoft Lists

Workflow tools

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

AXIS Capital in Dublin seeks an experienced Team Lead for the Underwriting Assurance - Global Markets. You will lead Analysts and Interns, ensure timely regulatory returns, and strengthen reporting controls with practical improvements across underwriting activity.

Join a collaborative, fast‑moving team and develop leadership skills while delivering high‑quality assurance, governance and data-driven insights across stakeholders in a dynamic insurance and reinsurance environment.