Bilingual Underwriting Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Set rates and retention strategies for both new and existing Group Benefit plans, ensuring target profitability levels are met.

• Deliver internal account management to proactively address client inquiries regarding pricing and benefit modifications.

• Exhibit a comprehensive understanding of the liabilities associated with various group benefits arrangements.

• Prepare quotation submissions, including responses to relevant questionnaires.

• Facilitate the onboarding of new clients by developing intricate client structures and applications.

• Collaborate with internal partners to ensure that administrative tasks and plan design features are effectively managed.

• Enhance operational performance to achieve long-term financial viability.

• Negotiate contracts covering financial arrangements, benefit plan provisions, and service and performance standard agreements.

⛳️ Requirements

• Post-Secondary education demonstrating exceptional business, mathematical, and analytical capabilities.

• Profound understanding of the Group Insurance market, along with its products and services.

• Professional expertise in risk management, with proven work-related underwriting experience in Group Benefits.

• Established ability to effectively collaborate with and support sales teams.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel (including data manipulation such as pivot tables) and Word.

• CEBS or GBA certification is highly encouraged and recommended.

• Capacity to make balanced decisions that consider effective risk management, financial discipline, and customer needs.

• Robust business acumen with the ability to communicate complex financial concepts, analyses, and results clearly and concisely (both written and verbal).

• Ability to engage with Senior Management, colleagues from other divisions, and external clients.

• Strategic and innovative thinker dedicated to identifying solutions for unique customer requirements.

• Confident and skilled negotiator with a proven track record of building relationships and influencing decision-making.

• Persuasive communicator capable of articulating ideas and presenting information at various organizational levels.

• Self-motivated and able to work independently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Demonstrated capability to produce high-quality materials within tight deadlines while managing multiple priorities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• Dental

• Mental health

• Vision

• Short- and long-term disability

• Life and AD&D insurance coverage

• Adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits

• Employee/family assistance plans

• Retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)

• Financial education and counseling resources

• Generous paid time off program (holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days)

• Full range of statutory leaves of absence