Country Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Company Introduction

Our client is a leader in the insurance industry.

Job Responsibilities and Duties

• Follow and analyse the commercial performance of products by:
• Understand the performance of the assigned countries and being able to identify what is a normal performance and what is not;
• Ensuring the profitability of the products;
• Identifying the satisfactory causes together with the subsidiaries;
• Alerting the zone director when and where the performance needs to be addressed;
• Giving an opinion on the action plans;
• Assisting the subsidiary in drafting action plans should it be so requested by the zone director.
• Assist and advise the subsidiaries in the creation of new products by;
• Perform an analysis of needs with the subsidiary;
• Present the product to the relevant committee and the Zone Managers for validation;
• Coordinate the product through the various stages required and get validation from all stakeholders (Legal, IMD, Marketing, IT, Actuarial, Tax etc;
• Presenting the product to the head office for approval together with the Marketing Manager;
• Liaise as needed with the Commercial Manager and the Marketing Manager as may be required on reporting, presentation and follow up discussions;
• Implement the action plans resulting from the decisions taken with regards to; strategic files and transversal files and projects;
• Establish and maintain a good rapport with the subsidiaries;
• Deploy and follow up with the tools and methodologies as required by the strategy adopted by the BU Assurance;
• Participate, assess and consult in the various yearly forecast exercises;
• Participate within the Local Insurance Committees and report to the hierarchy;
• Ensure the coherence of data/actions between all the reports and presentations;
• Prepare the related material needed for the various monthly rituals within the BU Assurance;
• Identify and propose any measure or action ensuring the completion of the project and meeting the targets that have been defined by the top management;
• Take part in assessing, the operational and functional consequences with a solution maximizing quality, efficiency, reactivity for every project;
• Respect the targets set by the management and the imperatives that must be met (confidentiality, internal procedures, compliance, legal and tax validations, etc).

Experience

• Previous experience in a similar role would be considered an asset;
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Personal Skills

• Attentive to detail;
• Able to work well under pressure.