As the Syndicate Planning Manager, the position holder plays a key role in ensuring the effective planning and performance management of our syndicate. The role holder has responsibility for the Lloyd’s Syndicate Business Forecast process and associated performance monitoring alongside Lloyd’s stakeholder management duties.
The role holder is expected to critically review the business plan and performance and will therefore require analytical capabilities, experience, and the confidence to engage and challenge senior stakeholders
As the Syndicate Planning Manager, the position holder plays a crucial role in ensuring the effective planning and performance management of the SCOR syndicate. The responsibilities will span across various areas, including business planning, coordination with Lloyd’s, and portfolio management.
The key aspects of the role are as follows:
Managing the Syndicate Planning Process:
1. Syndicate Business Plan: The position holder will act as the responsible party for the syndicate’s planning process. This involves compiling comprehensive business plans by coordinating information from various departments, including underwriting, claims, compliance, risk, enterprise risk management (ERM), pricing, retrocession, finance, and UW operations.
2. Liaison with SCOR Group and Lloyd’s: Position holder will be the point of contact for any queries related to syndicate figures, both internally within our group and externally with Lloyd’s. Timely and accurate responses are essential.
3. Monthly Lloyd’s Meetings: Participate in monthly meetings with Lloyd’s Syndicate Performance Manager. During these sessions, discuss quarterly performance against the business plan (QMB), new initiatives, and any deviations from the plan.
4. Submission Coordination: Coordinate the submission of new initiatives or changes to the business plan to Lloyd’s.
5. Ad Hoc Queries: Be prepared to respond to ad hoc queries from Lloyd’s or Group as they arise.
Portfolio Management and Performance Review:
6. Collaborate with the P&C CUO area to ensure a comprehensive review of the syndicate’s performance. Identify areas for improvement and contribute insights to enhance overall portfolio management.
7. Provide detailed analyses and reports on the performance by working closely together with the SBS CUO. He/she will assist in accessing and running these reports as needed.
8. Liaise with Pricing and Reserving teams in order to feed and inform the business performance analysis
9. Carry out bespoke business performance analyses and facilitate informed decision-making by providing insights to the underwriting teams.
10. Act as a source of knowledge and support for the UW teams, local management, P&C management.
Converge the Syndicate and SCOR processes:
11. Continue the convergence between the SCOR Syndicate and the Company processes for business planning and performance monitoring. This includes bringing the SCOR Syndicate planning and performance monitoring processes into the wider P&C domain and, conversely, pursue the enhancement of the planning and performance monitoring process on the Company side.
12. P&C actuarial background is a must, qualified or part-qualified actuary is preferred.
13. Strong technical and analytical skills
14. Ability to interact with stakeholders both locally in London and globally in a multicultural environment.
15. Good team player, ability to develop network, internally and externally.
16. Ability to manage short and long-term objectives and projects.
17. Strength in setting up and managing processes.
18. Ability to influence and manage team members in a matrix environment.