Reference No. SR-CEOZAM-001

Job Description:

Our insurance client is currently recruiting a Chief Executive Officer (CEO).  The CEO will be responsible for setting up, managing, and driving a greenfield reinsurance broking company in Zambia.

Responsibilities:

General Management

• Participating in the development and implementation of the company’s vision and mission statement
• Overall responsibility for revenue growth and profitability of the reinsurance broking business
• Ensuring long term sustainability and consistent growth of the business by developing and implementing corporate strategy
• Building the business through leveraging current and emerging opportunities
• Recruiting, training, mentoring and developing human resources
• Identifying current and future challenges to the business and developing mitigation plans

Technical

• Develop a best-in-class offering of treaty and facultative broking products and services
• Compiling and overseeing the implementation of a Reinsurance Broking Manual [Underwriting & Claims]
• Implementing a documented carrier security review process

Marketing

• Designing and implementing the company’s marketing strategy
• Compiling and maintaining a company profile
• Ensuring that the company develops and maintains sound relationships with key stakeholders including, but not limited to, cedants and reinsurers

Human Resources Management

• Ensuring that the business is adequately staffed and resourced
• Developing and implementing an annual staff training program
• Training, supervision, and development of staff
• Ensuring that appropriate employment policies, procedures and manuals are in place and compliant with local statutes
• Managing staff disciplinary matters and attending to conflict resolution where appropriate

Financial Management

• Responsible for compiling and managing company budgets and financial forecasts
• Responsible for authorising expenditure up to pre-agreed limits set by the shareholders
• Oversee the remittance of reinsurance premiums and reinsurance claims recoveries
• Establishing and maintaining appropriate systems for measuring the key aspects of operational management

ICT

• Identify and assist with the implementation of an appropriate cost-effective IT solution to manage the company’s reinsurance broking transactions

Other Duties & Responsibilities

• Conduct business in line with the Group’s ethics and philosophies
• Champions desired organizational culture
• Undertaking such ither duties and tasks as may lie within the scope of this position to achieve the company’s operational and financial objectives

Requirements: Qualification and Skill  

• At least ten (10) Years’ experience working for a multinational / global reinsurance broking company with at least 5 years’ management experience
• Hands and proven experience on reinsurance experience working with facultative and treaty (Non-Negotiable experience)
• Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree and A.C.I.I

Benefits and Contractual information:

• Two year fixed-term employment contract (Initial)
• Willing and able to relocate to Lusaka, Zambia
• Suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

If you wish to apply for the position please send your CV to Shearidan Rabsch at srabsch@caglobalint.com

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Shearidan Rabsch

srabsch@caglobalint.com

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