Portfolio Underwriting Consultant

2 weeks ago


Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom Aviva Full time

Portfolio Underwriting Consultant - Salary of Circa £35,000 - £45,000

Are you passionate about transforming our mid-market business and leveraging your underwriting skills in new ways?

Are you eager to develop your career? This is a fantastic role for someone who is curious and has a thirst for knowledge. An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Portfolio Underwriting Consultant to focus on the underwriting and quality assurance of our SME business through Intelligent Automation.

You will proactively develop and support the implementation of the strategic direction of Automated Regional business, focusing on Intelligent Automation through underwriting and portfolio management, with an emphasis on assurance insights and controls.

Join our team and make a difference with your expertise

A bit about the job:

We are looking for someone who can effectively utilize data and insights in conjunction with their underwriting knowledge to optimize our business outcomes using Intelligent Automation tools.

You will work with the existing team to review and improve the holistic risk and control environment as we introduce new business automation. You will provide challenge, guidance, and support to regional teams, helping to secure good customer outcomes, protect the reputation of the business, and support its safe growth.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

  • Experience in Assurance or control testing – including the ability to scope, develop and execute assurance reviews and recommend sustainable resolution.

  • Relationship/stakeholder management skills and are comfortable being challenging being persuasive with energy, enthusiasm, and resilience.

  • Problem solving and analytical skills to identify the root cause and resolve performance blockages.

  • Previous Commercial Underwriting experience (Cross class is advantageous) with enthusiasm to learn new skills in portfolio management.

  • To be well organized and have excellent diary management skills to ensure deadlines are met.

What you'll get for this role:

  • Salary ranges from Circa £35,000 - £45,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications).

  • Bonus opportunity - Competitive % of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.

  • Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.

  • 29 days' holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days.

  • Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts.

  • Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme.

  • Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer's leave.

  • Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work.

  • Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others.

  • We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.

Aviva is for everyone:

We're inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don't, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours, and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you've applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we'll interview you.

We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Dylan Wood a call on 07385 426164 or send an email to Dylan.wood@Aviva.com.

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