MI Portfolio Manager

Overview

Are you ready to take on a pivotal role at one of the world's leading insurance brokerage companies? Gallagher is seeking a dynamic MI Portfolio Manager to join our team and oversee our MI pillar portfolios, including FP&A, Business, Client Advocacy, Carrier Management, Global Claims, Servicing, and Operations. These portfolios are crucial to both the strategic and operational management information reporting needs of our business. Why Join Us? At Gallagher, we are dedicated to investing in our people and their growth. As an MI Portfolio Manager, you will be instrumental in propelling our business forward by providing insightful and actionable management information. This role offers you the chance to collaborate with a diverse team of professionals, enhance your skills, and make a significant impact on our organisation. If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for data and reporting, and you excel in a collaborative environment, we want to hear from you. Apply Now Take the next step in your career by joining us at Gallagher and help us continue to deliver tailored and comprehensive insurance solutions to businesses around the world. Together, we can achieve great things. How you'll make an impact Our MI pillar portfolios – FP & A, and Business, Client Advocacy, Carrier Management, Global Claims, Servicing and Operations – represent both strategic and operational management information reporting needs of our business as a whole. The Portfolio Manager oversees pillar portfolio reporting suites, ensuring alignment with the business stakeholders’ needs, the MI governance framework and the wider Gallagher Re strategies. Responsible for pilar working group facilitation, the Portfolio Manager prioritises, and plans for, business needs. They manage risks and issues and escalate through the Steering Committee to ensure delivery remains on track. Their oversight of the end-to-end lifecycle, ensuring resources are effectively allocated, risks and issues are mitigated, and deliverables are well-defined assures robust execution of high-quality management information reporting. A trusted partner to key stakeholders in each region, the Portfolio Manager is a key enabler in delivering reporting that supports business decision-making, performance improvement and problem-solving. Portfolio Management Manage the pillar portfolio reporting projects and initiative within the MI governance framework Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle ensuring that deliverables are defined, prioritised in the pillar working groups, and adequately resourced for development and testing Identify and record issues and risks – escalating to the Steering Committee as required by the MI governance framework Create detailed plans and a roadmap for pillar portfolio MI projects and initiatives Maintain related artifacts risks and issues logs MI Operations and Governance Work with leadership to refine and implement the MI strategy specific to pillar portfolios Ensure that MI development, working groups and team members adhere to data governance, MI governance and external frameworks relating to, for example, InfoSec, regulatory compliance, technology policies etc. Establish reporting standards that drive consistency, accuracy and reliability of insights Stakeholder Management & Engagement Establish and maintain strong engagement with stakeholders as a trusted partner, achieved through delivery excellence and a broad understanding of their business, role, challenges and goals, and how management information reporting can support them. Provide regular, formal updates to leadership and key stakeholders to demonstrate progress on roadmap deliverables, control of risks and issues, and report on performance against a set of defined goals and objectives for pillar portfolio MI Validate alignment of business needs and their proposed solutions against Gallagher Re and Gallagher strategies where appropriate and escalate issues as appropriate. Team Leadership Directly manage the technical business analysts and indirectly manage offshore development resources Embrace cross-functional and matrix working, establishing cohesive, highly collaborative ways of working through the pillar working group and related activities. Work with leadership and change function to support change management efforts specifically relating to adoption of MI governance framework, self-service reporting and ways of working Work closely with the Delivery Managers to ensure that teams are adequately resourced and skilled Data, Digital and Technology interfaces Ensure that appropriate MI tools are used, and related policies adhered to, to deliver MI reporting Stay up to date on the latest planned activities in relation to Data, Digital and Technology Collaborate with Digital and input into digital development relating to internal, digital MI delivery mechanisms and design standards Keep abreast of emerging technologies, or key and major updates relating to existing technologies About You Relevant practical experience in MI/data analytics management and previous practitioner experience in Insights/Report/Data Analyst type roles Familiarity with project/development methodologies Agile Experience of Azure DevOps or similar tools Strong understanding of reporting tools and practices Power BI, data visualisation Knowledge and practical experience of databases and data platforms SQL, databases, data warehousing, Snowflake Understanding of data governance, and regulatory compliance Innovation and growth-oriented Demonstrable experience of development and implementing strategies for MI High degree of communication agility, able to manage competing and complex stakeholder needs Experience of managing and prioritising multiple initiatives projects, related to data products Ability to manage and develop insight and reporting practitioners technical business analysts, data/insight analysts Highly analytical and critical thinker Experience of working with teams concurrently across different geographical regions Able to anticipate risk realisation, issues and other challenges and manage appropriately Able to balance tactical and strategic solutions to ensure execution pace and alignment to strategy Eligibility to work in the UK Compensation and benefits On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits. Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve: Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up Health cash plan or Private medical insurance Other benefits include: Three fully paid volunteering days per year Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan Critical illness cover Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally Season ticket loan Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase Emergency back-up family care And many more…

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