Transversal Underwriting and Governance Lead
About the role
We are seeking an energetic and detail-oriented professional with governance experience, excellent communication skills, and analytical capabilities to join our high-performing team. This role is pivotal in ensuring effective governance and strategic oversight across the underwriting functions within the Americas Region.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Develop, implement, and oversee regional governance frameworks, policies, and procedures aligned with global standards and regional regulatory requirements.
- Participate in quarterly governance reviews, including preparation of governance reports, KPIs, and compliance metrics, ensuring timely and accurate reporting to senior management and governance committees.
- Facilitate and coordinate quarterly governance asks, ensuring actionable items, risk assessments, and control improvements are tracked and completed.
- Establish and monitor KPIs related to underwriting quality, risk adherence, data integrity, and governance effectiveness; analyze trends and recommend corrective actions.
- Collaborate with underwriting, risk, compliance, and audit teams to embed governance practices into daily operations and strategic initiatives.
- Conduct regular assessments of underwriting authority adherence, mandatory exclusions, data quality, and file documentation, supporting audit and review processes.
- Build relationships across functions and levels within the organization, gaining exposure to senior leadership and contributing to the overall governance health of the region.
- Assume additional governance-related responsibilities as needed to support the organization’s risk and compliance objectives.
Who WE Are
Alex XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it. How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.
Total Rewards
AXA XL’s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do. We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.
Sustainability
At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience”, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.