Head of SME Portfolio

Job description

Head of SME Portfolio

Salary Circa £120,000

An excellent opportunity to lead our Digital business and support the performance across SME.  Reporting to our SME Portfolio Director, this role would suit a strong, commercially minded leader who is looking to deliver excellent customer outcomes and grow a fantastic Digital business through active portfolio management, underpinned and driven by a risk aware culture.  You will be responsible for delivering financial plan outcomes and supporting a number one service for our Brokers alongside driving our Underwriting and digitisation strategy within Digital as well as supporting the portfolio management of our Schemes.

A bit about the job:

In this role you will lead our Digital business, to deliver enhanced performance and improved customer outcomes as well as driving portfolio mix and identifying areas/opportunities for growth. You will achieve this through robust performance management, market pricing, rating and strong Underwriting principals alongside making commercial decisions on Profit and Loss of the business. Focussed on delivering for our customers and Brokers, you will lead a team of circa 6 to drive the strategy for our Digital business and support the delivery of our Schemes business through rate delivery, mix management and risk selection and realisation of etrade excellence.

Skills and experience we are looking for:

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Strong experience of portfolio management & driving growth through portfolio management

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Strong understanding of SME Market and the issues and challenges facing our SME customers

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Significant experience in either Portfolio Management, Actuarial, Technical or Underwriting

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Strong commercial focus, technical expertise, communication and a risk and control mindset

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Experience in a leadership role and ability to manage senior stakeholders both internally and externally

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

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Starting salary Circa £120,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

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Bonus opportunity - 25% of annual salary actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.

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

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

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

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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

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Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave

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

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

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We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way.  So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair.

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.

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We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Klaudia Kmita-Adegboro a call on 07553728537 or send an email to Klaudia.kmita-adegboro@aviva.com.