Portfolio Manager Energy Liabilities

Primary Details
Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
Portfolio Manager - Energy Liability
London/Hybrid
The Opportunity:
We are seeking a talented Portfolio Manager to join our Natural Resources team in London. As a Portfolio Manager, you will play a crucial role underwriting a wide-range of insurance risks across our diverse and growing Energy Liability account. This position offers an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and respected market leader, with a renowned and longstanding reputation in its approach and leadership in underwriting, servicing and claims support for customers in the Energy business.
You will be working alongside other colleagues, in the US, London and Asia, dedicated to underwriting business in the Exploration and Production, Refining, Midstream, Chemicals, Petro-Chemicals, Renewables, Power and Utilities industries. This role brings varied opportunities to grow and develop a profitable, market leading account, inside a business with a strong reputation for performance, team-work, teaching and leadership, working in an open and inclusive environment.
At QBE, we aim to be the employer of choice and are committed to supporting career development. Employment is based in a hybrid working environment and is offered alongside an excellent range of work and lifestyle benefits.
Your Role:

• Manage, lead and develop an established Portfolio of World-Wide Energy Liability businesses (circa $75m GWP), written over our Lloyds, Company and QBE SA/NV entities.
• Underwrite risks over a large cross section of wordings, conditions and structures, that supports QBE's wide ranging Natural Resources customer base.
• Understanding and work within the compliance, internal and external regulation frameworks. Ensure adherence to all legal and regulatory requirements to meet internal and external obligation and requirements of a wide range of stake-holders.
• Prepare and deliver an annual business plan for the portfolio, with an active role in monitoring and reporting on progress, deviations and challenges, alongside the ability to identifying strategic and tactical actions that are required to support the delivery of business performance.
• Build and maintain strong and lasting relationships with key stakeholders including customers, brokers, business partners, reinsurers and colleagues, to ensure the business retains its reputation for industry knowledge and technical and commercial leadership and decision making
• Work closely with colleagues, to develop and foster long-term strategic relationships with a diverse range of international clients, to support our ambition to lead and flourish in the ever changing world of energy.
• Promote the department, division, company and London brand positively to support and grow the reputation of QBE in all of our activities
• Manage, motivate and develop the team(s)to foster a strong culture of performance, development opportunities and teamwork.

About You:

• Proven and trusted experience and reputation in the Energy Insurance market-place, demonstrating a strong understanding of the industry, customer and broker dynamics
• Commercial acumen to grasp key profit drivers and influencers, to support the growth of long-term wealth for shareholders.
• Intermediate proficiency in relevant software, including Excel and other departmental tools
• Engaging and thoughtful approach towards customer, broker and other stakeholder interaction, capable of bringing QBE to the forefront of the market, over a wide range of engagements.
• Excellent organisational, prioritisation, and interpersonal skills
• Strong negotiating and communication skills, backed by a solid commercial understanding of the energy and underwriting business
• Leadership and teamwork qualities - with the ability to lead, develop, motivate and manage a team, through a wide range of activities and challenges - whilst working closely and collegiately alongside colleagues

Why QBE? At My Best
At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that's why we have created At My Best". It's our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn't fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It's in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA - because we know it's not just what we do that matters, it's how we do it that makes the difference. In addition to this, we also offer flexible parental leave for both parents and have several employee network groups that support and empower our diverse workforce.
At QBE, we view our people as our most precious asset. We understand the importance of fostering a work environment that is responsive to the changing needs of today's workforce. QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://careers/flex-qbe/).
Some of the award's QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include;
5-star Diversity, Equity and inclusion (DEI) awards, 2023 Winner - Insurance Business Canada
Employer of the Year 2022 Winner - Insurance Insider
British Claims Awards 2022 Winner - InsurTech Award
Insurance Times Claims Excellence Awards 2022 Winner - Claims Product Solution of the Year
Working Families Best Practice Awards 2021 Finalist for: Best COVID-19 Response
Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2022 Shortlisted for: Best Customer Care, Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year 2022, Specialist Insurer of the Year (for Construction), General Insurer of the Year
We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families, and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, the UN Women's Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent.
Inclusion of Diversity
We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included, and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in.
We know that diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision making, improves the quality of our delivery and helps us to meet the needs of our customers.
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