Job Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Job Category: Insurance & Superannuation
Job Description
Let’s grow together!
About Zurich Cover-More
Zurich Cover-More is one of the world’s largest travel insurance and assistance providers and part of Zurich Insurance Group, a leading multi-line insurer. We stand for more care, more cover, for all, and we look after more than 20 million of the world’s travellers every year, making sure we are there every step of their journey.
Our family of customer-facing brands include Travel Guard, Cover-More Travel Insurance, Travelex Insurance, Universal Assistance, World Travel Protection, Freely and Blue Insurance. We are a connected and caring workforce of more than 2900 employees with teams in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific.
Our global delivery platform provides a consistent multi-lingual service experience and ability to write insurance policies in more than 50 countries. Zurich Cover-More has more 200 distribution partners around the world including airlines, global travel companies, major banks and credit card providers and leading retailers.
What’s the job?
This role is responsible for embedding and leading the risk management function across Europe, ensuring alignment with global risk strategies while addressing local regulatory and operational requirements. This is your opportunity to not only provide strategic oversight of management but also enhance and implement group frameworks. Reporting to the Chief Risk Officer, you will be part of and work closely with the senior leadership team and key stakeholders to drive a strong risk culture across the organisation.
- You’ll be responsible for implementation of Group Risk Management frameworks and risk-relevant local regulatory requirements
- You’ll provide risk commentary and advice to the business as required
- You’ll collaborate with national and international group internal stakeholders to align local risk strategies
- You’ll lead risk committees and governance forums to ensure risk discussions are embedded in decision-making
- You’ll provide regular risk assessments, oversee risk reporting (and analysis) and implement corrective actions
- You’ll ensure effective response plans are in place for a range of potential disruptions
- You’ll provide appropriate escalation and support to the Chief Risk Officer
- You’ll engage and collaborate with a range of key stakeholders internally and externally
What are we looking for?
As the successful candidate, you will be passionate about delivering exceptional risk management to the business and our customers.
- You’ll have proven experience as a Head of Risk working in a complex and/or evolving environment
- You’ll hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Risk Management, Finance, Business, Law, or a related field (ideally)
- You’ll hold professional certification in risk management (e.g., FRM, PRM, CERA) or compliance (e.g., ICA, CRCM) (ideally)
- You’ll have demonstrated knowledge of European financial and insurance regulations (e.g., FCA)
- You’ll have expertise in enterprise risk management (ERM) and operational risk
- You’ll possess exceptional leadership and stakeholder management skills
- You’ll have strong communication and presentation skills, with experience engaging regulators and senior executives
- You’ll bring a proactive mindset with the ability to influence and drive change at all levels
Why choose us?
We value optimism, caring, togetherness, reliability, and determination.
We have more than 2900 employees worldwide: we are a global group of digital specialists, actuaries, marketers, doctors, nurses, case managers, claims specialists, finance experts and customer service professionals. We share a global purpose to look after travellers, at every step of their journey.
Job flexibility. We understand the importance of making sure that work fits into your life, not the other way around. Our hybrid approach ensures our employees maintain work-life balance with the flexibility of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.
Career growth. This is an extremely exciting time for us at Zurich Cover-More, as we are rapidly growing our business around the world. We are dedicated to helping our employees reach their full potential through a comprehensive onboarding program, ongoing professional development opportunities and a supportive work environment that encourages growth.
Take the time you need, for you and your community. We encourage you to take the time you need, when you need it. We offer regular annual and personal leave benefits along with anniversary leave, volunteer leave and a comprehensive paid parental leave scheme.
Travel and work with us. We’ll help you keep travelling in your career, oh and quite literally with free travel insurance for you and your partner.
Diversity and inclusion. We respect who you are and thoroughly embrace diversity. So whatever walk of life you wander, just be you and come as you are.
Apply today and let’s go great places together!
