Client Manager

Location: 

Sydney, NSW, AU

Job Type:  Full-Time
Work Mode:  Hybrid
Job Level:  Professional
Job ID:  13118
Company:  Munich Re
Employment Type:  Regular
Area of Expertise:  Client & Customer Management
Description: 

Munich Re Australia is the leading reinsurer in Australia and New Zealand offering treaty and facultative reinsurance support for all classes of business.

 

We continuously aim to position Munich Re Australia as the first port of call and a discussion partner for our insurance clients, regulators as well as our broker partners. We strive to be recognised as thought leader, innovator and provider of large capacities by providing bespoke risk transfer solutions and creating long-term sustainable partnerships with our clients.

 

As part of this ambition, we offer a unique opportunity in the Client Management team with an exceptional learning opportunity to build a career at the forefront of the reinsurance industry.

The Client Management team is responsible for strengthening our existing client and broker relationships and developing new opportunities in line with our Non-Life strategy for Australasia.

The team focusses on:

 

  • developing a deep understanding of our clients’ needs
  • collaborating in empowered cross-functional client teams
  • executing our client strategies across all lines of business
  • fostering our position as a trusted and valued partner
  • delivering timely and relevant solutions

 

Your Role

 

  • Developing an in-depth understanding of the Australasia markets and clients, building close and viable relationships with clients and our distribution partners
  • Managing and monitoring all client activities through leading a client team, including drawing and executing on client action plans and client strategies
  • Performing market segment- and client analysis to identify business development opportunities
  • Leading renewal processes and negotiating terms and conditions with clients and brokers in close collaboration with client teams and senior management
  • Supporting the Head of Client Management and Head of Non-Life in overarching projects and initiatives
  • Preparing high-quality presentations (e.g. for client meetings, internal and strategy meetings and portfolio / treaty analyses)
  • Facilitating value-add services leveraging Munich Re Group offerings
  • Accountability to manage internal controls by performing measures effectively and economically

 

Your Profile

 

  • Passion for building a career in client management within the reinsurance industry
  • Strong insurance sales and distribution orientation
  • Proactive and commercially minded approach with a clear outcome focus
  • Early career experience in ANZ client management, Reinsurance Broking, or Property & Casualty Underwriting
  • Collaborative team player with demonstrated leadership capabilities
  • Developed networking skills, driving collaboration and knowledge sharing
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint
  • Confident and engaging communication style with good negotiation and presentation skills
  • Adaptable, pragmatic and eager to learn
  • Outstanding analytical skills and ability to think conceptually and strategically
  • Willingness to undertake business travel, as required

 

At Munich Re, we embrace, and value, the interaction of diverse backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and thought. This interaction is our foundation. Of our open culture and spirit of partnership. Of how our teams are built and cultivated. Of how we are supported and developed. And at the center of this interaction is each of us.