Chief Executive Officer - BFS

JOB DESCRIPTION AND REMUNERATION PACKAGE

- Setting up, managing and driving a greenfield reinsurance broking company in Zambia.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- GeneralManagement

- Participating in the development and implementation of the company's vision and mission statement

- Overall responsibility for revenue growth and profitability of the reinsurance broking business

- Ensuring long term sustainability and consistent growth of the business by developing and implementing corporate strategy

- Building the business through leveraging current and emerging opportunities

- Recruiting, training, mentoring and developing human resources

- Identifying current and future challenges to the business and developing mitigation plans

- Technical

- Develop a best-in-class offering of treaty and facultative broking products and services

- Compiling and overseeing the implementation of a Reinsurance Broking Manual [Underwriting & Claims]

- Implementing a documented carrier security review process

- Marketing

- Designing and implementing the company's marketing strategy

- Compiling and maintaining a company profile

- Ensuring that the company develops and maintains sound relationships with key stakeholders including, but not limited to, cedants and reinsurers

- Human Resources Management

- Ensuring that the business is adequately staffed and resourced

- Developing and implementing an annual staff training program

- Training, supervision and development if staff

- Ensuring that appropriate employment policies, procedures and manuals are in place and compliant with local statutes

- Managing staff disciplinary matters and attending to conflict resolution where appropriate

- FinancialManagement

- Responsible for compiling and managing company budgets and financial forecasts

- Responsible for authorising expenditure up to pre-agreed limits set by the shareholders

- Oversee the remittance of reinsurance premiums and reinsurance claims recoveries

- Establishing and maintaining appropriate systems for measuring the key aspects of operational management

- ICT

- Identify and assist with the implementation of an appropriate cost-effective IT solution to manage the company's reinsurance broking transactions

Other Duties & Responsibilities:

- Conduct business in line with the Group's ethics and philosophies

- Champions desired organizational culture

- Undertaking such ither duties and tasks as may lie within the scope of this position in order to achieve the company's operational and financial objectives

IDEAL INCUMBENT'S SPECIFICATIONS:

- Leadership

- Hands-on leadership style is essential

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

- Ability to micro-manage

- Exhibits attention to detail

- Good negotiation and interpersonal skills

- Excellent communication and presentation skills

- High-level proficiency in the English language

- Ability to motivate, mentor and empower colleagues

- Ability to make difficult decisions -

Personality:

- Mature, self-confident team-player

- Ability to work in a racially diverse environment

Experience :

- 10 years' experience working for a multinational / global reinsurance broking company with at least 5 year's management experience

Qualifications

- Bachelor's/PG Degree

- A.C.I.I.

REMUNERATION PACKAGE:

- Two Year Fixed-Term Employment Contract [initial]

- Salary: US$7,500 gross per month

- 25% gratuity [currently tax free] at end of contract

- Personal-to-Holder Company Vehicle

- Accommodation Allowance: US$1,500 per month

- One Return Airfare [economy class] per annum

- Medical Insurance

- Group Life & Group Personal Accident Insurance

- Reasonable Relocation Costs