UK Global Controls Lead (Reinsurance) - Guy Carpenter

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Description:

Client Support Services (CSS) Global Controls team supports the function’s risk management by ensuring internal controls are designed effectively and monitoring their ongoing performance. Team members consist of colleagues in each operating region as well as a team in Mumbai. Having this global reach provides the team with opportunities to regularly work on highly visible and impactful initiatives.

What can you expect?

• Opportunity to join a highly respected team in Guy Carpenter.

• Meaningfully contribute to Guy Carpenter’s business results and market reputation.

• Exposure to key members of the CSS regional leadership team.

• Acquire a deep understanding of all regional processes and controls throughout the end-to-end reinsurance value chain.

• Operate in a mentally challenging environment where analytical skills can be further developed.

• Continuously learn from other team members and structured training to maintain current knowledge of business operations as well as process risk, and control techniques.

• Support the Global Controls leader in strategic control plans for the region.

What you will be rewarded with:

• We offer and embrace a hybrid working model that nurtures a collaborative working environment in the office 2 days per week allowing 3 days per week to be spent working on a remote basis. Competitive Benefits Package including: 27 days annual leave, up to 4 days flexible bank holidays, excellent pension contributions, private medical cover, life assurance, income protection, employee assistance program, plus a range of flexible benefits including the option to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday per year, cycle to work, dental insurance, health assessments plus many more.

• Generous Family Leave including: 6 months paid maternity leave, 4 months paid paternity leave, 6 months paid adoption leave plus shared parental leave options. To help ease the transition when you return to work you will be able to work 8 weeks at 80% of your normal work pattern and receive 100% of your normal salary.

We will rely on you to:

• Monitor changes to the business environment and operating results to identify potential process and control issues.

• Support regional CSS team members in performing their existing controls and adopting new or revised controls.

• Support the Mumbai CSS Global Control colleagues in executing control monitoring in the region.

• Advising on the regional process and control environment.

• Assisting in obtaining source documents for testing.

• Interpreting and analysing results.

• Communicating those results to regional colleagues and collaborate with them on remedial actions.

• Monitoring and validating that remedial actions are complete.

• Analyse operational issues as they arise to determine root cause and develop remedial actions. In addition, work with regional colleagues to validate that the remedial action was completed.

• Collaborate with regional colleagues to drive policy governance so that policies and procedures are comprehensive, up to date, communicated and easily understood.

• Coordinate the fulfilment of requests and queries for reviews external to CSS such as MMC Internal Audit or regulatory examiners.

What you need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

• Passion for continual improvement of self and the organisation.

• High standards of ethics and integrity.

• Comparable experience in risk management and internal controls in financial services (reinsurance experience preferred).

• Previous experience working within a large and complex global organization is preferred.

• Previous experience in the reinsurance or Insurance industry is preferred.

• Solid, working knowledge of risk management and internal control concepts.

• Solid knowledge of Microsoft 365 products.

• An analytical mind, capable of learning unfamiliar topics.

• Excellent organisation and project management skills.

• Clear articulation and communication/presentation skills, both written and verbal, especially for risk management and internal control related topics.

What makes you stand out:

• Risk management and internal control experience with a reinsurer or reinsurance broker.

• Solid, working knowledge of reinsurance regulations in the region.

• Professional designations such as Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).

GUY CARPENTER

Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC is a leading global risk and reinsurance specialist with more than 3,500 professionals in over 60 offices around the world. Guy Carpenter delivers a powerful combination of broking expertise, trusted strategic advisory services and industry-leading analytics to help clients adapt to emerging opportunities and achieve profitable growth. Guy Carpenter is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. The company’s 85,000 colleagues advise clients in over 130 countries. With annualized revenue of over $23 billion, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading companies including Marsh, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. For more information, visit www.guycarp.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at [email protected]”

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person. office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.