Underwriting Portfolio Analyst

Who are we?

Wakam is a B2B2C insurance company that creates white-label insurance solutions via its Play&Plug® technology platform for more than 150 distribution partners. We provide most of our insurance products through API, and hosts white label insurance solutions via our Play&Plug technology platform.

With a footprint spanning 32 countries and revenue of more than €900 million in 2023, mostly generated outside France, Wakam is the European leader in digital and embedded insurance.

Strongly committed to social responsibility, Wakam is a mission-driven company dedicated to “enabling transparent and impactful insurance".

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Portfolio Analyst, you will be responsible for identifying trends and providing insight to internal stakeholders and distribution partners. By using your analytical skills to assess opportunities within our portfolio, you will contribute to profitable growth within Wakam.

In this role, you will work with and build strong partnerships with our Underwriting teams and across multiple business functions. You will have experience using tools such as SQL, Python, PowerBI and Excel to report, monitor and analyse data and trends, quantifying insights and identify opportunities.

You will communicate business results to various audiences, enabling our Underwriters and Business leaders to make better, more informed, decisions.

✎ Job description

• Monitor the underwriting performance with the aim of protecting the profitability of the portfolio.
• Production of weekly/monthly reports using various tools such as excel, data coding languages and online portals.
• Support data requests that come from various teams for data and insights into performance of current schemes
• Maintain and monitor MI and BDX checks and coordinate any variances with pricing/profitability analysts within team
• Assume responsibility for data integrity and thorough file documentation.
• Co-ordinate and build collaborative relationships within the business unit to enable the business to effectively manage the performance of the clients across the region
• Enhance data usage and MI availability to support the decision-making process and drive sustainable portfolios' growth
• Support in the creation plans and forecasts, closely working with finance team to ensure premium is monitored and production variances understood.
• Provide analytical support to help improve the business’ understanding of performance, including the use of Excel, Snowflake, Databrick and Power BI

✯ Profile

• Degree qualified preferably in numerical or science subjects
• Relevant insurance experience – good understanding of key insurance KPIs and metrics and has coding and data manipulation experience within the insurance industry
• Proficient with Excel with exposure to Power BI
• Experience with programming languages such as SQL, Python
• Enthusiastic individual with high attention to detail
• Strong commercial acumen, capable of presenting to internal and external stakeholders
• Proficient in applying analytical techniques to extract meaningful trends and make recommendations.

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Recruitment Process

1. Interview with Talent Acquisition Expert.
2. Technical & fit interview with Data Manager & Pricing Actuarial Analyst
3. HR culture fit interview with Chief Underwriting Officer & Head of People UK.

To help you get a complete picture of our hiring process and Wakam's work culture, please visit our dedicated page : Interviews at Wakam.

=> Welcome @Wakam 🙌

Positive energy, agility, and team spirit are essential to support Wakam in its hyper-growth!

You have the Wakam mindset? Join us!

More about us

Our culture? Free to impact. A culture where everything is possible, where all ideas are taken into consideration, where everyone has an impact on the transformation of insurance! Hungry for freedom? Thirsty for autonomy? If you are adventurous and like challenges, then the Wakam adventure might be made for you!

Discover on our website who we really are with the 11 cultural markers that so well describe us!

What we are looking for ?

Mindset compatibility with our ‘Free to Impact’ culture:

1. Think big
2. Biased for action
3. Curious and eager to learn
4. Can say no and find solutions
5. Aims for the moon (but please don’t stick on the moon)
6. And above all: have fun working together 🤜🤛 !

Good to know !

• Wakam is not based on a hierarchy but on a methodology where everyone finds their role and knows their objectives.
• With a flat hierarchical system and a highly collaborative operating model, Wakam is an extremely agile and transparent company.
• Every last Friday of the month, it's Free.day @Wakam, a day without meetings to take a step aside and dedicate ourselves to skills sponsorship or other activities (because we are curious, I remind you).
• Full-remote is a reality at Wakam (there is even one Wakamee who works from his sailing boat ⛵) with our Wakam From Anywhere (WFA) program.
• Last but not least : we are nice and we have fun! (you'll find out by yourself 😉)

At Wakam, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to your recruiter.