Broker Head of Trading - Personal

Role Description

Role Description The Broker Head of Trading (Personal Home) is responsible for optimising trading operations, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and driving business growth. You will oversee market analysis, managing performance, guiding distribution efforts, and coordinating cross-functional activities to enhance profitability and efficiency across our Personal Home Portfolio.

Salary Information Pay:
Circa £85,000 per year. Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

• Performance vs Plan:
  Monitor trading activities against strategic plans and objectives
• Performance vs Plan:
  Analyse performance metrics to ensure targets are met and identify areas for improvement
• Performance vs Plan:
  Report on trading performance to senior management, providing insights and recommendations

• Forecasting:
  Assess market conditions and internal capabilities
• Forecasting:
  Collaborate with relevant teams to ensure forecasts are realistic and achievable
• Forecasting:
  Adjust strategies as needed based on forecast analysis

• Product Trading Strategy:
  Develop and implement trading strategies to maximise market penetration and profitability
• Product Trading Strategy:
  Continuously evaluate and refine strategies based on market feedback and performance data

• Guide Distribution on Target Opportunities:
  Ensure alignment between trading strategies and distribution efforts to optimise market reach

• Opportunity Triage Coordination:
  Coordinate the assessment and prioritisation of trading opportunities
• Opportunity Triage Coordination:
  Work with cross-functional teams to ensure timely and effective response to market opportunities

• Pricing, Underwriting & Bridge:
  Serve as a liaison between pricing, underwriting and distribution teams to cohesive strategies
• Pricing, Underwriting & Bridge:
  Facilitate communication and collaboration to align objectives and optimise outcomes

• Expense & Commission Ratio Management:
  Monitor and manage expense and commission ratios to ensure cost-effectiveness and profitability
• Expense & Commission Ratio Management:
  Implement strategies to optimise financial performance while maintaining competitive positioning

• Analytical
  
  Skills:
  
  Strong ability to analyze complex data sets, performance metrics, and market conditions to derive actionable insights and inform strategies
• Strategic Planning:
  Experience in developing and implementing strategic plans, particularly those related to market penetration, profitability, and sales
• Financial Acumen:
  Understanding of financial performance metrics, expense/commission ratios, and cost management
• Communication &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Excellent communication skills to report findings to senior management and coordinate effectively with cross-functional teams (e.g., pricing, underwriting, distribution)
• Negotiation & Influencing:
  Ability to serve as a liaison and align objectives among different departments
• Problem-Solving:
  Skill in identifying areas for improvement, assessing market opportunities, and adjusting strategies as needed
• Knowledge of the Broker Personal Lines

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from—so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options
• Hybrid working
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Development days
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts
• Volunteering days

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance…