Head: Reinsurance Accounting at Bryte Insurance Company Limited

Key Tasks & Accountabilities

Functional Management

• Full responsibility for monthly, quarterly and annual Reinsurance reporting and analysis.
• Sourcing, reconciling and taking full responsibility for obtaining and providing Reinsurance data modelling requirements.
• Designing and implementing system and process solutions for all Reinsurance agreements put in place.
• Active participation at Reinsurance forum meetings.
• Managing Internal and External Audit engagement issues.
• Ensuring Reinsurance Claims are fully recovered and accounted for across all treaties.
• Responsible for setting and obtaining financial Reinsurance targets of up to a R1 billion.
• Advising on the Reinsurance strategy; including the SAM impacts.
• Providing input into Capital modelling and management.
• Assisting with compilation of Risk profiles.
• Full accountability for Reinsurance governance and controls.

Stakeholder Management 

• External Reinsurers
• Reinsurance Brokers
• Internal Audit
• External Audit

Leadership Accountabilities

• Model behaviors that demonstrate commitment to Bryte’s guiding principles.
• Take action to manage own personal development and encourage others to do the same.
• Lead a team and complete performance management cycle for direct reports.
• Create people management plan to ensure human capability is in place as part of business planning process.

Education and Experience

• CA (SA) highly preferred
• 10 years’ experience in Insurance of which 5 in Reinsurance

Capabilities

• Effective Communication
• Negotiating
• Problem Solving
• High Level Influencer
• Relationships typically involve persuading or countering opposition