Vacancies at CIC Insurance

About the Role

Reporting to the Group Head of Strategy & Sustainability, the Strategy Analyst will play a critical role in reviewing and monitoring the implementation of the Corporate Strategic Plan by analyzing market trends, business operations, and performance data, working closely with leadership to identify opportunities for growth, efficiency, and competitive advantage, while ensuring timely, efficient, and effective dissemination of information on the Group’s performance to relevant stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct market research to understand customer needs, competitor strategies, and industry trends.
• Analyze data from various sources (internal & external) to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for growth or improvement.
• Identify and analyze complex business problems and propose solutions.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to various stakeholders, including leadership teams.
• Facilitate the development of the corporate strategic plan and annual reviews
• Facilitate tactical plans formulation & review- to ensure formulation & monitoring of the business/departmental tactical plans and gauge their effectiveness in guiding the Group to achieve its strategic objectives/ Corporate Strategic Plan – quarterly & biannually
• Ensure alignment of the tactical plans to the Group strategic goals and initiatives
• Support collection of data for annual Integrated and Sustainability reporting
• In collaboration with Strategic Business Units, list key strategic organizations and influencers with the objective of tracking their activities and explore partnership opportunities that are beneficial to the Group.

Who We’re Looking For

Essential Knowledge/Skills and Experience Required:

• A bachelor’s degree in business related course, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics or Actuarial Science
• Minimum of 4 years working experience in Research and analysis.
• Additional qualification in research will be an added advantage.
• Working experience in Insurance / Financial Services will be added advantage.

Desirable knowledge/skills and Experience Required:

• Professional Accounting/ analytics qualification will be added advantage

Key Competencies

• Excellent report writing, verbal, & presentation skills.
• Good analytical and communication skills
• Ability to forge working relationships and network in the industry
• A good knowledge of the financial sector, insurance services, capital markets, key relevant stakeholder organizations, for example the regulators (IRA, CMA, RBA) and major industry bodies.

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About the Role

Reporting to the Risk Manager, the Assistant Risk Manager will be responsible for identifying, analyzing, assessing and designing control/mitigation activities for the risks within the company and to ensure compliance to the set controls.

Key Responsibilities

Risk Management

• Assessment of risk positions and exposures for all CIC Group entities as well as actions taken to manage these risks.
• Analysis of trends and patterns and developing rules and strategies to improve the efficiency of risk identification and assessment
• Preparation and/or regular update of the risk framework, risk registers, risk appetite statements and risk tolerance statements for each of the CIC Group entities.
• Assessment of changes in CIC Group’s risk profile and pre-defined risk limits and advising management accordingly.
• Analyze emerging risks and trends, and develop strategies to mitigate exposure.
• Oversee development and implementation of risk mitigation plans and action tracking mechanisms.
• Ensure timely reporting to senior management and the Board, including updates on risk appetite, tolerance levels, and residual risk.
• Preparation of action tracking plans on risks and controls and monitoring agreed actions to closure.
• Maintenance of risk and incidence logs as well as monitoring of emerging risks.
• Monitor the residual risk within the set control;
• Coordinate risk champions in risk identification and analysis;
• Develop and recommend risk responses to management;

Reporting & Communication

• Prepare high-quality reports and presentations for executive and board-level risk and compliance discussions.
• Provide quarterly status reports on data protection and risk management to senior and middle management.
• Escalate instances of non-compliance or high-impact risk events promptly, with recommended actions.

Leadership & People Management

• Supervise and coach the reportees, including performance appraisals and development planning.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration on risk and compliance initiatives across CIC subsidiaries.

Who We’re Looking For

Essential Knowledge/Skills and Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university
• CISA/CISM/CRM or Progress in CPA
• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience