About the role

  • Head of Short-Term Trade Insurance leading the short-term insurance business for the Corporation. Ensuring effective risk management and competitive product offerings to promote exports.

Responsibilities

  • The Head of Short-Term Trade Insurance leads the short-term insurance business unit, ensuring effective risk management, competitive product offerings, and alignment with the Corporation’s mandate.
  • Lead the design, pricing, and management of short-term trade insurance products.
  • Ensure products remain relevant, competitive, and aligned with exporters’ needs.
  • Establish and implement underwriting standards for short-term policies.
  • Monitor exposure to country, sector, and buyer risks.
  • Lead and manage the short-term insurance underwriters, including claims and customer service teams.
  • Implement risk mitigation strategies, including reinsurance and diversification.
  • Ensure efficient claims handling and timely resolution of disputes.
  • Advise senior management and the board on trends in global trade and short-term credit risk.
  • Represent the Corporation in various forums locally and internationally on trade credit insurance.
  • Evaluate and analyze transactions sought for coverage and structure them into supportable transactions that meet the ECIC mandate and credit requirements.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with exporters, lenders, short-term trade insurers, re-insurers and other institutions involved in the export business.
  • Responsible for identifying new business opportunities for ECIC with a special focus on the short-term trade insurance business in collaboration with the business development team.
  • Conduct the assessment of commercial feasibility, financial and credit worthiness of projects/transactions.
  • Conduct project desktop and field due diligence, where applicable, that includes reviewing legal, commercial and financial documents.
  • Present and support projects to ECIC approval committee i.e., Project EXCO, FIIC Committee and/or Board for approval.
  • Negotiate transactions, structuring and review of commercial terms in the finance documents, security documents and other related documents to reach financial close.
  • Interact with the Portfolio Management team, as may be required in relation to approved projects post cover.
  • Carry out the corporate strategic plan, and the business goals of the Short Term Trade Insurance business unit.
  • Work in collaboration with other business units, such as Risk Unit, Business Development Unit, Portfolio Management Unit, PEAR Unit, Actuarial Unit, Legal Services Unit etc.
  • Manage risks and/or compliance issues within the unit in accordance with ECIC compliance and risk management strategy.
  • Manage re-insurance transactions for the short-term trade business (inward and outward re-insurance).

Requirements

  • A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree with specialisation in Economics, Accountancy, Finance, Banking, Science, Law or Engineering.
  • Minimum 10–12 years’ experience in trade credit insurance, banking, or export finance.
  • Sound knowledge of international business, contractual, corporate finance practices and accounting.
  • Strong credit and risk analysis skills.
  • Must be able to comprehensively analyze financial statements.
  • Must be familiar with and have the ability to negotiate complex commercial transactions.
  • Ability to communicate verbally and in writing at all levels (Board, Executives, Staff and other key Stakeholders).
  • Ability to coordinate and manage multiple functions.
  • Ability to communicate underwriting concepts to non-specialists.
  • Ability to forge relationships with other areas of the business.
  • Strong aptitude for problem resolution and decision making.
  • Problem solving skills to identify issues and present creative and practical solutions.
  • Excellent analytical skills.
  • Strict attention to detail and deadline orientated.
  • Genuine commitment to highest ethical standards and to sustainable business practices.
  • Willingness to travel in-country and internationally.

Benefits

  • health insurance
  • retirement plans
  • paid time off
  • professional development

Job title

Head – Short Term Insurance Underwriting

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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