Are you ready to step into a role where your leadership shapes the very future of our partnerships? Imagine being at the heart of pivotal decisions, navigating the dynamic world of contracts, and steering a high-performing team as they connect the dots between opportunity and success. If you thrive on challenge, collaboration, and innovation, this is your moment to take the lead and make a real impact.

Purpose of the Role

This exciting remote based opportunity has arisen to lead our Counterparty Contracts team.

As the driving force behind our Counterparty Contracts team, you’ll empower your people, lead through change, and set the pace for best-in-class contract management. Your focus: seamless onboarding, top-tier governance, and dynamic oversight of agents, introducers, carriers, and capacity providers. You'll be the go-to expert for contract changes, delivering sharp MI for stakeholders, supporting strategic placements, and ensuring robust compliance. From leading mergers and acquisitions to refining our Approved Insurer List, your impact will resonate across every partnership.

What you will do

This is an overview and not an exhaustive list of responsibilities. Collaborating with your Line Manager, you will develop your own objectives but focus on all of the following and more.

• Lead and manage the Counterparty Contracts Team including coaching and development of people and leading through change and example.
• Accountable for the management and onboarding of all contracts relating to agents, introducers, carriers such as Terms of Business Agreement (TOBA) and Delegated Underwriting Authority (DUA).
• Responsible for the continuous monitoring and due diligence of all counterparties.
• Manage onboarding of new capacity providers and ongoing oversight of existing capacity providers.
• Be the central point of contact when any changes relating to counterparty contracts are required.
• Produce monthly MI for key stakeholders to support governance and oversight requirements.
• Support the delivery of placement strategy by challenging the relevance of counterparties with lower volume of business placed and by maintaining the Approved Insurer List.
• Manage Mergers and Acquisitions by ensuring relevant contracts are in place to allow continuous trading.
• Review and provide challenge to the number and volume of business placed with unrated insurers to ensure placement threshold is not exceeded.
• Coordinate and respond to internal and external audit requests including undertaking any mitigating actions.

Who we are looking for

Do you have previous experience in an insurance-based role and are you ready to step into a pivotal role at the heart of our dynamic insurance operations? We’re on the look out for a driven, detailed professional who thrives in fast-paced trading environment and relishes the opportunity to make a real impact. If you’re naturally organised, brimming with confidence, and eager to use initiative, you’ll fit right in with our collaborative team.

This is your chance to build influential relationships across the business, regularly engaging with senior stakeholders and our Senior Leadership Team — your voice and expertise will truly matter here. Bring your proactive attitude, a keen sense of responsibility, and the ability to stay cool and focused under pressure. If you’re adaptable, resourceful, and have a passion for delivering excellence, we want to hear from you. Step up, stand out, and help shape the future of insurance with us!

Technically you will need:

• Experience working in an insurance environment, preferably insurance broking.
• Senior leadership and team management experience
• Demonstrable experience and successful track record of leading, continuous improvement and innovation.

In return you will be welcomed and supported by our Ardonagh family and be joining an organisation that cares about you as a person and your wellbeing. Some of the other benefits are:

• Holiday entitlement of 26 days plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• Opportunity to progress your career across the entire Ardonagh family
• Award-winning learning & development offering and support to obtain professional qualifications to enhance your knowledge and career prospects
• Pension scheme for when you feel it’s time to retire
• 24-hour Employee Assistance support for you and your family’s physical and mental wellbeing
• Corporate perks such as discounted gym memberships, cinema tickets, shopping, Eyecare vouchers, cycle to work and much more
• One day paid volunteering to give back to our communities
• Ardonagh Community Trust (ACT) - raising funds for charity with donation matching in your local community
• The Spotlight Awards, where we celebrate the best of the Ardonagh Group and all the bright talent across our business.

We offer genuine potential for both personal and professional development, come and be part of our story and help us shape our future. So, what are you waiting for? Apply today and one of our team will be in touch.

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Everywhen is an equal opportunities employer, with a growing and thriving diversity, equity and inclusion strategy; we are committed to a working environment that is free from discrimination, is inclusive, and empowers our people to bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential.

If your application is successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you commencing employment with us. These will include verifying your recent employment, address, credit history and a standard criminal record check.

Please note: We may close a vacancy prior to the publish end date if the required quality or number of applications has been received. 

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