Insurance Specialist

Insurance Specialist

What do we offer?

• Hybrid working
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Cross brand career options

What do you bring?

• A positive attitude
• A team player
• High focus on quality

Why Ahold Delhaize?

• International and cross cultural collaboration
• Inclusive and caring culture
• Shape a healthier tomorrow

Join Ahold Delhaize as an Insurance Specialist and play a key role in shaping group insurance, risk financing and reinsurance captive strategy while helping drive the Total Cost of Risk to its optimal level!

About Ahold Delhaize

We’re Ahold Delhaize, one of the world’s largest food retail groups. Together with our seventeen strong local retail brands in Europe, the United States, and Indonesia, we share a passion for delivering great food, value and innovations. By bringing ideas to the table and acting on them, you help create a healthier tomorrow. Together, we make better choices accessible for millions of people every day.

Your new team

As Insurance Specialist you will be joining our Group Treasury and Insurance team, at Ahold Delhaize Finance Company, located in Geneva, Switzerland.

Key focus areas of your role:

Insurance Portfolio Management:

• Assist in the administration and management of the company’s global insurance programs.
• Support the Director in the renewal process for various insurance programs, ensuring timely and accurate submissions and successful negotiations.
• Coordinate with brokers, insurers, and internal stakeholders to gather the necessary information and documentation.
• Maintain up-to-date records of insurance policies, certificates of insurance, and related documentation.

Risk Financing:

• Analyze and evaluate risk financing options to optimize coverage and cost-efficiency.
• Prepare and present recommendations on risk financing strategies to senior management.
• Assist in the development and implementation of risk management policies and procedures.

Captive Management:

• Support the operations of the group’s Swiss FINMA-regulated reinsurance captive.
• Coordinate internal stakeholders and external service providers to ensure the effective operation and governance of the captive.
• Serve as the appointed captive’s risk manager.
• Assist in preparing financial reports, regulatory filings, and compliance documentation for the captive.
• Coordinate with external and internal auditors, actuaries, and regulatory bodies to ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
• Monitor the performance of the captive and provide insights for improvement.

Data Analysis and Reporting:

• Collect, analyze, and interpret insurance and risk management data.
• Prepare regular management reports and presentations.
• Identify trends, potential risks, and opportunities for improvement.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Collaborate with various internal departments and operating companies to identify and address insurance and risk management needs.
• Foster strong relationships with internal clients and external partners and suppliers, including loss adjusters, brokers, and insurers

What’s in it for you?

At Ahold Delhaize, we create a caring culture where you feel safe and supported. Being part of our family of brands comes with cross-cultural teamwork, international experience, and room to explore across brands and functions. Your curiosity drives what’s next! We value your well-being, both at work and beyond. We enjoy connecting in our office and spend at least three days a week here, based on a forty-hour work week.

Plus:

• Attractive bonuses
• A competitive pension plan
• 25 vacation days
• A laptop and smartphone

The ingredients you bring

Everyone brings their unique flavor. We believe this role comes to life when you bring the following:

• A master’s degree or equivalent in law, finance or economics.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in a similar role or with a broker, insurance company or similar corporate environment.
• Strong analytical and technology skills, with the ability to analyze, understand, and continuously improve business processes.
• Strong communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, and the ability to explain complex topics to various audiences.
• Excellent command of English is essential.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with insurers, brokers, service providers, and internal stakeholders, and to support commercial and contractual negotiations.
• Experience with operational processes of a (captive) insurance or reinsurance company is preferred.
• Open to occasional international travel.

Aside from this, a positive attitude, teamwork and business awareness & high focus on quality will take you far.

Join our recipe.