Chief Technical Officer / Executive Director, Technical & Operations at a Large Financial Institution - BPI Advisory

BPI Advisory - On behalf of our client, a pioneer and one of the largest financial institutions in Nigeria with a network of branches spread across the country, offering a full range of insurance products and services.

We are inviting focused, result oriented and suitably qualified professionals to fill the the position below:

Job Title: Chief Technical Officer / Executive Director, Technical & Operations

Location: Nigeria

Job Description
Reporting to the Managing Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for formulating and implementing company’s underwriting and reinsurance policies, maximizing business opportunities, formulating and developing long term product strategies, developing corporate product policies, advising on investment decisions, etc. Specifically, the candidate will:

• Negotiate and procure reinsurance treaties for the company.
• Provide the required hands-on leadership in all technical and operational matters
• Provide leadership on all ICT related issues affecting the company’s operations Advise the Managing Director and Board on technical matters.
• Prepare revenue budgets for the company’s technical operations.
• Preparetechnical inputs to management and financial accounts.
• Properly guide and motivate personnel involved in technical operations.
• Closely monitor trends and developments on technical issues in the insurance market.
• Ensure compliance with the provisions of the insurance laws & regulations.
• Organize appropriate training programs for all technical staff.
• Produce monthly, quarterly and annual reports bordering on technical matters to aid Executive
• Management decisions.
• Act as a relief officer for the CEO when the latter is unavailable

Qualification, Experience and Attributes

• A good first degree (Minimum of Second Class Lower or Upper Credit) in Insurance/Actuarial Science
• Professional membership of ACII or equivalent is a necessary requirement for this position
• Master’s degree in relevant discipline will be an added advantage
• Minimum of 15 years’ cognate experience, 10 of which must be at Management level in an insurance company, 8 of which must have been at executive management level
• Special skills in negotiations
• Demonstrable skills in Information Technology as applicable to insurance business
• Ability to develop and drive a rapidly growing technical portfolio
• Between 45 years and 50 years of age (this could be waived slightly in exceptional cases)

Application Closing Date
6PM; 13th February, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume to: [email protected]

For Enquiries: Please send an email to: [email protected] or SMS to: +2348094111000