Job Description
Growth Strategy & Execution - EMEA Lead
This role will report into the Reinsurance Strategy and Execution Team, while being locally embedded within the EMEA Growth Team to accelerate local initiatives and drive a balanced regional execution field with alignment to global Reinsurance strategic priorities and standard process.
Demonstrating an understanding of Regional business needs, developing strong partner relationships, and balancing local with global requirements will be key to success. Growth Strategy & Execution - EMEA Lead will work in collaboration with the EMEA Growth Leaders to implement global growth initiatives and changes locally, including but not limited to business processes, technologies, tools and systems.
In this way, the Growth Strategy & Execution - EMEA Lead will be instrumental to enabling the regional team to make better decisions in strategic and tactical matters, have more informed discussions, using data and analytics, and growing capacity for broking teams to spend time with clients and trading partners, ultimately culminating in achieving New/New business results in EMEA.
Aon is in the business of better decisions
At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.
As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.
What the day will look like
- Support the EMEA Growth leaders in strategic business planning to drive delivery of regional growth objectives:
- In alignment to global growth objectives
- Consider trade offs and prioritization of local initiatives
- Advise on resource allocation
- Support performance tracking against growth targets and investment using global tools
- Structure messaging and coordinate materials for leadership business reviews
- Develop business cases for investment
- Represent EMEA growth teams, demonstrating a thorough understanding of regional business needs, challenges and feedback to inform and optimize global tools, discipline frameworks and reporting
- Partner with broking and other business functions (risk, operations, finance, HR etc) to accelerate programs and initiatives critical to delivering regional growth objectives
- Develop local execution roadmaps and accelerate execution
- Implement global tools, discipline and reporting frameworks solving for local nuances to enable sustainable adoption through embedded behavioural change
- Identify relevant project risks and develop appropriate mitigation strategies
- Proactively recommend and execute continuous business improvement including efforts to support margin expansion and growth
Skills and experience that will lead to success
- Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years’ experience within the (Re)Insurance Sector
- Project management experience including across regional businesses
- Experience in developing and completing strategic plans and driving growth
- Ability to actively and credibly contribute to the overall strategic business agenda influencing decision making
- Strong verbal and written skills, presentation skills
- An analytical and commercial mind-set with the ability to balance strategic needs with accelerating execution to deliver timely business results
- Strategic problem solver, with a solution led approach
- Experience with collaborating across business units i.e HR, Finance, Legal, IT and able to flexible manage and leverage resources in a sophisticated global matrix structure
How we support our colleagues
In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognise that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working!
Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.
We provide individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us to request an accommodation on ReasonableAdjustments@Aon.com
Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
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