Property Cat Leader Jobs

Individually we are people, but together we are Aviva. Individually these are just words, but together they are our Values – Care, Commitment, Community, and Confidence.
Our Property Claims team is once again growing, this time with a Catastrophe (CAT) team and we are looking for a Property CAT Leader (Hybrid)
In this role, the CAT Leader and their team will deploy to the location of a severe weather event impacting our customers to inspect, write damage estimates and help our customers through the claims process. You would be expected to respond within 24 hours notice and 365 days a year. Extended work hours and weekend work will be required while working a CAT event and when not responding to a CAT, your team will be supporting the business as needed. In this role you will build an environment for people to do the best work of their lives & build a stronger team by developing employee’s potential in their current role and for future career aspirations. The CAT Leader will also identify and collaborate with various team members to improve system conditions to impact the service for our customers, the environment for our people and our financial performance.
The successful candidate will communicate effectively with confidence, curiosity, courage and in a collaborative manner creating a clear vision of the outcomes we require and how our people will contribute to achieve those.
This is a hybrid role and requires flexible extended working hours which will include weekend and after hours work in office or on site at catastrophe events.
What You'll Do
People manager & architect:

• Complete ride along inspections with your people to develop their technical acumen of writing estimates and look for opportunities to improve the customer experience
• Identify, assess and retain the best possible talent to strengthen our business
• Ensure technical development of claims file handlers
• Understand and know our people, support training and develop their capability in the role and work with them to support career aspirations while manage performance
• Lead effectively and positively through implementation of change.
• Have honest, constructive conversations with our people, set clear direction and goals giving frequent, honest, clear and constructive feedback to improve their performance and achieve the business goals.
• Understand and apply risk management controls proportionately

Operational & Performance Effectiveness

• Use data to understand how our people and the business unit are performing and initiate improvement activity through to execution.
• Take full responsibility for the results of our team, how they contribute to the overall companies performance and understand the consequence and impact of key decisions you make
• Customer demand analysis – assist in identifying the root cause of “waste and failure” in the business unit
• Create an environment dedicated to exceptional customer outcomes and champion the improvement to service
• Make decisions using data; observe the environment to identify performance blockers/barriers. Use the data, insight and expertise of the frontline to determine how we improve our overall performance, results and the customer’s journey.
• Fully understand and mitigate internal and external claims risks you are accountable for managing, meet our compliance obligations and measure how our team meet those requirements
• Be “in the work” to understand our people’s capability, our unit’s performance.
• Participate in the Quality assurance programme for your team. Identify and ensure training is addressed in a timely and effective manner.

Business & Financial Acumen

• Identify and report on any suspicions of fraud or financial irregularities in line with existing Aviva procedures
• Expert understanding of the claims experience while understanding the technical strategic direction for the claims file
• Clearly articulate and effectively communicate the link between our purpose, our strategy, our commitment and our culture
• Look for new and incremental ways to improve things every day for the customer
• Clear understanding of financial elements of our claims function to ensure we remain financially strong and deliver year on year improvement in our business performance
• Maintain the accuracy and integrity of the financial information captured in Aviva systems

Innovation

• Lead change initiatives for the team and business function
• Identify opportunities to improve the customer journey, the claims handling processes and financial outcomes for our business

What You'll Bring

• University Degree or College Diploma or equivalent Property technical work experience
• Performance management and career development of others
• 5 + years of working in Claims / insurance industry experience with a strong knowledge of Property
• Computer proficiency; Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
• 2 years of experience leading people
• Prior experience writing estimates/ scoping building damage
• Ability to gain insight from data to improve the performance of our people
• Technical competence in Personal and Commercial insurance
• CIP or FCIP Industry designation
• Sound decision making and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• First Notice of Loss Catastrophic Event experience

What You’ll Get

• Compelling rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities.
• Employee driven programs focused on gender, LGBTQ+, origins, diversity and inclusion
• Competitive vacation package with the option to purchase 5 extra days off per year
• Exceptional Career Development opportunities.
• Hybrid flexible work model
• Corporate wellness programs to support our employees’ physical and mental health
• We’ll support your professional development education.

Aviva Canada is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities during all phases of the hiring process including the application process. If you require an accommodation because of a disability, we will work with you to meet your needs. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance. If you are selected for an interview and require an accommodation, you are encouraged to advise the Talent Acquisition Partner who will consult with you to determine an appropriate accommodation.