Underwriting Strategist at the Concept Group

The Concept Group is a holding company for companies established in 1992. Subsidiaries under the Group include: Rosabon Financial Services - Nigeria’s Leading Financial Intermediary and Equipment Leasing Company, Concept Nova - Bespoke Enterprise IT Solutions Company,Percy Aitkins - Bureau De Change.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Underwriting Strategist

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

The Underwriting Strategist is responsible for continuously building and developing underwriting strategies.

Duties and Responsibilities

Ability to balance the act between profitability and growth for the organization.
Build a well-defined strategy and process for underwriters to understand carrier appetite when
underwriting high-risk profiles.
Build clearly a defined business structure for proper decision-making.
Ability to build and develop processes that can align the goal and focus of the business.
Develop strategies to determine loan risk and customer behavioral trends.
Ability to articulate the underwriting process into actionable pieces of information that can be leveraged by the underwriters.
Develop, build and prioritize risk into classes.
Develop strategies that can enable risk control.
Develop a strong analysis framework that will guide the underwriting process.
Ability to detect and understand competitive differentiators that make the difference from other processes.

Job Knowledge

B.Sc in Finance, Accounting, or any relevant field.
The ideal candidate should have 2 years and above experience with a financial background.
A knack for figures and passionate about analysis and process optimization.
In-depth knowledge of IFRS principles and changes.

Skills and Competencies: