Assignment: Night Shift

We are looking for a dynamic and engaging Senior Accountant for an opportunity to join an industry-leading Property & Casualty insurance carrier focused on partnering with Reinsurers, MGAs/Program Administrators, and Insurtechs.

We provide access to commercial and personal lines utilizing our admitted and non-admitted capabilities across all 50 states. You would join a deeply experienced and broadly talented operating team where your experience and drive will become instrumental in further growing our business.

In addition to the day-to-day coordination of activities related to internal and external functions supporting the finance department this position is also responsible for but are not limited to the following:

• Prepare monthly program journal entries for the direct and ceded business
• On a monthly basis reconcile cash to each program’s premium bordereaux
• Prepare quarterly and annual Statutory statements, footnotes, and schedules
• Assist Compliance in quarterly and annual data calls
• Assist and provide support with annual external audit
• Identify and improve efficiencies with the monthly close
• Support & assist in the implementation of a data feed into the general ledger to expedite monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting
• Build reports for quarterly and annual statutory reporting
• Work closely with Claims manager to ensure TPA’s are funded timely
• Assist in preparing slides for the Board and Audit committee meetings
• Assist on various adhoc projects
• Work collaboratively with reinsurance, actuarial and program managers to resolve reconciling items
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

The Business Operations Associate is responsible for interpreting, analyzing, and processing various activities in support of property and casualty insurance operations. The candidate will need to perform activities with a high degree of accuracy and consistently meet service level requirements.

• Interpret data, analyze results and process transactions in various systems in support of the following areas:
  • Submission Clearance
  • Policy & Endorsement Issuance
  • Other operations, as needed
• Prepare and issue documents and reports accurately, as per specifications
• Interact with team and customers as required to complete deliverables
• Communicate issues or queries on a timely basis to ensure quick resolution
• Assist with troubleshooting and improving processes, as needed

The operations analyst is responsible for interpreting, analyzing, and processing various activities in support of property and casualty insurance operations. The candidate will need to perform activities with a high degree of accuracy and consistently meet service level requirements

The operations analyst is responsible for interpreting, analyzing, and processing various activities in support of property and casualty insurance operations. The candidate will need to perform activities with a high degree of accuracy and consistently meet service level requirements

The operations analyst is responsible for collection, organization, interpretation, analysis, scrubbing, documentation and dissemination of complex data sets. The candidate will provide analysis, will process and normalize the data to ensure data integrity and will create queries, views and reports. The candidate will provide support and be part of the Cash Management team.

• Interpret data, analyze results, and provide ongoing reports
• Develop and implement data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality
• Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintain databases/data systems
• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in a complex data sets
• Filter and scrub data, and review reports and performance indicators to locate and correct code problems
• Locate and define new process improvement opportunities

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Job Purpose

The successful candidate will be part of a team of Demurrage and Post Deal Expense claim professionals in Manila. The team will provide Demurrage and Post deal claim analysis, defence, pursuit, advise and settlement on behalf of companies within the North American business, such as STUSCO, SOPUS and Shell Trading Canada.

The Voyage Claims Advisor will typically be:

• Assigned to a less complex desk involving:

• Few Multi-Desk (combi) cargoes involving different traders

• Few deviations/ standard deviations on returning deal structure

• Less challenging business partners and customers

• Dem desks; Chemfeeds vessels and barge demurrage on all desks, PDE desks; Chemfeeds, LPG, Baseoil, Canada and Fuel Oil -> less complex operations, smaller quantities with less likely demurrage impact operational complexity, less contractual variation and challenges, less multi event voyages

Accountabilities

• Manage a claims portfolio while setting daily prioritizations

• Proactively calculate and negotiate claims with the intent of minimizing claim exposure to Shell entities; send recovery claims prior to time bar date (last date for submission)

• Investigate the events of a voyage, deviations from the initial agreement and check what was contractually agreed

• Investigate the operations at load/ discharge port(s) and review contract and other agreements and check what was contractually agreed

• Prepare claims with third parties and stakeholders to ensure high income for Shell while reducing cost paid by Shell

• Ensure timely recovery of claims

• Ensure payment of agreed cost claims when needed

• Ensure close cooperation with the trading desk to understand their objectives, goals and preferred ways of working, their impact on your role; share with them exposure on deals and reasons for exposure

• Ensure all claim activities are correctly reflected in financial and trading systems including the P&L

• Support your line manager in understanding your portfolio position and support system clean-ups and reflection projects to guarantee data cleanliness

• Learn root cause analysis and use knowledge to suggest ways to reduce claim exposure through operational and contractual improvements

• Follow internal guideline on escalation to Team lead, Commercial Ops and Traders

• Ensure correct handling of sanctions, counterpart detail changes and data confidentiality related to claims

• Follow internal procedures for approval of payments and settlements

• Use a continuous improve mind-set to support process improvements 

• Take ownership for safety, compliance and audit readiness

• Support internal projects and support trainings where needed

Job Requirements

• Able to work one scope and backup one other individual in the team without comprehensive training being required

• Develop the ability to predict problems and propose future remedies

• Develop the ability to advise Trading on Charter party and Oil Demurrage clauses to avoid future exposure.

Advantageous

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (previous work experience will be taken into consideration for any candidates who might not meet the educational standard)

• Proven track record of successfully adapting to and working with exceptions that fall outside of a defined process

• Evidenced ability to suggest process improvements and ways of reducing exposure

• Evidenced commercial ability that is aligned with the goals and objectives of the business partner

• Evidenced ability to work independently with a moderate amount of guidance

• Evidence of good relationship building skills

• Maritime / Legal / Sales / Claims background

• Knowledge of Endur, RADAR, ECAP, SalesForce, SAP, IO

• Claims handling experience

• Commercial experience

• Knowledge of Shipping and/or Trading and Supply

• Spanish or Portuguese language skills for working with Latin America counterparties

Leadership Attributes

Authenticity

• Act with personal integrity and transparency

• Curious, eager to learn and express own view with humility

Growth

• Embrace and adapt to change

• Mindful of impact of own behaviour on Shell’s reputation

Collaboration

• Establish strong working relationships with individual stakeholders

• Listen to understand customer needs and perspectives

Performance

• Work for the good of the team, support other team members to deliver

• Understand how Shell generates value and makes money

Job Competency Profile

• Value Chain Management and E2E Profitability – Knowledge

• Compliance Control and Risk Management – Knowledge

• Supply Chain Contracts and Negotiation – Knowledge

• Supply Chain Customer Service – Knowledge

• Trading Operation and Documentations – Knowledge

• Application Usage - Tools/ Systems / Platforms - Skill

• Commercial agility - Knowledge

• Analyses and Solves Problems - Skill

• Attention to Detail - Mastery

• Communicates and Persuades - Skill

• Team Working - Skill

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Market Summary
Partners with departments to identify, create, and rollout processes that optimize workflow. Strategically approaches short- and mid-term projects that improve transactional processes.

Impact
• Applies practical knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.
• Makes decisions regarding own work methods, occasionally in ambiguous situations.

Communication
• Interacts largely with internal peers and contacts. Begins to build internal professional network that may cross department/areas. 
• Influences internal customers within the scope to achieve short term national project objectives.

Innovation
• Modifies existing methods, techniques and/or processes across job areas.
• Problems and issues faced are in general difficult but not complex.

Knowledge
• Works on assignments of moderate size, scope, diversity, and/or complexity. Performs a variety of assignments, employing diverse methods and skills.
• Typically requires a bachelor's degree and 2-4 years of experience or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

Requirements

• At least 2 Years of experience as a Operations Manager.

• At least 2 Years of experience in Telco Sales / Service account

• Knowledge of billing procedures, collection techniques and upsell.

• Knowledge of Outlier management and coaching techniques.

• Proven experience and knowledge as a Resolution Supervisor

• Working knowledge of MS Office and databases.

• Comfortable working with targets to exceed our client’s expectations.

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)

• Organization, proper decision-making, and analytical problem-solving skills.

Responsible for the development of team leaders/coaches

• Must be willing to work onsite

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POSITION DESCRIPTION

SENIOR MANAGER, COLLECTIONS & FINANCE OPERATIONS
Metro Manila, Philippines

Reports to: Retail Collections Manager, Vocus (Australia)
 

We’re an award-winning global outsourcer providing a suite of contact centre and back office services. We’re proud of our success as Australia’s largest outsourcer to the Philippines and as our Senior Manager, Collections & Finance Operations you’ll continue to drive success for our accounts through leading people and projects for the campaign whilst promoting continuous improvement in a high-performance culture.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR ROLE

• Oversight of call centre performance with key focus on collection targets and reducing delinquency on a receivables portfolio of over $50m
• Coaching and mentoring Team Leaders reporting to the role, with an emphasis on facilitating their development and their ability to generate improvements in team quality, efficiency and effectiveness
• Modelling and actively promoting a culture of innovation, challenging the status quo to ensure the business continues to grow and evolve
• Effectively leading the team with a collaborative approach that promotes team synergy and improves staff engagement
• Overseeing operational systems and processes, while actively seeking opportunities for innovation to drive achievement of business objectives
• Anticipating and tracking operational risks and trends to provide strategic solutions, optimising processes and their execution
• Raising and addressing issues and conflicts, removing barriers, resolving issues of medium complexity involving stakeholders and escalating to appropriate level when required
• Managing day to day operations within the Collections department, including recruitment, training, development, engagement, retention, performance of the team, and any changes to the operating model as required
• Effectively managing budgets and resource schedules
• Together with AU leadership, playing a significant role in long-term planning, project status reporting, and effectively driving change management and process improvement initiatives
• Completing reasonability testing and information validation prior to circulating findings and recommendations to key stakeholders
• Working closely with the management team to ensure all operational, administrative, and regulatory/compliance functions are being properly executed
• Seeking and responding to feedback with prompt and appropriate actions to deliver improvement
• Collaborating with team members and stakeholders to ensure seamless business execution, reinforcing positive morale, and upholding company values
• Overseeing and reporting weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual metrics, providing thorough analysis and subsequent action planning
• Establishing and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships, and acting as point of contact for IT, BI, CC&OE, HR and other support functions

A BIT ABOUT YOU

• Strong leadership and influencing skills, with demonstrated experience in developing and leading high performing teams
• Minimum 5 years’ management experience, running a critical business function with multiple teams, products and operating requirements. Process transformation experience is required.
• Proactive, strategic thinker with an innovative approach
• Proven experience in effective coaching and development of emerging leaders
• Detail oriented and analytical, able to interpret data, identify trends, and make suggestions for improvements
• Methodical approach to problem-solving, with tenacity to work continuously toward a suitable solution
• Excellent decision-making skills, backed up with the ability to justify reasoning and take accountability for results
• Ability to work with confidential and time sensitive issues
• Ability to plan, organise, track and coordinate initiatives
• Must possess a professional, courteous, and resilient attitude
• Proven track record of meeting targets and delivering tangible outcomes
• Excellent interpersonal communication and organisational skills
• Ability to build productive business relationships with peers, direct reports and stakeholders.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• Individual and portfolio Key Performance Indicators at or above target
• Engaged and enthusiastic teams
• Reduced attrition and absenteeism
• Strong relationships within Acquire, with Vocus leadership and with other stakeholders
• Completion of initiatives within required timeframes
• Improved efficiency and effectiveness of team members
• Reduction in Telecommunications and Energy Ombudsman complaints

WHAT WE VALUE

We’re proud of our diverse global team, all working in a collaborative environment and happy to share these common values:

• Collaboration
• Impact
• Passion
• Transparency

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What Will You Do:

• Sales Forecasting and Business Reviews:

  • Support the preparation of weekly business reviews, including data aggregation, validation, and basic data analysis, as well as facilitating inputs for sales.

  • Help run tools and procedures that enhance sales forecasting accuracy.

• GTM Dashboards and Reporting:

  • Assist in the management of Salesforce reports and basic dashboards for Sales management and frontline sellers.

  • Aid in streamlining and optimizing reporting processes.

  • Collaborate with data engineers and analysts on analytical projects, with special attention being paid to QA

• GTM Operations Support:

  • Assist with the analysis on escalated issues related to targets, territories, and report bugs.

  • Utilize CRM to identify, manage, and resolve issues effectively.

  • Help provide operational support to the wider GTM Operations team and assist in maintaining the integrity of our CRM system.

Must Haves:

• Strong CRM experience, with an understanding of managing and navigating accounts and opportunities.

• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to stay focussed and to ensure high levels of accuracy when following and developing procedures

• Strong skills in creating and maintaining spreadsheet reports, with familiarity of functions like sumifs, vlookups.

• Basic SQL skills, including an understanding of how to run and update queries.

• Demonstrated ability to work on tight deadlines and thrive in an ambiguous environment.

• Previous experience working in an operational role, managing diverse tasks across various functions

• Solid problem-solving skills with the flexibility to work on a variety of projects and adapt as necessary.

Nice to Have:

• Salesforce experience (CRM and basic reporting)

• Experience with Anaplan.

• Intermediate SQL skills

• Experience with, or exposure to Tableau.

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What you will do:

• Participates in driving productivity, profitability, and customer satisfaction for assigned customer(s) through the order life cycle.
• Partners with branch service teams to manage resources to meet contractual obligations.
• Provides accurate and prompt order management. Implements short and long range account plans to achieve management, financial, and customer objectives.
• In charge in providing assistance and support in the on-time completion of projects and ensuring that they are within budget.
• Defines project milestones, monitor and control project budget consumption and schedule, analyze progress reported against work schedules and recommend actions to improve progress.
• Provide analysis of data and reports
• Responsible for handling administrative tasks of the Project Execution Team.
• Perform on-going schedule tracking and analysis.
• Conducts Project Post-Mortem Analysis and Reporting.
• Perform project management functions

What we look for:

• Graduate of any 4-year course
• Knowledge in Microsoft Office
• Good communication skills, detailed oriented, can work well with a team and works under minimal supervision
• Must have at least 4 years of relevant work experience

We are looking to hire a spirited director of operations to take our organization's operations to the next level. The director of operations will oversee program day to day operations and guard our values. You will analyze data and metrics to evaluate staff performance, lead and encourage employees to maximize performance, and ensure a strong talent pipeline. You will collaborate with human resources to create and implement succession plans for key management and supervisors and advance cohesion between various internal departments.

To be successful in this role you will ensure the quality of operations and customer service, inspire staff to give their all, and expand the company's footprint and strengthen their reputation. Ideal candidates are ambitious and performance-oriented with exceptional people skills.

Director of Operations Responsibilities:

• Playing a leading role in compiling company budget and growth strategy.
• Executing strategies to optimize company and asset growth.
• Ensuring expertise and effectiveness across operating platforms.
• Creating strategies to challenge theft and stock losses, and implementing initiatives to reduce company costs.
• Reviewing financial reports and take initiatives to reduce cost and increase revenue.
• Driving employees and leading performance reviews, to ensure an engaged and skilled workforce.
• Initiating better business practices.
• Collaborating with leadership to build an environment of collective responsibility and accountability.
• Ensuring adherence to key performance objectives to meet business and customer expectations.

Director of Operations Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration.
• 3+ years of experience managing a complex sales and service program preferrably US Telco with 500+ FTEs
• Proven ability to manage budgets in a similar role
• Proficient operational and financial acumen.
• Strong ethical leadership abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong people skills.
• Outstanding organizational skills.
• Ability to make projections three years into the future.

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