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Ceded Re Operations Specialist | High-Growth Specialty Insurance | High-Growth Specialty Insurance | London (Hybrid) | Up to £65,000 + 10% Bonus
About the Company
Our client is a highly dynamic specialty carrier writing predominantly UK commercial business, with a growing international footprint spanning US and EU programs. They combine deep technical underwriting expertise with a lean, agile infrastructure that allows them to move fast and capitalise on market opportunities quickly.
Operating with a collaborative, fast-paced startup mentality, they avoid rigid corporate silos and offer an environment where commercial professionals can take real ownership and drive tangible business outcomes.
About the Role
As the Ceded Re Operations Specialist, the successful candidate will be the strategic and technical engine behind the business's reinsurance operations and ceded platform. The business is a modern, high-growth specialty insurance platform dedicated to bringing technical excellence and operational agility to the international insurance marketplace.
Reporting directly to a US-based Line Manager while benefiting from full daily support from the established UK team, this role requires a true self-starter who can work independently and excel in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment.
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This is a high-visibility position focused on managing and optimizing the end-to-end Ceded Re reinsurance process. The successful candidate will oversee treaty and facultative reinsurance administration, premium/claim bordereaux processing, financial reconciliation, and reinsurance asset recovery. It’s an ideal step for an ambitious reinsurance operations professional looking for direct ownership and high-level exposure in a rapidly expanding business.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the day-to-day administration of ceded reinsurance treaties and facultative placements across all core business lines.
- Manage the accurate preparation, processing, and reconciliation of reinsurance premium and claims bordereaux.
- Oversee ceded claims recoveries, tracking aged balances, resolving disputes, and ensuring prompt collection from reinsurers.
- Work closely with US leadership and UK operational, underwriting, and finance teams to streamline reinsurance reporting.
- Identify operational bottlenecks, automate reporting workflows, and enhance control frameworks across the Ceded Re suite.
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Skills & Competencies
- Solid understanding of Ceded Re operations, treaty and facultative structure, and reinsurance accounting principles.
- High level of self-motivation, comfortable operating with a remote line manager and navigating a agile scale-up setting.
- Exceptional attention to detail when working with complex financial datasets, ledger balances, and reinsurance contracts.
- Strong communication skills to build seamless relationships across both UK and US business units.
Qualifications & Experience
- Proven experience within reinsurance operations, Ceded Re administration, or reinsurance accounting within an insurer, MGA, or broker.
- Demonstrated track record of working independently or within a fast-moving start-up / scale-up environment.
- Deep knowledge of London Market and international reinsurance processing practices.
- Proficiency with modern insurance platforms, ledger software, and advanced Excel modeling.
Role Details
- Up to £65,000 base + 10% bonus
- London (Hybrid working pattern).
- US-based Line Manager with full local UK team support.
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