Senior Energy Transition Risk Consultant
London, UK – also open to other UK locations
At AXA XL, we offer more than 30 lines of business across Property, Casualty and Specialty risk, insuring companies with most complex risks across different territories. As we look to the future our desire is to continue growing to ensure we are meeting the needs of all our clients, of all business types and size. A key initiative to help us achieve this aim is to build a compelling Energy Transition proposition across AXA XL. This will enable us to enhance our existing product and service expertise with new experience and skills to support our clients on their energy transition journey.
With investment from AXA Group, this exciting growth plan means that we have an opportunity for an experienced Energy Transition Risk Consultant to join us and work closely with the Risk Consulting Energy Transition Leader and the Global Head of Energy Transition to develop AXA XL’s global Energy Transition strategy. This strategy will ensure that AXA XL is positioned to offer clients and brokers product and services across key elements of the energy transition including renewables, carbon capture and storage, carbon offsetting coupled with robust risk consulting capabilities.
AXA XL’s culture of profitable growth is at the core of our underwriting ethos, and the primary driver of both strategic and day-to-day decisions. As an extensive global business, we take pride in teamwork, underwriting excellence, discipline, and the implementation of consistent underwriting and risk consulting standards and practices. We aim to consistently outperform the competition and attract the best talent by being the employer of choice in the markets we operate in.
As a Senior Energy Transition Risk Consultant, you will embody these values and be responsible for the delivery of outstanding risk consulting services to underwriters and clients. This role is considered both a technical and market/customer-facing position supporting the Global Energy Transition Leader to build a robust market and client profile.
DISCOVER your opportunity
What will your essential responsibilities include?
· Your key mission is to advise Underwriters on industry specific risks and support Clients in implementing their carbon emission reduction strategy to drive AXA’s contribution to a decarbonized economy.
· Besides Energy Transition you will be part of and interact with the engineering team supporting the broad energy portfolio of AXAXL
· You will meet with underwriters, brokers and clients of the Energy Industry to discuss specific risk consulting solutions helping clients to improve their risks in their energy transition technologies
· You may also be required to visit client sites to evaluate location and industry specific risks and report your findings in a structured way back to underwriting and the client.
· You will be working very closely with AXA XL’s Energy Engineers and Underwriters across the globe, providing them with insights into industry trends, emerging issues and technical information pertinent to transitioning to a decarbonized economy.
· You will help the underwriting team to enhance their risk knowledge, select profitable clients and reduce losses.
· You will be working in compliance with our technical rules and guidelines.
· You will be sharing your knowledge and expertise with colleagues who are interested in learning about energy transition.
· You will be working with our local claims team helping them to better understand the losses we pay. Your in-depth industry knowledge is key for this support.
You will be reporting to the local Risk Consulting Team Leader with a dotted line to the UK based Risk Consulting Energy Transition Leader.
SHARE your talent
We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:
· You have a degree in an energy engineering field or in chemical, process, or mechanical engineering
· You have worked in the Energy Industry and have some experience in any of the following
o Renewable energy technologies - such as wind, solar or battery energy storage,
o Fossil fuel power
o Oil & gas
o Work in an equivalent risk consulting position
· You are interested in the energy transition and learning about new and emerging technologies
· Experience with projects and technologies that involve Hydrogen, Biofuels, CCS or similar would be beneficial.
· You are used to working autonomously, you are curious and a highly motivated self-starter, you have good relationship skills and are a great team player
· You are available for occasional travels (including abroad) when required
· You are fluent in English - other languages are a plus
