Business Development Analyst I

Together, we help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times.
In return, we promise to provide support, opportunities and performance-led financial rewards at a workplace where you can shape the future, win as a team and grow with us.

A career with Intact Specialty Solutions is an opportunity to deepen your expertise in the insurance industry and grow your skillset across a wide variety of lines of business spanning 180 countries. Being part of Canada’s largest P&C insurer and leading provider of global specialty insurance means learning from industry experts and expanding our capabilities. Our team is seeking a Business Development Analyst to support our growing team!

Build out potential strategic projects independently, ensuring alignment with strategic ambition and that there is clear consultation with the business.
Assess the strategic future direction of our portfolio mix to support consistent profitable performance and a sustainable and resilient result.
Alongside the SL Business Development executives, lead consulting projects with portfolios, business units, as well as executive team members, to support organic and inorganic growth and market benchmarking.
Support Canadian BD executives with current market dynamics and technical performance commentary on a monthly basis to generate opportunities and strategize under performance within the business
Monitor all of the company's activities that influence the business relationships of the firms on our Scorecard
Identify trends in the performance of the business unit and recommend actions to help improve the underwriting result.
Support the business from a strategy and planning perspective.
Contribute to the portfolio strategy preparation for individual classes of business

Strong understanding of Commercial and Specialty Lines insurance (including internationally), and associated products and features.
Strong understanding of market and economic dynamics, with the ability to articulate observed trends and craft operational actions for the business.
Strong knowledge of Portfolio Management and associated metrics, and ability to co-ordinate and drive action across the business.
Will need a good network and interpersonal skills to support delivery of the role.

Able to challenge standard thinking, get to the root cause of an issue, and fostering an increasingly data led business.
Proven research and analysis skills, both qualitative and quantitative and ability to generate robust insights.
This role will support the Business Development function to deliver outperformance, via operational plans and strategic portfolio optimisation, helping set the broader growth appetite, KPIs and framework within which the P&Ls will utilize and optimise/grow the portfolio – all within set frameworks.
This role will seek out and own the analysis of external opportunities and risks to drive growth
This role will lead consulting to the business on portfolio-specific assignments

University degree or college diploma in business, accounting, finance, economics, statistics or related field or any combination of education and experience.
Expert knowledge of advanced Excel, PowerPoint, data visualization tools (like PowerBI, Tableau, Zoho etc) and other analytical tools.
Can influence business relationships to achieve business development and growth objectives.
Very good knowledge of the SL business and insurance products.
At Intact, our Value of respect is founded on seeing diversity as a strength. We encourage applications from individuals who are members of equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, Black people, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.

As part of Intact’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that we work, meet and travel across the land currently called Canada, originally inhabited by First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. We have policies to ensure equal access and participation for people with disabilities, including providing workplace adjustments (accommodations). A copy of applicable policies is available on request.

Please note that Intact does not provide sponsorship or other support for immigration-related matters including but not limited to employer-specific closed work permits. If you are an employee of Intact or belairdirect, please apply for this role on Internal Career Site.