Senior Associate - Risk

Introducing your new team

You will join our global Engineering Risk & Analytics Practice (ER&A), a top-tier consulting group that works across many industries and creates value for clients by leveraging risk experts and analytical solutions to provide holistic risk management solutions. Risk is more volatile and complex than ever, and our clients rely on our team to enhance their competitive advantage by creating effective risk management strategies aligned with their corporate objectives. Our team operates as a global practice, collaborating with WTW Industry and Broking practice groups to provide an integrated and structured approach to risk management, combining risk consulting and quantification with the execution of a risk financing strategy.

Our Regional ER&A Team supports our mission by helping companies unlock potential through effective risk management. Our clients rely on us to craft strategies to quantify, mitigate, and improve risk, taking advantage of our specialist industry experience and unparalleled market know-how. The result is a new way of embracing risk that drives superior results by putting risk management at the front-and-center of our client engagement.

Accelerate your career

At WTW, we prioritize development and coaching. Many of our colleagues have the opportunity to work internationally, lead teams, and collaborate across the organization. In this role, you will receive frequent mentoring from colleagues around the world and be assigned a senior colleague aligned to your career path that will help you grow and achieve your goals. Additionally, you will benefit from WTW global professional development programs specifically designed for our team of qualified actuaries.

How you will create value from risk for our clients

Based in Tokyo, Japan and working alongside our regional ER&A team of risk engineers, consultants, actuaries, accountants and climate specialists, this role focuses on creating value for our clients by enhancing their approach to risk and becoming a trusted advisor.

The role will involve conducting Construction and Operational insurable risk surveys for a wide range of Japan and regional clients and providing risk & insurance advisory, risk assessments, risk engineering, data analytics, loss prevention and technical claims support. The role will involve managing accounts for large domestic and multi-national organizations and requires a thorough knowledge of Highly Protected Risk (HPR) property protection practices, international codes & standards, fire and life safety systems plus an understanding of project and construction risk management techniques.

Key responsibilities include: 

• Design and arrange detailed Risk Engineering services through discussions with WTW account teams, clients and underwriter engineers. 
• Coordinate, manage and/or lead the execution of both Construction and Operational underwriting surveys to the satisfaction of clients and insurers.
• Prepare Construction and Operational underwriting information and risk profile reports to assist in the placement of client insurance programs.  Reports will contain understanding, assessment and opinion of key hazards at projects/facilities and how clients’ management team are controlling/mitigating their impact.
• Develop risk improvement recommendations that are clear, appropriate and are fairly balanced between the interests of clients and insurers.
• Prepare calculations of various worst case loss scenarios within company guidelines across a range of industries and insurance lines.
• Ensure that all reports and other deliverables are prepared to quality standards and in a timely manner.
• Provide technical support and guidance to clients and the WTW broking team(s) across a range of risk issues relating to good industry practices.
• Forensic analysis of client insurance claims to identify the cause and where necessary, lead the technical aspect of the investigation, calling in other expert support and liaising with claims advocates to ensure full and timely settlement
• Working with the wider regional ER&A team, to assess, discuss, coordinate and deliver risk engineering and strategic consulting services for construction and operational clients/prospects in the Philippines and their wider regional/global asset portfolios.
• Input into and maintain all risk management team tracking and management information tools.
• Maintain technical competency in key industrial sectors and hazards whilst keeping personal knowledge up to date with risk management developments (e.g. attend seminars, review technical publications, etc.).
• Represent WTW professionally on business trips and in meetings.
• Comply with all WTW company policies (e.g. Travel, Ethics, etc.).
• Any other duties commensurate with position or level of responsibility.