Manager, Risk Management and Insurance

Southern Company • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

The Manager leads Southern Company’s Risk Management & Insurance Department Atlanta section, overseeing personnel and designated liability coverage lines, including surety and captive operations. The role provides professional and technical expertise in assessing corporate property and casualty risks; selecting risk management strategies; designing and negotiating risk transfer, risk financing, and loss control plans; and integrating these plans into Southern Company’s enterprise-wide risk management practices. It also administers corporate risk and insurance programs and supports alternative risk transfer arrangements for Southern Company and its subsidiaries.

The position provides strategic leadership and operational oversight, manages staff and vendor relationships, and works with company personnel, operating subsidiaries, insurers, brokers, claims administrators, legal counsel, actuaries, and consultants. It manages captive operations and related compliance, insurance and alternative-risk-financing programs, claims, construction insurance plans, departmental and subsidiary budgets, underwriting information, and premium allocations. The role may support enterprise risk management and corporate resilience initiatives, lead or assist with AI initiatives for risk management and insurance applications, and act as an assistant to the Director on special projects. Travel may be up to 25% of the time.

Requirements

• BBA with an emphasis in risk management, commercial property and casualty insurance, risk finance, or a related field.
• At least 13 years of relevant experience, depending on academic background, in corporate risk management, insurance brokerage, captive management, and/or commercial lines underwriting.
• Management or supervisory experience.
• Experience managing third-party vendors.
• Extensive knowledge and demonstrated expertise in corporate property and casualty insurance policies, particularly commercial liability insurance.
• Knowledge of finance, particularly risk-financing applications, and contractual risk transfer and insurance techniques.
• Strategic leadership capability, including developing and executing functional strategies aligned with enterprise objectives.
• Ability to assess business operations holistically, identify emerging risks and trends, lead transformation and process improvement, and adjust priorities as conditions change.
• Operational and financial management skills, including staff direction, goal setting, budget management, forecasting, resource allocation, performance monitoring, and compliance with policies and governance standards.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Problem-solving and negotiation skills, including the ability to handle occasional conflict constructively.
• Strong organization and time-management skills, including prioritization and management of multiple tasks.
• People leadership skills, including fostering collaboration and inclusion, developing staff, providing constructive performance feedback, and maintaining a leadership pipeline.
• Superior knowledge of property and casualty insurance.
• Working knowledge of construction risk management and insurance tools and techniques; alternative risk-financing techniques; claims handling and negotiations; risk management information systems; and loss-control principles and practices.
• Strong oral and written communication, teamwork, and negotiation skills; ability to establish rapport and interact effectively with people at varying levels and with external service providers.
• Ability to influence decisions through data-driven recommendations and business insight.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

• MBA and/or CPCU or ARM designation.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuing professional development.
• Working knowledge of electric, gas, and renewable energy projects and major contracts across development, construction, operations, and maintenance, including related risks and insurance or loss-control measures.
• General knowledge of enterprise risk management principles and practices.
• Knowledge of utility-industry property and casualty insurance markets, particularly mutual insurers such as AEGIS and Energy Insurance Mutual.
• Broad knowledge of Southern Company and its subsidiaries’ core and non-core operations.
• Experience with, or commitment to soon acquire, ChatGPT, Claude Enterprise, 365 Copilot/Studio, and other AI-related tools and their current or potential risk management and insurance applications.
• Experience with DXC’s Assure/RiskMaster.

Responsibilities

• Lead the SCS Risk Management Atlanta Section, directing and overseeing designated personnel and their work.
• Identify and assess corporate property and casualty exposures arising from current and planned operations, particularly commercial liability risks.
• Provide strategic leadership for property and casualty insurance and risk transfer programs.
• Advise supply chain, contracts administration, project development, legal, and operations personnel on techniques to minimize risk; support or lead relevant contract negotiations as requested.
• Design, negotiate, place, and administer insurance and other risk-financing techniques to reduce the financial impact of losses and achieve a long-term lowest cost of risk.
• Manage captive operations and supporting staff, ensuring effective operations and state and regulatory compliance.
• Design, implement, and manage designated liability lines, captive arrangements, and alternative risk-financing and insurance plans, including budgeting, accounting reconciliation, underwriting information, excess insurance and reinsurance negotiations, premium allocations, claims settlement, recordkeeping, and coordination with captive managers and brokers.
• Support loss-control programs for company and subsidiary facilities and operations; assess exposures, recommend measures to prevent or mitigate losses, and share best practices.
• Work with subsidiary, operational, and risk management personnel to maintain effective relationships and communications with insurers and loss-control personnel.
• Administer and negotiate certain casualty claims and, as needed, property claims; support negotiations to achieve timely and equitable resolutions and optimal insurance recoveries.
• Design, implement, and manage assigned construction insurance plans, including Builders Risk Property Insurance and Owner Controlled Insurance Programs for workers’ compensation and general liability.
• Structure and manage relationships with insurers, brokers, third-party claims administrators, legal counsel, actuaries, and consultants.
• Administer departmental and subsidiary billing budgets, underwriting, and premium allocation programs for assigned coverages.
• Develop or assist the Director in developing strategy and lead departmental efforts to design, implement, or enhance AI tools and techniques for risk management and insurance applications.
• Potentially collaborate with enterprise risk management and corporate resilience functions in support of an integrated enterprise risk management strategy.
• Act as Assistant to the Director, Risk Management, and handle assigned special projects.
• Travel up to 25% of the time.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Annual incentive awards for eligible employees.
• Health, welfare, and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being.
• May be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, subject to applicable plan terms and conditions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager