Workers Compensation Team Lead

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About the role

  • Workers Compensation Team Lead supervising claims examiners and technical staff for Sedgwick's global claims management services. Managing adjudication quality, complex claims, client relationships, and team performance.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise multiple teams of examiners, product line examiners, and/or at least seven technical operations colleagues
  • Monitor colleagues' workloads and individual claim activities
  • Provide training and technical/jurisdictional direction on claims adjudication reports
  • Identify and advise management on trends, problems, issues, and recommended actions
  • Inform management of new procedures and continuous process improvement ideas
  • Coordinate office projects with management
  • Compile, review, and analyze management reports and take appropriate action
  • Perform quality reviews on claims for audit, service contract, and quality standards compliance
  • Act as second level of appeal for client and claimant issues and implement final dispositions
  • Review reserves on high-cost claims and claims exceeding examiner authority
  • Monitor third-party, litigated, serious vocational rehabilitation, questionable, and sensitive claims
  • Maintain client contact, promote professional client relationships, make claim-status recommendations, and provide written claim resumes
  • Ensure direct reports are properly licensed in serviced jurisdictions
  • Ensure claims files are correctly coded and adequately documented
  • Administer personnel policies and staffing standards
  • Interview, hire, establish performance development plans, and conduct performance discussions
  • Provide support, guidance, leadership, and motivation
  • Support organizational quality programs
  • Perform other assigned duties

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university preferred
  • Licenses as required
  • Professional certifications as applicable to line of business preferred
  • Six (6) years of claims experience or equivalent combination of education and experience required
  • Two (2) years of claims supervisor experience required
  • Thorough knowledge of claims management processes and procedures for multiple product lines
  • Excellent oral and written communication, including presentation skills
  • PC literate, including Microsoft Office products
  • Leadership/management/motivational skills
  • Analytical and interpretive skills
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent negotiation skills
  • Ability to work in a team environment
  • Ability to meet or exceed Performance Competencies

Benefits

  • Work-life balance
  • Inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes
  • Accommodation support during recruitment if required

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$67,847 - CA$100,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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