Who are we?
Wakam is a B2B2C insurance company that creates white-label insurance solutions via its Play&Plug® technology platform for more than 80 partners. We provide most of our insurance products through API, and hosts white label insurance solutions via our Play&Plug technology platform.
With a footprint spanning 32 countries and revenue of more than €900 million in 2023, mostly generated outside France, Wakam is the European leader in digital and embedded insurance.
Strongly committed to social responsibility, Wakam is a mission-driven company dedicated to “enabling transparent and impactful insurance”.
✯ About the Team
At Wakam, our Transformation, Risk, and Compliance department drives innovation, manages risk, and ensures we stay compliant with industry regulations. As change agents, we lead initiatives that boost operational efficiency and agility.
Our team is focused on identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to safeguard Wakam’s reputation and financial health. We also nurture a culture of compliance, ensuring adherence to the highest regulatory standards and industry guidelines.
✎Your Mission
As a Insurance Supervisory Relations, you will play a pivotal role in managing relationships with regulators and supervisory authorities, ensuring Wakam’s activities comply with regulatory requirements. You will work closely with executive and legal teams to guarantee compliance across the various markets in which we operate.
Your key responsibilities will include:
• Building and maintaining clear, constructive communication with representatives from the ACPR (Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution).
• Preparing and submitting regulatory reports and declarations to supervisors in collaboration with internal teams (Legal, Compliance, Finance), while adhering to strict deadlines.
• Coordinating on-site reviews or audits and providing responses to ACPR requests.
• Partnering with internal teams to follow up and implement corrective measures based on regulatory feedback.
• Advising senior management on regulatory matters and the associated risks.
• Staying on top of regulatory developments and ACPR directives to ensure Wakam remains compliant.
• Training and educating colleagues on regulatory requirements and the implications of new regulations.
✯ Profile
• Education: You hold a Master’s degree (Bac+5) in Law, Economics, Finance, or a related field, with a specialization in insurance law or financial regulation.
• Experience: You have significant experience in a similar role, ideally in the insurance or public sector, with a strong understanding of regulatory challenges.
• Languages: You are fluent in both French and English; proficiency in another language is a plus.
• Regulatory Knowledge: You have a solid grasp of European directives (Solvency II, DDA, PRIIPs) and local regulations.
Your Personal Qualities
• Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex legislative texts.
• Excellent communicator, adept at collaborating with internal teams and external regulators.
• Proactive and detail-oriented, with strong organizational abilities.
• Diplomatic, with a talent for managing complex relationships with regulatory authorities.
Why Join Wakam
• Dynamic and innovative company culture.
• Opportunity to work on challenging projects from the ground up and make a significant impact on the business.
• Supportive and collaborative team environment with opportunities for growth and development.
• Opportunity to work with highly experienced team of seasoned industry professionals
Interview process
• HR Interview
• Manager interview
• Cross interview with the team
• Executive interview (VP/Chief)
• HR culture fit interview
=> Welcome @Wakam
Recruitment Agencies
Wakam has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. Wakam does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters.
Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired. When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact our managers directly.
Positive energy, agility, and team spirit are essential to support Wakam in its hyper-growth!
You have the Wakam mindset? Join us!
More about us
Our culture? Free to impact. A culture where everything is possible, where all ideas are taken into consideration, where everyone has an impact on the transformation of insurance! Hungry for freedom? Thirsty for autonomy? If you are adventurous and like challenges, then the Wakam adventure might be made for you!
Discover on our website who we really are with the 11 cultural markers that so well describe us!
What we are looking for ?
Mindset compatibility with our ‘Free to Impact’ culture:
• Think big
• Biased for action
• Curious and eager to learn
• Can say no and find solutions
• Aims for the moon (but please don’t stick on the moon)
And above all: have fun working together
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Good to know !
• Wakam is not based on a hierarchy but on a methodology where everyone finds their role and knows their objectives.
• With a flat hierarchical system and a highly collaborative operating model, Wakam is an extremely agile and transparent company.
• Every last Friday of the month, it’s Free.day @Wakam, a day without meetings to take a step aside and dedicate ourselves to skills sponsorship or other activities (because we are curious, I remind you).
• Full-remote is a reality at Wakam (there is even one Wakamee who works from his sailing boat ) with our Wakam From Anywhere (WFA) program. Last but not least : we are nice and we have fun! (you’ll find out by yourself
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At Wakam, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to your recruiter.
Location: Paris, IDF, FR
Offer Expires: 2025-02-19 14:19:03
Job Posting Language: en
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