Director – Valuation Practice Leader

Description

The Opportunity

Insurance Valuations is a strategic priority within WTW’s global Forensic Accounting & Valuation Services (FAVS) Risk & Analytics. We are seeking a Director to lead and shape our Insurance Valuation capability across Australia and New Zealand, supporting listed and complex organisations.

This is a senior consulting leadership role for an experienced valuation professional who is motivated to establish, grow and lead a high-performing practice. The role combines practice leadership with technical and advisory responsibilities.

You will act as a trusted advisor to senior management, C-suite executives and Boards providing valuation advice that informs risk, insurance, financial and governance decisions. You will also work closely with senior leaders across WTW to strengthen client relationships and expand WTW’s integrated insurance valuation offering.

The Role

As Valuation Practice Leader, you will:

• Lead the strategy and development of the Insurance Valuation practice including defining service offerings, delivery standards and quality frameworks.
• Act as engagement lead and trusted advisor on complex insurance valuation assignments for listed and complex organisations.
• Originate, scope and oversee valuation engagements, partnering with senior leaders across WTW to expand the integrated insurance valuation and advisory offering.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight across valuation engagements, ensuring robust, defensible and client-ready outcomes.
• Build and maintain strong long‑term client relationships, engaging directly with senior management, C‑suite executives, and Boards.
• Build, mentor, and lead a high‑performing valuation team, setting clear expectations and supporting capability development.
• Collaborate across Risk & Analytics practices to deliver cross‑disciplinary solutions and maximise client impact.

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring

• Extensive experience in insurance property valuation, including strong technical credibility and professional judgement in replacement cost and valuation methodologies.
• Proven ability to advise listed and complex organisations, engaging confidently with senior management.
• Demonstrated success acting as a trusted advisor on valuation matters supporting risk, insurance, financial, and governance decisions.
• Experience leading complex consulting engagements with accountability for quality, delivery, and commercial outcomes.
• Strong leadership capability, including the ability to build, mentor, and develop high‑performing teams.
• A commercial and growth mindset, with experience contributing to practice development and client expansion.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office and ability to adopt valuation tools.
• Travel required (approximately 50% primarily domestic, with international travel as required).

Why Join WTW?

WTW provides a competitive benefits package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

• Annual bonus
• Company paid salary continuance insurance
• Life and TPD insurance 
• Hybrid working
• Networks (Gender, Wellbeing, Pride)
• Career Growth – internal opportunities and development programs

At WTW, we trust you to know your work and the people, tools and environment you need to be successful. The majority of our colleagues work in a ”hybrid” style, with a mix of in-person and in-office interactions dependent on the needs of the team, role and clients. Our flexibility is rooted in trust and “hybrid” is not a one-size-fits-all solution.

We understand flexibility is key to supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce and so we encourage requests for all types of flexible working. Please speak to your recruiter to discuss more.

At WTW, we believe that a culture of inclusion and diversity is critical to our business. It's not a separate initiative – rather it’s fundamental to everything we do. We are an equal-opportunity employer who is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and embrace diversity including gender, nationality, disability, age, marital/parental status, ethnicity, gender identity and sexual orientation. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds.  

In the spirit of reconciliation Willis Towers Watson acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. 

We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers, from the application process through to joining WTW, please email [email protected]