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Allstate

Senior Complaints Specialist

Key aspects of the role:

Drive sales growth by engaging with interested prospective customers- all while working remote
No cold calling— Connect through inbound calls and proactive outbound calls with active insurance shoppers
Enjoy competitive compensation with a base salary + uncapped performance-based incentives
Sell reputable products from Allstate and our family of brands

Role overview

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Job Description

The Senior Complaints Management Consultant is responsible for managing complex, high-risk, and escalated customer complaints across Allstate Canada Group, with a primary focus on claims-related matters, regulatory complaints, and issues involving significant customer, legal, financial, reputational, or regulatory risk. Acting as a subject matter expert in complaint handling, claims operations, consumer protection expectations, and regulatory requirements, this role independently leads end-to-end investigations, provides strategic guidance to business partners, supports regulatory responses, and identifies systemic risks and improvement opportunities to enhance customer outcomes and strengthen complaint management practices.

Who is Allstate:

Allstate Insurance Company of Canada is a leading home and auto insurer focused on providing its customers prevention and protection products and services for every stage of life. Serving Canadians since 1953, Allstate strives to reassure both customers and employees with its “You’re in Good Hands®” promise and is proud to have been named a Best Employer in Canada for nine consecutive years. Allstate is committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which it operates through partnerships with charitable organizations, employee giving and volunteerism. To learn more, visit www.allstate.ca. For safety tips and advice, visit www.goodhandsadvice.ca.

Through our Employee Value Proposition, we have worked hard to develop and nurture a culture where employees feel valued, experience personal growth, have career options and truly enjoy the work they do. 

Role Designation: Hybrid

Benefits to joining Allstate

Flexible Work Arrangements

Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services)

Good Office program (receive up to 400$ back after purchasing office equipment)

Student Loan Payment Matching Program for Government Student loans

Comprehensive Retirement Savings Program with employer matched contributions

Annual Wellness allowance to support employees with improving health and wellbeing

Personal reflection day

Tuition Reimbursement

Working within the community and giving back!

Accountabilities:

Lead investigations of highly complex, sensitive, and escalated customer complaints, including matters involving multiple business units, external stakeholders, legal considerations, or regulatory risk.

Analyze claims files, operational records, customer communications, policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements to determine fair, balanced, and defensible complaint outcomes.

Manage complaints received from provincial and federal regulators, ombud services, consumer advocacy organizations, and other external bodies, including coordinating timely and appropriate responses.

Serve as a subject matter expert on personal lines claims handling practices, complaint management principles, consumer protection expectations, and regulatory readiness.

Identify recurring complaint themes, emerging risks, conduct concerns, compliance gaps, systemic issues, and opportunities to improve customer outcomes and operational effectiveness.

Support governance, reporting, audit, quality assurance, compliance assessment, and continuous improvement activities related to the Complaints Management Program.

Build trusted relationships with Claims, Legal, Compliance & Business Conduct, Risk & Return Management, Operations, Customer Care, and business leaders while providing coaching and guidance on complex complaint matters.

Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree in Business, Law, Insurance, Risk Management, Public Policy, or a related discipline.

Minimum 8-10 years of insurance industry experience, including at least 5 years handling complex claims, escalated complaints, regulatory matters, or compliance investigations.

Strong understanding of property and casualty insurance operations, personal lines claims processes, customer complaint handling, and insurance regulatory requirements across Canada.

Advanced investigative, analytical, risk assessment, and problem-solving skills, including experience conducting root cause analysis on complex customer issues.

Exceptional written communication, report-writing, presentation, and facilitation skills, with the ability to translate complex findings into concise executive-level messaging.

Strong judgment, decision-making, conflict resolution, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence without direct authority.

Ability to manage sensitive customer situations, competing priorities, regulatory timelines, and files involving significant customer, legal, financial, reputational, or compliance risk.

Bonus qualifications:

CIP, FCIP, CRM, CFE, CHRP, compliance, risk, or related professional designation is considered an asset.

Experience interacting with regulators, ombuds organizations, auditors, or external oversight bodies is preferred.

Experience supporting regulatory examinations, audits, governance reporting, issue management, or complaint program reviews is an asset.

Knowledge of consumer protection expectations, conduct risk, regulatory compliance, governance, and enterprise risk management practices is preferred.

Allstate Canada Group has policies and practices that provide workplace accommodations. If you require accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Skills

Claims Operations, Communication, Complaint Management, Complex Claims, Customer Complaint Resolution, Customer Service, Detail-Oriented, Insurance Claims, Problem Solving

Compensation

Expected compensation for this role ranges from $ 58,000.00 – 89,350.00 annually. Actual salary offered to successful candidates will vary based on their skills and experience.

Joining our team isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger – a winning team making a meaningful impact.

Allstate Canada Group uses AI technology tools to assist in screening, selecting, assessing, and scheduling interviews with candidates as part of the recruitment process.

This job posting is for a current open role within the organization.

Keys to Success

At Allstate, it’s all about teamwork, flexibility, and thinking ahead. We all contribute to the bigger picture, combining unique ideas to design innovative, more affordable protection solutions for customers.

We look for candidates with these skills to help us achieve that goal:

Learning agility
Quickly adapt to new situations, continually build new skills, experiment, and embrace new ways of doing things

Customer centricity
Deliver exceptional experience with a customer-first mindset and human-centered design

Digital literacy
Discover and apply emerging digital technology tools, data and insights.

Results-oriented
Start with measurable outcomes and drive results with speed

Inclusive leadership
Integrate diverse viewpoints into decision-making processes to enhance creativity and innovation

Together, we’re all working toward Our Shared Purpose, using our strengths to make a real difference for our people, our customers, our company, and the world around us.

Working in Sales

What We Do:
As an expert on our products and services, you can give customers personalized attention and innovative solutions to make their lives easier.

How We Support You:
Starting day one, you’ll have access to resources and incentives to keep you feeling challenged and excited about your careers.

Make An Impact:
As a member of our sales team, you’ll bring a sense of ease and support to customers looking for a better understanding of their protection options. Whether in the field or talking to customers over the phone, you’ll continue to build trust in who we are and what we do.

Working together

You’re in Good Hands® is more than a promise we make to our customers. It’s a promise we make to our employees, too.

We want you to love where you work. That starts with the freedom to be yourself. Our workplace flexibility and focus on individuality means everyone is seen, heard and respected.

When you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to push your skills to the next level with access to development programs to support your career aspirations – whatever that means for you. Because as you learn and grow, so do we.

Working here also means getting the chance to make a real impact in your community. We have been driving change for over 90 years, but the mark we leave on the world can be even greater when we work together.

Role overview

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Job Description

The Senior Complaints Management Consultant is responsible for managing complex, high-risk, and escalated customer complaints across Allstate Canada Group, with a primary focus on claims-related matters, regulatory complaints, and issues involving significant customer, legal, financial, reputational, or regulatory risk. Acting as a subject matter expert in complaint handling, claims operations, consumer protection expectations, and regulatory requirements, this role independently leads end-to-end investigations, provides strategic guidance to business partners, supports regulatory responses, and identifies systemic risks and improvement opportunities to enhance customer outcomes and strengthen complaint management practices.

Who is Allstate:

Allstate Insurance Company of Canada is a leading home and auto insurer focused on providing its customers prevention and protection products and services for every stage of life. Serving Canadians since 1953, Allstate strives to reassure both customers and employees with its “You’re in Good Hands®” promise and is proud to have been named a Best Employer in Canada for nine consecutive years. Allstate is committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which it operates through partnerships with charitable organizations, employee giving and volunteerism. To learn more, visit www.allstate.ca. For safety tips and advice, visit www.goodhandsadvice.ca.

Through our Employee Value Proposition, we have worked hard to develop and nurture a culture where employees feel valued, experience personal growth, have career options and truly enjoy the work they do. 

Role Designation: Hybrid

Benefits to joining Allstate

Flexible Work Arrangements

Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services)

Good Office program (receive up to 400$ back after purchasing office equipment)

Student Loan Payment Matching Program for Government Student loans

Comprehensive Retirement Savings Program with employer matched contributions

Annual Wellness allowance to support employees with improving health and wellbeing

Personal reflection day

Tuition Reimbursement

Working within the community and giving back!

Accountabilities:

Lead investigations of highly complex, sensitive, and escalated customer complaints, including matters involving multiple business units, external stakeholders, legal considerations, or regulatory risk.

Analyze claims files, operational records, customer communications, policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements to determine fair, balanced, and defensible complaint outcomes.

Manage complaints received from provincial and federal regulators, ombud services, consumer advocacy organizations, and other external bodies, including coordinating timely and appropriate responses.

Serve as a subject matter expert on personal lines claims handling practices, complaint management principles, consumer protection expectations, and regulatory readiness.

Identify recurring complaint themes, emerging risks, conduct concerns, compliance gaps, systemic issues, and opportunities to improve customer outcomes and operational effectiveness.

Support governance, reporting, audit, quality assurance, compliance assessment, and continuous improvement activities related to the Complaints Management Program.

Build trusted relationships with Claims, Legal, Compliance & Business Conduct, Risk & Return Management, Operations, Customer Care, and business leaders while providing coaching and guidance on complex complaint matters.

Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree in Business, Law, Insurance, Risk Management, Public Policy, or a related discipline.

Minimum 8-10 years of insurance industry experience, including at least 5 years handling complex claims, escalated complaints, regulatory matters, or compliance investigations.

Strong understanding of property and casualty insurance operations, personal lines claims processes, customer complaint handling, and insurance regulatory requirements across Canada.

Advanced investigative, analytical, risk assessment, and problem-solving skills, including experience conducting root cause analysis on complex customer issues.

Exceptional written communication, report-writing, presentation, and facilitation skills, with the ability to translate complex findings into concise executive-level messaging.

Strong judgment, decision-making, conflict resolution, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence without direct authority.

Ability to manage sensitive customer situations, competing priorities, regulatory timelines, and files involving significant customer, legal, financial, reputational, or compliance risk.

Bonus qualifications:

CIP, FCIP, CRM, CFE, CHRP, compliance, risk, or related professional designation is considered an asset.

Experience interacting with regulators, ombuds organizations, auditors, or external oversight bodies is preferred.

Experience supporting regulatory examinations, audits, governance reporting, issue management, or complaint program reviews is an asset.

Knowledge of consumer protection expectations, conduct risk, regulatory compliance, governance, and enterprise risk management practices is preferred.