Account Director

Stride Resource Management Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent insurance broker in the Midlands is seeking a Commercial Account Director to manage existing client relationships and develop new business opportunities. The ideal candidate will have strong technical knowledge, exceptional stakeholder management skills, and a drive to excel in a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Flexible salary for the right candidate

Working for an Independent Insurance Broker

Qualifications

• Ambitious Account Executive seeking career progression.
• Excellent knowledge of large and complex insurance programmes.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide first class service to clients and develop business.
• Work with a team to create innovative insurance programmes.
• Raise the broker’s profile within the region.

Skills

Technical knowledge of cross class insurance

Lead generation

Stakeholder management

Teamwork

Job description

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We have an exciting opportunity to join a highly successful and much coveted broker in the Midlands. Following many years of strong growth and exceeding branch growth targets has led to the need to further strengthen the business.

An opportunity has arisen for a Commercial Account Director to join the business and inherit a book of longstanding existing clients and also have the drive to seek out those new business opportunities.

THE ROLE

• To provide first class service to clients and prospects and deliver solutions focussed advice to develop your book of business
• Work within a strong and well established team of insurance professionals to provide help and support to each other
• To work in partnership with customers to fully understand their business and their specific insurance needs to deliver exceptional and innovative insurance programmes
• To work within the region to raise the profile of this broker and help make them the go to insurance broker in the area

THE CANDIDATE

• An Account Executive who is ambitious and wants to progress in their career within a dynamic and forward thinking company
• Excellent technical knowledge of large and complex cross class insurance programmes
• Be able to generate leads and follow these up to build a strong pipeline of potential commercial clients to convert
• Exceptional Stakeholder management skills and an ability to operate on a multi level basis
• Ability to work on own initiative or part of a cooperative and supportive team environment

THE REWARD

• Salary circa £70,000 but flexible for the right candidate
• Working for an Independent Insurance Broker