Advisory Consultant Health & Benefits

Willis Towers Watson; London; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Advisory Consultant in Health & Benefits for a remote-based role. This position offers a unique opportunity to manage a portfolio of strategic clients while driving growth and innovation. You will provide expert consultancy on health and wellbeing strategies, leveraging your market insights to connect clients with tailored solutions. Collaborating with a team of industry leaders, you'll have the chance to influence and mentor others, all while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. If you're a strategic thinker with a passion for client success, this role is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• Proven experience in UK Health and Wellbeing benefits market.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare plans and risk benefits.
• Ability to explain complex concepts to clients.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic advice and guidance on healthcare and wellbeing.
• Manage client portfolios and oversee renewal processes.
• Identify growth opportunities and mentor colleagues.

Skills

Client facing experience

UK healthcare knowledge

Consultative sales

Strategic thinking

Attention to detail

IT literacy

Numerical reasoning

Negotiation skills

Education

Degree level qualification or equivalent

Cert CII standard or willingness to attain modules

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Description

Great opportunity to join us as a Advisory Consultant Health & Benefits, in this remote based role working on Clients that are based from the Midlands to the South of England. Whilst this role is homebased there is the requirement to travel to local offices and meetings as needed to deliver within the role

The role encompasses management of existing portfolio of Strategic Health & Wellbeing clients, who work with WTW across a number of areas, paired with growth and development. Core objectives are comprised of strategic consultancy and advice within an existing key client portfolio, connecting clients across WTW networks, identifying growth opportunities and achieving retention and new business targets.

In this dynamic role within our Mid Market Health & Benefits Sales & Client Management team, you will immerse yourself within a team of thought leaders and industry experts utilising your skills and experience to advise a portfolio of strategic clients. You will have immediate exposure to Key WTW clients requiring strategic advice and consulting across their range of health and wellbeing strategies. The client work will draw upon your creativity as well as your ability to strategically approach clients analyse data, draw conclusions, find solutions, and present results. You will be empowered to identify growth opportunities from across the WTW network, identify and undertake new business pursuits, deliver thought leadership and direction for clients across all sectors, and represent WTW to prospective clients, providers, and partners.

The Role

• Provide strategic and consultative advice, broking and day-to-day guidance to clients; across healthcare and wellbeing strategy
• Bring market leading Insights and Thought Leadership across a range of sectors supporting clients wellbeing strategy and development
• Identify, attract, and pursue growth across both existing and new business to WTW; using initiative and sales skills to bring the full value of WTW to clients
• Project manage and oversee the successful renewal process for a portfolio of clients
• Management of own client and prospect portfolio in line with the standards of business practice defined by WTW
• Contribute to the overall business strategy through conceptual ideas and innovation
• Mentoring of other colleagues will be required with a view to supporting the overall strategy for training and development across the wider team
• To assess the best products and service options in relation to the requirements of each client.
• To ensure best advice is given at every stage of the sales/renewal process and adherence to regulatory requirements is observed
• Required to work closely with the support team(s), assisting in the preparation of quotations and client reports; ensuring the completed review document accurately reflects the requirements of the client and covers all options available for discussion
• Networking with colleagues from the wider WTW organisation and business partners to identify growth opportunities, connecting multi-nationally
• Strong Provider relationships are essential to management of all existing and prospective clients
• Full compliance with the completion of data entry onto the CRM system; checking sales/performance figures on a monthly basis to ensure that they reflect the jobholder’s performance in according with their target

Qualifications

The Requirements

• Proven experience within the UK Health and Wellbeing benefits market sector in a client facing, commercial role
• In-depth knowledge of UK healthcare and risk benefits (Healthcare plans, Dental, Cash Plans, EAP GIP, GLA, Critical Illness, flex etc with. Expertise in one or other will be suitable, although strong knowledge to be able to talk across a clients benefits strategy will be required.
• Consultative and strategic sales professional who can deliver against growth targets
• A good knowledge of relevant products, providers and funding options available in the marketplace
• Attention to detail and ability to work at pace with competing deadlines
• Ability to take new research, thought leadership or concepts to clients and explain their relevance
• IT literacy and an ability to adopt with ease new processes and procedures
• Understanding of the FCA regulations and their impact on the job role, including principles and rules relating to confidentiality, GDPR, TCF etc.
• A professional and approachable manner with all internal and external clients
• Enhanced abilities in numerical and verbal reasoning; ideally qualified to degree level or equivalent
• Qualified to Cert CII standard, or willingness to attain IF7, GR1 & IF1 modules
• A strong influencer and negotiator whose skills can be encouraged in others.

At WTW, we believe difference makes us stronger. We want our workforce to reflect the different and varied markets we operate in and to build a culture of inclusivity that makes colleagues feel welcome, valued and empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment throughout our organization. We embrace all types of diversity.