Client Executive Leader – Large & Complex Corporate Clients

Marsh Risk; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Marsh in Bristol is seeking a Client Executive Leader to drive day-to-day service delivery for large, complex corporate clients with UK-wide or international footprints.

You will coach a team of Client Executives, build senior relationships, shape insurance programmes, and partner with brokers and service teams to deliver exceptional client outcomes and growth.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience delivering for large corporate clients.
• Proven ability to retain clients and grow relationships across multi-site or multinational footprints.
• ACII qualification or equivalent with commitment to professional development.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and inspire a team of Client Executives, setting standards for high performance and client outcomes.
• Provide strategic leadership across a portfolio of large corporate clients, acting as executive sponsor for key relationships.
• Lead insurance programme design and renewal strategy, shaping placement and negotiating terms with insurers.
• Drive senior client engagement planning and run meetings with clients and insurers alongside brokers and service teams.
• Contribute to the Bristol Leadership Team to support South West growth and Marsh's regional position.

Skills

People leadership

Client relationship management

ACII qualification

Education

ACII

Job description

Are you ready to lead day-to-day service delivery for some of the South West's largest, most complex and occasionally multinational organisations?
Are you ready to lead day-to-day service delivery for some of the South West's largest and most complex organisations, including those with wider UK or international footprints?
Join Marsh in our Bristol office as a Client Executive Leader, where you'll predominantly focus on leading and developing a high-performing team - while staying strategically engaged with our biggest and most important corporate Clients. You'll build senior relationships, anticipate emerging risks and bring together specialist expertise, broader Marsh capabilities and local market insight to deliver outstanding outcomes for Clients.

We will count on you to:

• Lead, coach and inspire a team of Client Executives, setting clear standards and a high-performance culture that delivers exceptional Client outcomes, retention and profitable growth.
• Provide strategic leadership across a portfolio of large, complex and often multinational corporate Clients-acting as an executive sponsor on key relationships and ensuring rigorous, proactive service delivery across the team.
• Provide strategic leadership across a portfolio of large, complex corporate Clients-acting as an executive sponsor on key relationships and ensuring rigorous, proactive service delivery across the team (including Clients with multi-site, UK-wide and/or international footprints where relevant).
• Lead insurance programme design and renewal strategy, producing budgets and proposals, shaping placement strategy and negotiating fees/engagement terms.
• Drive senior Client engagement-planning and leading meetings with Clients and insurers alongside specialist brokers and service teams, including presentations to Boards and Risk Committees where required.
• Play an active role on the Bristol Leadership Team, helping deliver our South West growth strategy and strengthening Marsh's position as the leading risk advisor in the region.

What you need to have:

• Strong people leadership capability (formal line management experience preferred), with a track record of building team performance and service discipline.
• Demonstrable experience servicing and advising large corporate Clients (ideally complex and/or multinational), with evidence of strong Client retention and relationship growth.
• Demonstrable experience servicing and advising large corporate Clients (ideally complex, multi-site and/or with UK-wide/international footprints), with evidence of strong Client retention and relationship growth.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability- able to translate complex risk issues into clear, commercial recommendations.
• ACII part or fully qualified (or equivalent), with a commitment to continuous professional development.

What makes you stand out:

• A proven track record managing complex corporate insurance portfolios and delivering high-quality service governance.
• Evidence of leading teams, building capability and driving growth through new business, cross-sell and expanded Client relationships.
• Growth mindset- curious, proactive and comfortable challenging the status quo to improve Client outcomes and team performance.
• Motivated by working with market-leading Clients and leveraging Marsh's global capabilities to deliver strategic risk insight and solutions.

If you're motivated by leading a high-performing team and being strategically engaged with the South West's most significant organisations-while helping build Marsh as the region's leading risk advisor we would love to hear from you.
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Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.
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Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.