Divisional Director

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Gallagher Re as a Divisional Director within the ILS Capital Advisory team, where you'll manage functions related to transaction management and stakeholder engagement. This leadership role is designed for individuals with broad transactional experience and will involve significant responsibilities, including coaching junior staff and driving process improvements. The company emphasizes innovation with a commitment to inclusion and diversity.

Benefits

Minimum 25 days holiday

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life insurance

Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Three fully paid volunteering days

Employee Stock Purchase plan

Discounted gym membership

Season ticket loan

Emergency back-up family care

Vouchers for savings on shopping

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role.

Responsibilities

• Managing projects/processes with limited supervision.
• Engaging with clients and stakeholders effectively.
• Coaching and reviewing the work of lower-level professionals.

Skills

Project Management

Client Engagement

Problem Solving

Education

Broad transactional experience

Job description

Introduction

Join us at Gallagher Re, the trailblazers of the reinsurance world, where every day brings new opportunities to shape the future. We empower our clients with cutting-edge analytics and insights, providing them the confidence to make strategic decisions that transform industries. As a team member, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, translating data into impactful solutions and taking the reins of your career like never before.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

We are looking to recruit a Divisional Director for our ILS Capital Advisory team. This role would suit someone with a broad range of transactional experience, including / New Vehicle Lloyd’s start-ups/FAL, retrospective/legacy and debt raising.

Actuarial support for the team will a key skill set that we will want to deploy on our suite of transaction. The role will involve modelling work for transactions (Lloyd’s/Solvency II capital, pricing, financial literacy), and also support with transaction management, client engagement and process management, pitch work and internal and external stakeholder engagement.

How you'll make an impact

• Managing products, systems and/or projects/processes, and working independently with limited supervision; Facing function related problems that are sometimes difficult and moderately complex; Coaching and reviewing the work of lower-level professionals.
• Works to achieve operational targets with significant impact on function level results.
• Works independently under limited supervision.
• May be responsible for entire projects or processes within sub-function.
• Often leads the work of small project teams; may formally train junior staff.
• Contributes to process improvements.
• Responsible for making improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of the function area.
• Problems and issues faced may be difficult and require understanding of a broader set of issues. Problems typically involve consideration of multiple issues, function areas or specialties.
• Problems are typically solved through drawing from prior experience and analysis of issues.
• Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products/services or processes.
• Typically resolves complex problems or problems where precedent may not exist.

About you

• Previous experience in a similar role

Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [e-mail] . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.