Employee Benefits Consultant (Health & Risk)

Isio; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Isio is seeking a Senior Consultant in its Employee Benefits division, focused on Workplace Health & Wellbeing. You will lead strategic consulting across health and risk products for a portfolio of clients, building strong relationships and identifying growth opportunities.

You will work within a fast-paced team, driving renewal, broking cycles, and delivering high-quality reports. Excellent client engagement, regulatory awareness, and collaboration across Isio’s benefits teams are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in Health & Wellbeing industry required, with risk/health products preferred.
• Experience in a large, client-facing consulting or advisory firm.
• Strong ability to grow revenue and manage client relationships.
• Collaborative team player with mentoring and coaching mindset.
• CII qualification or progress toward Diploma/ACII/towards ACII.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic consulting across health and/or risk products for a portfolio of clients.
• Maintain and grow long-term client relationships, focusing on renewal and retention.
• Identify new business opportunities, participate in tenders and presentations.
• Produce high-quality written reports detailing findings and recommendations.
• Oversee renewal and broking processes and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate across Employee Benefits to deliver holistic wellbeing solutions.
• Contribute to Thought Leadership with innovative insights.

Skills

Health & Wellbeing industry experience

Client-facing consulting

Revenue growth & client relationships

Mentoring & team development

Education

CII Certificate in Insurance (Cert CII) or Dip CII/ACII

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join Isio’s fast growing Employee Benefits business, which spans strategic benefit design, workplace health & wellbeing consulting, DC pensions, benefits technology and employee engagement & support.

Within the Workplace Health & Wellbeing team, we are seeking an experienced Consultant to lead client relationships and drive business development across a portfolio of Risk and/or Health clients. This role is ideal for someone with experience of large and complex benefit schemes, looking to work in a fast-paced and agile environment, and who enjoys driving growth and delivering excellent client outcomes.

What does the role entail?

The WH&W Senior Consultant will be responsible for managing and expanding a portfolio of clients. This includes providing both strategic direction and expert consulting advice across risk and/or health products.

• Provide strategic consulting and advisory services to a portfolio of health and/or risk clients, including large and complex schemes.
• Maintain and build long-term client relationships, driving service improvement, renewal and retention of existing accounts.
• Identify new business opportunities, participating in tender responses and prospect presentations.
• Conduct detailed reviews of client requirements, to produce high quality written reports outlining findings, recommendations, and coverage specifications.
• Aim to introduce employee benefit schemes in-line with clients’ reward strategies.
• Oversee management of the renewal and broking cycle, ensuring all arrangements, documentation and regulatory requirements are delivered.
• Maintain deep working knowledge of the health and risk market, latest market trends, emerging regulation and legislation, and excellent relationships with relevant providers.
• Collaborating across the Employee Benefits business, to provide a holistic approach to wellbeing for Isio clients.
• Participating as a subject matter experts to deliver innovative and impactful Thought Leadership.

What We’re Looking For

• Demonstrable experience within the Health & Wellbeing industry is mandatory, with capabilities across both risk and healthcare markets preferred.
• Previous experience working within a large, well-established, client-facing consulting or advisory organisation.
• Strong commercial acumen, with experience of successfully growing revenue over a sustained period.
• Collaborative team player with a commitment to mentoring, supporting colleagues, and contributing to team development.
• CII Certificate in Insurance (Cert CII) or progress towards CII Diploma / Advanced Diploma (Dip CII / ACII).

Why Join Isio

Isio is a fast-growing professional services business, that offers career development through an evolving client base, diverse and meaningful work, nationwide opportunities, and a culture that rewards high performance and accountability.

We hold ourselves to the highest standards andour values guide how we advise our clients, how we operate as a business and how we work together as a team. We call it the Isio Attitude. We encourage our people to be bold, to communicate with conviction, and to deliver advice that matters.

Here, growth brings opportunity - more responsibility, more clients, and work that stretches and develops you. We invest in training and development so you can expand your skills and explore different career paths across diverse markets to make your mark. Isio is a place to realise your potential and build a career with impact. You can find out more about Isio and the benefits we offer on our career’s website Isio - Careers & Benefits.

About Isio

A progressive advisory firm, partnering with clients of all sizes to deliver expertise in pensions, employee benefits and wealth advisory services.

Working with pension trustees, employers, individuals, families and their offices, we are supported by talented colleagues across 10 UK offices. With a Big 4 heritage we combine a strong focus on quality with a fresh perspective challenging traditional thinking.

Our culture shapes our work; we foster a supportive environment where we develop our people to grow and fulfil their potential. We invest in our services, products and technology, and provide clear, expert solutions for our clients. This brings clarity, confidence, and better outcomes for everyone.

At Isio, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace, in which our colleagues feel they belong, regardless of background or difference. We uphold the values of respect, fairness, and inclusion in our actions and decisions. We believe that by adhering to these principles, we will create a stronger, more innovative, and supportive environment for all, as well as ensuring that the advice and support we provide to our clients is more creative, more insightful and leaves a lasting impact.

We can offer a hybrid, flexible approach to work, supporting a work‑life balance that works for you. Isio Group is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

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