Employee Benefits Consultant (Health & Risk)

Isio; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Isio is hiring a WH&W Senior Consultant to lead client relationships and drive growth within the Employee Benefits division. You will advise on risk and health products for large schemes, expanding service and renewing client contracts.

You will identify new opportunities, contribute to tender responses, and deliver written reports with clear recommendations, while mentoring teammates and staying ahead of market trends.

Qualifications

• Experience in Health & Wellbeing mandatory.
• Experience in large, client-facing consulting or advisory firm.
• Strong commercial acumen with revenue growth.
• Collaborative team player with mentoring experience.
• CII Certificate progress toward Diploma/ACII.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic consulting and advisory services to health and/or risk clients, including large and complex schemes.
• Maintain and grow long-term client relationships, driving renewals and retention.
• Identify new business opportunities, respond to tenders and present to prospects.
• Produce high-quality written reports with findings, recommendations, and coverage specifications.
• Introduce employee benefit schemes aligned with clients' reward strategies.
• Oversee renewal and broking cycle, ensuring regulatory requirements are met.
• Maintain knowledge of health and risk market trends and providers.
• Collaborate across Employee Benefits to deliver holistic wellbeing for Isio clients.
• Contribute as subject-matter expert to Thought Leadership.

Skills

Health & Wellbeing

Client-facing consulting

Commercial acumen

Mentoring

CII Certificate (Cert CII / Dip CII //

Education

Cert CII / 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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