Senior Client Executive in Power & Renewable Energy - Construction

Marsh & McLennan Companies; Wes-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in insurance and risk management seeks a talented individual to join their Energy & Power Practice in Cape Town. The role involves leading renewable energy construction projects, providing insurance risk management advisory services, and maintaining strong client and lender relationships. The ideal candidate will have solid project management experience, strong communication skills, and proficiency in Office applications, with a preference for those in the construction sector. This position offers a hybrid working environment with at least three days in the office.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Inclusive workplace culture

Career advancement opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing large clients through project lifecycles.
• Ability to influence and communicate effectively with clients and teams.
• Strong computer skills with proficiency in Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead renewable energy construction projects and manage service delivery.
• Provide advisory services for insurance risk management.
• Maintain client and lender relationships.

Skills

Project management

Client communication

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Problem-solving skills

Education

Professional accreditation

Significant experience in construction sector

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Energy & Power Practice at Marsh. This role will be based in Cape Town hybrid and has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Marsh Specialty - Energy & Power Practice is a market leading specialty business servicing all aspects of the Energy & Power sector both in South Africa and the wider continent.

We are seeking a member of the team who can support our growing portfolio of renewable energy construction projects. The successful candidate will be joining a team that operates at the highest level of professionalism and insurance knowledge within their sectors. The role involves interaction with clients in the sector, our network offices, broking colleagues, lenders, and the insurance market.

You can expect to work in a fast-paced specialized team within the Renewable Energy Insurance Market that handles the projects of various scale, challenges for clients of various levels of insurance experience. For many of the project’s finance is required and therefore working alongside lenders insurance advisors will also be required

Insurance placements will be diverse and offer the successful candidate the opportunity to meet new, different and exciting challenges on a daily basis

We will count on you to:

• Lead renewable energy construction projects, taking a pro-active approach in delivery of our service
• Provide clients with insurance risk management advisory services.
• Create and deliver placement strategies for clients, coordinating with the wider Marsh Energy and Power Specialty worldwide
• Demonstrate proficient awareness of the power & renewables market conditions to provide informed advice to clients
• Develop relationships with other Specialties within Marsh with the view of providing additional products to clients
• Monitors accounts progress (documentation, claims, risk engineering, payments, collections, etc.) anticipating and preventing problems when possible
• Maintain strong relationships with clients, colleagues, lenders and insurance markets
• Ability to communicate key cover terms and conditions to clients
• Development of new business opportunities

What you need to have:

• Ability and preference to work collaboratively within a team
• Solid and proven experience of managing large clients throughout each stage of the project lifecycle
• Professional affiliation/accreditations desirable
• Significant experience working within the construction sector. Experience in the Renewable Energy Insurance sector would be of benefit but not essential.
• Strong communication and influencing skills are essential
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are essential
• Ability to identify when to elevate an issue or not where it is beneficial to the delivery of client service
• Strong computer skills including demonstrable proficiency in Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint essential
• Demonstrates confidence in presenting to clients and internally

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is the world’s top insurance broker and risk advisor. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X. Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are also committed to providing reasonable support to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. Marsh McLennan 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 McLennan 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.