Group Risk Employee Benefits Consultant

What does it take to help organisations deal with complex employee health and benefits issues?

Expert knowledge and a deep understanding of emerging trends are important, of course. But – as you will know – it also takes professionals who are passionate about service, responsive to change and focused on delivering results in a competitive market. And that’s why you’ll fit in perfectly at Mercer.

Our Employee Health & Benefits business is one of the UK’s largest employee benefit consultancies. As a Group Risk Consultant you will build and maintain your own portfolio of clients with their Group Life, Income Protection and Critical Illness arrangements. You would also work in a collaborative team environment alongside other consultants to deliver complex projects with many of our large corporate clients. You will identify client needs and deliver practical, cost-effective and fully compliant solutions that help clients manage the costs, people risks and complexities of their employee benefits.

Working from our Manchester office you will: 

• Develop and maintain a portfolio of Group Risk clients, by providing quality consulting advice and on-going service.
• Ensure that revenue from this portfolio is profitable, identify and expand business lines and service delivery.
• Take overall responsibility for the delivery to the client of the agreed services.
• Manage and develop strong client relationships.
• Work pro-actively with internal teams to deliver client expectations in line with agreed client account plans.
• Provide a service compliant with all procedures and Mercer Code of Professional Conduct and the FCA.
• Maintain required industry and technical knowledge.
• Compliance with sales process and Miller Heiman tools.
• Act as role model with integrity and professionalism.
• Build and maintain a professional network of peers internally and externally.

Qualifications

Skills & Experience required:

• Minimum of 2 years Group Risk Employee Benefits Consulting Experience (Group Life, Income Protection, Critical Illness)
• Financial and Commercial acumen (including fee negotiation skills).
• Excellent consulting and client relationship management skills.
• Technical and process knowledge of Group Risk products.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• SalesForce.com or similar CRM experience would be an advantage.

Mercer offer a competitive salary + excellent benefits package including Car Allowance, Pension, Bonus, Health Insurance + Flexible Benefits options.