Junior Account Manager (Employee Benefits)

This entry-level client relationship and corporate insurance brokerage scheme focuses on managing group risk, healthcare portfolios, and employee benefits accounts.

We are seeking a Junior Account Manager (Employee Benefits) to manage and develop a portfolio of Group Risk and Healthcare clients.  You will be focused on ensuring clients feel supported at all times, providing advice and recommendations that meet client requirements.

Through strong client relationships and business development you will identify new opportunities and promote the wider Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) proposition to maximise opportunities and achieve growth targets.

With an attractive bonus structure this is a fantastic opportunity to operate within a large global organisation that is incredibly passionate about how it cares for and supports our employees and clients at a local level.

Based in our Manchester office, this is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

We will count on you to:

• Managing existing Group Risk and Healthcare client portfolio providing strategic/quality consulting advice and direction

• Identify new opportunities and promote the wider Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) proposition to maximise revenues and achieve growth targets

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, prospects, colleagues and key stakeholders

• Providing accurate reports containing renewal information, market review results and recommendations

• Liaising with internal departments and insurers to ensure clients receive an excellent service throughout

• Promoting and delivering high quality service and advice

What you need to have:

• Ideally 1+ years' experience in an office-based environment. For this role we're also happy to consider recent graduates and those that have recently completed A-Levels (or alternative)

• Adept at identifying business needs and aligning products to provide strategic solutions for clients

• Self-driven and motivated with a confident and approachable style

• Positive can-do attitude, who is happy to travel and enjoys meeting new people

What makes you stand out?

• Experience with client retentions and business development
   

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

Mercer is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective.

Marsh 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, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, 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 an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process.

Marsh 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 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.