Broker Consultant
Job Summary
Zurich Life Assurance plc is looking for a Broker Consultant who has the ability to partner with our extensive relationships with Financial Brokers/Advisors. As a Life Broker Consultant within Zurich, the successful candidate will be part of the strongest and most successful Broker Consultant Team operating in the Irish Financial Services Market.
This role is a controlled function under the CBI Fitness and Probity Standard.
Your role
As a Broker Consultant your main responsibilities will include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following:
* Work closely with Financial Brokers/Advisors, allowing them to deliver superior service to their clients.
* Understand the needs of a panel of Financial Brokers/Advisors and their clients and help fulfil those needs with the use of Zurich products.
* Work to exceed targets by building and growing profitable relationships with our Financial Broker/Advisor network.
* Identify how the technical expertise within Zurich can be properly focused and delivered to the Financial Broker/Advisor network.
* Be a business partner to the Financial Broker/Advisor and deliver the help needed for them to expand and be more efficient in running their own business.
* Create, develop and manage relationships with a panel of Financial Brokers/Advisors to promote Zurich and drive sales.
* Understand the market place and industry developments when dealing with our distributors.
* Understand how the Irish Financial Broker/Advisor business works – current position, future aspirations and how Zurich can partner with them.
* Improve and update product and market knowledge and apply knowledge appropriately.
* Manage own priorities and make effective use of resources available.
Qualifications
* Strong technical knowledge of life, investment and pension products.
* Strong academic qualifications, minimum QFA qualified together with a commitment to attain relevant technical insurance qualifications.
* Excellent and deep understanding of the intermediary marketplace, competitors, as well as intermediary business models.
* Strong communication skills with the ability to adapt style to the individual needs of intermediaries and able to network and successfully build relationships.
* An ability to engage on an individual and/or group basis through high degree of presentation skills with an ability to make a positive impact and build rapport with others.
* Self‑motivated, goal orientated and resilient.
* The ability to achieve qualitative and quantitative individual targets under set business targets.
* Effective personal organisational/business planning skills.
* Proven ability to think creatively and to innovate.
* Problem solving, decision making and solid business judgement.
Additional Information
Primary work location is Blackrock, Dublin. Position is Dublin‑based but occasional travel may be required to other Zurich locations.
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