Head of Office – Bristol
We are seeking a talented individual with a genuine Growth Mindset to join our Commercial and Corporate team at Marsh. This role will be based in Bristol leading the flagship office for Marsh in the South West & Wales region. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.
This is a high-profile role, sat on the Regional Leadership team, managing a 12 million revenue business, and with overall responsibility of circa 70 people in the team. You will be working with someof the largest clients in our region, leading exciting conversations around the theme of ‘risk before insurance’, utilising our cutting edge digital tools to deliver innovative Client outcomes.
If you have in-depth leadership experience and a good understanding of the Commercial and Corporate insurance Industry this role will provide exciting career development possibilities for an ambitious leader.
We will count on you to:
Provide strong directional leadership to the insurance commercial & Corporate client account teams in the Bristol Office
Develop and execute an effective business plan to achieve budgeted revenue in line with growth projections.
Provide a working environment that allows the team to focus on achieving individual and collective targets with an emphasis on increasing renewable revenue streams.
Communicate progress towards strategic and operational goals to the Regional Director
Track and monitor progress of individuals against plans/targets, providing coaching and leadership around performance.
Ensure that services delivered are in accordance with MMC and FCA required standards ensuring full understanding and training is provided for 100% compliance.
Represent Marsh in the local business community, building an appropriate network of clients, prospects, centres of influence and insurer contacts.
Act as Client Director on your own portfolio of major client accounts
Be an active member of the regional leadership structure to promote best practice and thought leadership.
What you need to have:
Track record of consistent achievement in Commercial and/or Middle Market in a leadership capacity, demonstrating personal and team results
Decisive and able to operate with a high degree of autonomy and personal influence.
Thorough understanding of strategic and consultative selling with an ability to use highly developed questioning skills.
Strong motivational skills and the ability to maximise team performance and foster a supportive and collaborative environment.
Full P&L budget responsibility with excellent business and financial acumen
Considerable experience in Commercial and/or Middle Market client retention and new client generation
Knowledge of legal and compliance regulatory requirements
Knowledge of MS Office packages an advantage
What makes you stand out:
Strong directional leadership
Ability to grow a business, develop existing colleagues and attract new colleagues.
Full P&L budget responsibility with excellent business and financial acumen
What qualifications are preferred but not required?
ACII qualified (or equivalent) preferred.
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, 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. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com.
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.