Employee Benefits Advisor

Employee Benefits Advisor - Home Based - ARD1074254

We’re excited to announce an opportunity for talented Employee Benefits Advisor to join our team here at Benefiz. This opportunity has been created following the takeover of Benefiz by Towergate Employee Benefits, part of Ardonagh. You will be responsible for delivery of advisory employee benefit services and management of a portfolio of clients.

Benefiz is an award-winning independent workplace adviser, helping employers of all sizes offer benefits to their employees. We provide support to our clients typically with broking benefits, communicating benefits and administering benefits.

What does an Employee Benefits Advisor here do?

Responsibilities

This is an overview and not an exhaustive list of responsibilities. Collaborating with your Line Manager, you will develop your own objectives but focus on all the following and more:

• Serve as the main client contact, organising and participating in meetings, including annual reviews and pension governance meetings with clients.
• Prepare and review reports, presentations and client communications.
• Develop fee revenue by maintaining client relationships, promoting new services and identifying cross-referral opportunities.
• Maintain records on client databases and internal systems.
• Oversee specific client projects, including implementation of new benefits.
• Supporting in attaining new clients, where appropriate.
• Assist our Client Directors on larger clients.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with external suppliers and providers.
  
  

What are we looking for in our next Employee Benefits Advisor?

The Successful Candidate Must Demonstrate Experience And Success With Advising Employee Benefit Services And Also Able To Demonstrate a Good Technical Knowledge Across a Range Of Product And Service Areas. As Well As This, You Will Need To Have

• Ideally hold at least one professional pension qualification.
• Experience working in a remote team environment.
• A commercial awareness and ability to negotiate fees effectively.
• Have a technical knowledge in the following advisory areas: group protection, group healthcare, workplace pensions and voluntary benefits. Benefits technology would be advantageous.
• Experience working confidently handling client interactions and managing expectations.
• Proficient in Microsoft applications.
• Strong presentation and organisation skills.
  
  

Benefits

In return you will be welcomed and supported by Benefiz, part of our Ardonagh family, with opportunities to learn and grow your career. You will also be joining an organisation that cares about you as a person and your wellbeing. Some of the other benefits are:

• Holiday entitlement of 26 days plus bank holidays.
• Opportunity to progress your career across the entire Ardonagh family.
• Award-winning learning & development offering and support to obtain professional qualifications to enhance your knowledge and career prospects.
• Pension scheme for when you feel it’s time to retire.
• 24-hour Employee Assistance support for you and your family’s physical and mental wellbeing.
• Corporate perks such as discounted gym memberships, cinema tickets, shopping, Eyecare vouchers, cycle to work and much more.
• One day paid volunteering to give back to our communities.
• Ardonagh Community Trust (ACT) - raising funds for charity with donation matching in your local community.
• The Spotlight Awards, where we celebrate the best of the Ardonagh Group and all the bright talent across our business.
  
  

We offer genuine potential for both personal and professional development, come and be part of our story and help us shape our future. So, what are you waiting for? Apply today and one of our team will be in touch.

Ardonagh Group is an equal opportunities employer, and we are committed to a working environment that is free from discrimination, is inclusive, and empowers our people to bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential.

If your application is successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you beginning employment with us. These will include verifying your recent employment, address, credit history and a standard criminal record check.

Please note: We may close a vacancy prior to the publish end date if the required quality or number of applications has been received. No agencies please.

Why not check us out on LinkedIn to find out what life’s really like at Ardonagh.

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Towergate Health & Protection is an award-winning independent intermediary specialising in health and wellbeing. Our extensive team of expert advisers looks after the health and wellbeing needs of more than 15,000 businesses and around 50,000 individual customers across the world.

We have an ambition to be the UK healthcare intermediary of choice, and that ambition can only be realised if we constantly challenge ourselves to make things better for our clients. We’re always happy to hear from people who are looking for opportunities to work with us and help our business grow. #TGHP