AddressJob Title: Broker Consultant
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Cork, Waterford
Working style: Field based, involving frequent travel
Closing date: 3rd March 2024
Royal London Ireland is seeking applications for a Broker Consultant to join our Broker Sales team on a permanent basis.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading Broker Consultant team with specific responsibility for the Cork and Waterford region. Royal London Ireland has grown considerably in recent years. We have done this by designing propositions with both the end customer and Financial Broker in mind.
Royal London Ireland continues to go from strength to strength due to increasing Financial Broker support. We are now the number one provider of protection products in the Financial Broker market, and we are ambitious to replicate this success in our newly established pensions business. We intend to do this through our strong propositions, backed by our award-winning service.
We now have exciting growth plans as we extend our pensions offering into the market and we are looking for an experienced Broker Consultant to join our team to help us achieve this expansion in our business.
About the role
- Support Royal London Ireland to drive growth in our pensions business
- Work with Financial Brokers to help them serve their clients
- Support Financial Brokers to grow their businesses
- Maintain and develop relationships to deliver/exceed personal sales targets from an established broker panel
- Deliver sales presentations to brokers promoting new and existing sales opportunities
- Market and competitor scanning
About you
- Strong technical knowledge of both pension and life products and their respective markets.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with a wide variety of stakeholders.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of Royal London Ireland’s propositions with an excellent knowledge of the Financial Broker market.
- Proven ability to establish and nourish broker relationships.
- Ability to discuss and debate industry issues, technical and legislative updates in a competent and influential manner.
- Minimum of QFA qualified.
- Full driving licence required.
About Royal London Ireland
Based in our city centre location on St Stephen’s Green in Dublin 2, Royal London Ireland is a fully owned subsidiary of the Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited, the largest mutual life, pensions, and investment company in the UK. We are authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland and provide protection products through Financial Brokers across Ireland. Our excellent customer service and mutual mindset means we take a longer-term view and focus on providing best customer outcomes.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to public holidays, up to 14% employer matching pension scheme contribution and a contribution to private medical insurance. You can see details of our benefits here - Our Benefits. Please note benefits for colleagues in the UK and Ireland may vary, please ask our team for details.
Inclusion, diversity and belonging
We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.
Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) Fitness & Probity Regime
Some of our roles are Control Functions (CF) as defined by the Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (Sections 20 & 22) Regulations 2011. If a vacancy is for a CF, it will be indicated above. For CF roles, appointment will be conditional on Royal London Ireland being fully satisfied that the appointee meets the requirements as set out in the Fitness and Probity Standards 2014 issued by the CBI. In the case of proposed appointees to Pre-Approval Control Functions, this includes prior approval by the CBI of such appointments.
