Bureau Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Deals Manager to join our sales and distribution team for the Allianz Partners UK and Irish business as Maternity cover for a 12 month period.

1. Work on responses to new deal opportunities, engaging with stakeholders across multiple functions and teams to develop compelling and workable solutions for business partners and their customers.
2. Together with Sales colleagues, take specific deals through the deal sign-off process, ensuring commercial terms released to partners have received all proper approvals.
3. Project manage the local implementation of successful new business wins (non-IT related) through multiple stakeholders.
4. Coordinate and drive the UK AR (Appointed Representative) Oversight Framework, ensuring that all actions are completed in line with a published timetable of activities that enables us to evidence sufficient oversight to the FCA.
5. Coordinate UK Sales inputs/actions into specific Group Compliance projects, for example managing the completion of Sales Audit actions.
6. Execute on a framework to manage the commercial performance of existing deals; ensuring deals deliver their planned top and bottom-line performance and action is rapidly taken to correct any issues where required.
7. Liaise and communicate with all areas of the business (either based locally or across borders) to ensure that good relationships are maintained and that key information and best practice is exchanged on a regular basis.
8. Provide accurate and timely reporting on the deals pipeline, including working with the sales teams to ensure that Salesforce is up to date at all times.

1. Degree level qualification, ideally including Business, Marketing, Communications or Finance.
2. Insurance Sales and distribution experience.
3. Project management experience, Project Management certification desirable (but not essential).
4. Experience of working in a complex organization or as part of a matrix structure.
5. Experience of working in a regulated general insurance environment.
6. Experience of working in the B2B and/or B2B2C channels within the insurance/assistance industry.
7. Good working knowledge across multiple parts of the insurance value chain (inc. product, underwriting, pricing, sales, and operations).
8. Ability to work on numerous projects simultaneously and to meet strict deadlines.
9. Confident communicator with good interpersonal skills, comfortable in engaging and delivering professional presentations to multiple stakeholders to a senior level.
10. Ability to work effectively within a team and build credibility and trust with other Departments.
11. Highly organized with good administration skills and ability to be analytical to support decision making.
12. Advanced PC skills – inc. PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook.
13. Committed to high standards of performance.
14. Personal organization / time management.
15. Effective relationship building / diplomatic.
16. Excellent attention to detail.
17. Creative.
18. Flexible / ability to adapt to sudden changes.
19. Resilient / ability to deal with peaks of activity.
20. Competitive within a collaborative spirit.

Allianz Partners is a global leader in assistance and insurance services, with diverse solutions spanning travel insurance, assistance, mobility, international health & life and direct sales. We are at the forefront of the Allianz B2B2C offering, meaning that our products are embedded seamlessly into our partners' businesses or sold directly to customers. We have over 19,400 colleagues around the world and operations in over 75 countries.

We foster a culture where our employees are empowered to collaborate, push the boundaries and challenge the industry. We are committed to diversity and inclusivity, and we recognize that our strength lies in our people.