Benefits Consultant

2 weeks ago


Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom GBS - Global Full time
{"About the Role": "Unlock Your Potential

At GBS - Global, we're on a mission to shape the future of workplaces across industries. As a member of our team, you'll play a crucial role in helping our clients build better workplaces.

As a Benefits Consultant, you'll be responsible for providing proactive and efficient administration of Corporate Group Risk and Group Healthcare schemes, delivering professional and high-quality service to clients, colleagues, and third parties.

Key Responsibilities:

* Develop internal and external relationships to provide efficient service to clients and manage their expectations
* Liaise with Associate Consultants, Consultants, and insurers/product providers for new business quotations and information
* Work in a team to deliver an outstanding administration service to internal and external clients
* Assist with client requests, queries, and general correspondence
* Process new business, re-brokes, scheme renewals, underwriting, and claims compliantly and profitably
* Work within specific time deadlines and service levels agreed with clients and line management
* Ensure accurate and up-to-date records are maintained in Adviser Office (CRM) & Virtual Cabinet software
* Maintain a diary system for efficient oversight and intra-team workflow
* Perform general office filing and maintenance
* Adhere to internal policies, procedures, and applicable laws, rules, regulations, and good governance

About You:

* Demonstrable administration experience in Group Life assurance, Group Income Protection, Group Critical Illness, and Group Healthcare
* Proven Financial Services administration experience
* Strong verbal and written communication skills at all levels
* High level of accuracy and attention to detail
* Excellent organization skills, ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple tasks
* Stay updated with industry changes and regulations through Compliance bulletins and technical updates
* Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) and relevant internal systems/databases
* Awareness of regulatory requirements for 'advised' and 'non-advised' sales
* Good standard of general education including Maths and English
* CII Group Risk (GR1) and Healthcare (IF7) certifications (Desirable)

What We Offer:

* Competitive salary
* Great teams and exciting career opportunities
* Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to 'buy' extra days
* Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
* Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
* Income protection, we'll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
* Health cash plan or Private medical insurance
* Three fully paid volunteering days per year
* Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
* Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
* Critical illness cover
* Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
* Season ticket loan
* Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
* Emergency back-up family care

Join Our Team:

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it's embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees' diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with . If you'd prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as "protected characteristics") by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

We're an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.

Please note that we're unable to respond to every application, but we'll be in touch with you if we'd like to progress your application.

Thank you for your interest in GBS - Global.

Best regards,

[Your Name]"}
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