Broker Consultant

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Job Title: Broker Consultant

Control Function: CF5, CF7

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: SouthWest & Midlands

Working style: Field Based

Closing date: 5th March 2025

Due to growth, Royal London Ireland are seeking to expand our sales team. This role plays a pivotal part in delivering and promoting our sales proposition, contributing to the expansion of our sales across Ireland. 

Your focus will be driving new business growth in both protection and pensions while also maximising opportunities with exiting accounts. If you’re results driven and passionate about building strong broker relationships where you can help us to achieve our ambitious targets and make a lasting impact on our business, we would like to hear from you.

About the role

• Drive and support the delivery and promotion of our overall sales proposition within the RL Ireland Sales Team
• Actively contribute to the broadening of our sales throughput
• Achieve new business targets in both protection and pensions
• Maximize throughput from existing accounts
• Create compelling messages and materials to support the promotion of our overall product offering and support the delivery of the Pensions sales plan
• Strong relationships and positive feedback and engagement from the Broker market
• Broadening of pensions, investment and protection support base

About you

• Minimum QFA level – Degree level and CFP qualified an advantage.
• Extensive experience of retail pension and investment products, Broker distribution channels and the challenges they face in the current regulatory climate.
• In-depth understanding and up to date knowledge of fund, investment and economic matters
• Track record in similar role
• Strong knowledge of Life, Pension and Protection products
• Ability to understand and translate complex technical issues into marketable messages
• Experience of helping to build relationships with new broker firms
• Ability to deliver compelling, engaging presentations
• Ability to work to tight timescales and manage conflicting priorities and to build and maintain relationships.
• Strong communication skills and excellent team working skills.
• Excellent customer engagement skills and strong influencing skills.
• Problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Full, clean driving licence

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.