About the Role
Serve as a trusted advisor to a portfolio of group retirement clients, delivering strategic consulting, investment guidance, and plan management expertise. Play a key role in business development and cross-functional collaboration across Gallagher’s practices.
Responsibilities
- Serve as Lead or Co-Consultant for a defined block of group retirement clients, ensuring exceptional service and strategic alignment.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, record-keepers, and internal teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Prepare and present clear, insightful reports including investment reviews and annual plan performance summaries.
- Provide expert guidance on plan design, investment options, and regulatory compliance in simple, accessible language.
- Manage the RFP and vendor selection process, offering recommendations for record-keeper partnerships.
- Participate in and occasionally lead responses to RFPs for new business opportunities.
- Support business development initiatives through cross-selling and prospecting within existing and new client relationships.
- Monitor service delivery against standards, proactively identifying and resolving issues.
- Coordinate and occasionally deliver retirement education seminars for clients and their employees.
- Provide investment guidance to plan members via phone or in-person consultations.
- Collaborate with clients and record-keepers to develop and execute communication strategies.
- Evaluate investment managers and record-keepers to ensure alignment with client goals.
- Contribute to thought leadership through articles, presentations, and industry trend analysis.
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of experience in institutional retirement plans, investment consulting, or related fields.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite; strong planning and time management skills.
Skills
- Deep understanding of Capital Accumulation Plans (CAPs), Canadian pension legislation, and group retirement savings plans.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify complex concepts.
- A collaborative team player with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.
Experience Level
- Minimum 10 years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Mathematics, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Professional designations such as CFA, CIPM, ASA, CFP, RPA, or CEBS are considered strong assets.
- Bilingual in French is an asset.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits programs designed to support your well-being
- Career development opportunities and ongoing learning
About the Company
- At Gallagher Benefit Services, you’re a trusted partner to organizations navigating some of their most important people decisions.
- We help clients build better workplaces, where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to thrive.
- Whether it’s shaping benefit strategies, designing wellbeing programs, or advising on workforce challenges, the work you do here creates meaningful change for businesses and the people who power them.
- We’re a community of bold explorers, trusted experts, and compassionate partners; working side by side to solve problems, and shape the future of work.
- Here, curiosity is encouraged, collaboration is second nature, and your ideas have room to grow.
- If you’re looking for a place where your contribution matters and where you can help build a better world of work; think of Gallagher.
- We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you!
- We currently have an existing vacancy within our organization, so, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.
- At Gallagher, we believe supporting our colleagues goes far beyond the role itself.
- A collaborative, people-first culture with accessible leadership
- The opportunity to do meaningful work with global reach and local impact
Equal Opportunity
- Gallagher is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)
