About the Role
Aon's Global Broking Centre is recruiting a Client Director to join their Surety team in London. This role is responsible for day-to-day account management, client retention, new business development, and coordinating market negotiations within the Surety sector.
Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day client service in collaboration with team colleagues.
- Achieve client retention objectives and drive new business development.
- Coordinate and contribute to the marketing and negotiation of business within the Surety Market.
- Provide client management and broking services for a diversified portfolio of clients, including renewals and new business.
- Understand client business and surety requirements, offering technical advice.
- Proactively advise clients on opportunities to improve surety programs.
- Ensure client retention and year-over-year book growth.
- Ensure compliance with Aon standards and Business Practice Guidelines.
- Meet regularly with markets to understand pricing, capacity, and indemnity agreements.
- Serve as a point of contact for other Aon colleagues regarding surety matters.
- Collaborate with Surety clients to achieve global best practice.
- Comply with regulatory and other standards as directed by line management.
- Work in accordance with the Aon UK Limited Risk Management Framework and policies.
- Participate in the management of risks, including mandatory training.
Requirements
- Ideally, candidates will have brokerage experience and risk expertise gained through prior transactions.
- Demonstrates integrity and professionalism.
Skills
- Excellent technical knowledge in Surety.
- Experience working as a client manager, ideally in the Surety space.
- Exceptional negotiation skills and experience in layering complex programmes.
- Organized with the ability to prioritize work, delivering accurately and on time.
- Excellent Client Service skills.
- Ability to interpret and use data effectively.
- Excellent relationships and knowledge of the UK Surety market.
- Ability to build and maintain good business relationships.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Effective communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to work well as part of a team and with network offices.
- High Aon IQ and ability to network across the Aon platform.
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Client Director
About the Company
- Aon's Global Broking Centre is an integral part of Aon’s global broking strategy.
- The GBC provides colleagues from across the Aon network with access to specialist brokers and client managers, dedicated client solutions and thought leadership, and significant global insurance capacity.
- The GBC works with network colleagues to deliver market-leading solutions to Aon clients, creating a competitive advantage in our placement strategies worldwide.
- Aon is in the business of better decisions.
- At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.
- As an organisation, we are united through trust as one inclusive team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.
