Trading Manager Ecclesiastical Insurance

Working hours:35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration:Permanent

Location: Manchester

Job : 204734

Ecclesiastical Insurance
, who are proudly part of
Benefact Group
are looking for a Trading Manager to join our Manchester office.

As Trading Manager
, you will be responsible for delivering consistent, effective new business performance while shaping a high‑performing team culture. You’ll play a pivotal role in driving underwriting excellence, strengthening our broker relationships, and ensuring our service consistently reflects the values and ambitions of Ecclesiastical Insurance
. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll influence strategy, champion continuous improvement, and empower your team to achieve outstanding results.

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's 15 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2025, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group - where all profits go to charity and good causes.

• Lead the team to deliver corporate strategy.

• Plan, prioritise and manage individual and team workflow effectively in conjunction with the Operations Manager to deliver outstanding customer service, ensuring forecast demand is adequately resourced.

• Set and monitor team and individual service targets on an annual, weekly, and daily basis to maximise team performance and meet objectives.

• Manage individual performance.

• Drive the delivery of New Business KPIs delivering profitable results in line with or better than planned objectives.

• Support the delivery of outstanding business relationships through the delivery of outstanding service.

• Pro‑actively support Business Development in the delivery of their objectives with brokers

• Embed a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement, collaborating across the wider business.

• Ensure all recruitment is managed against EIO’s Underwriting authorities.

• Support the on‑going technical underwriter assessment of performance across the Underwriting team.

• Experience of leading and managing successful teams within a Commercial Insurer

• Experience of effective stakeholder management within a commercial environment.

• Experience of analysing data and MI reporting driving business outcomes.

• Demonstrable market and industry knowledge.

• Proven track record in trading and developing business.

• Proven ability to coach for enhanced performance of others.

• Confident and influential communicator with the ability to negotiate at all levels.

• ACII qualified.

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it

• Hybrid working

• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution

• Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 7.5% and
  30%

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme

• An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance

• £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice

• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Full study support to gain professional qualifications

• Access to virtual GP

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

"As our Trading Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in leading our high performing new business underwriting team, whilst personally building trusted broker relationships and setting the standard for outstanding service in every broker interaction. It’s a unique leadership opportunity within a regional business that consistently achieves strong results and broker feedback."

Ecclesiastical Insurance offer insurance with award-winning service across a broad range of specialisms, including faith, charity, heritage, education, art and private client, real estate and schemes, across Ireland, Canada and the UK.

As a business, we’ve been trusted to protect some of the UK’s best-loved and most iconic buildings for over a century, and we’re not standing still. We’re a forward thinking, energetic organisation entering new markets, with an ambition…