Strategic Account Manager

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: Northern Region (Aligned to Manchester office)

Job : 205464

Ecclesiastical Insurance
, who are proudly part of Benefact Groupare looking for a Strategic Account Manager to cover our Northern Region.

Joining our rapidly expanding and innovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and become an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation.

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.

• Build, manage and own commercially successful relationships with brokers and intermediaries to drive new business growth and retention.
• Own a portfolio of broker accounts, overseeing both open market business and delegated authority schemes to maximise performance and profitability.
• Collaborate closely with underwriting specialists and internal teams to provide exceptional broker service, effective risk selection, and profitable outcomes.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans, managing senior stakeholder relationships and maintaining a strong market presence with key industry contacts.
• Deliver profitable growth by identifying new opportunities, monitoring broker performance, managing CRM activity, supporting renewals, and achieving retention and new business targets.

• Previous experience in an Account Management or Broker Development role within the General Insurance market
• Ability to lead on and develop Strategic Accounts
• Highly credible and commercially focussed with a strong reputation in the general insurance market for delivery and service.
• Proven ability to build productive relationships internally and externally
• Excellent sales, communication, negotiation & presentation skills
• Knowledge of tactical marketing campaigns and ability to identify such opportunities
• Chartered Insurance Professional (Preferential)

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it
• Car Allowance
• 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

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 to double our size, because when we grow, we give back more.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

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