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Job Summary

• Zurich Life Assurance plc is looking for a Broker Consultant who has the ability to partner with our extensive relationships with Financial Brokers/Advisors. As a Life Broker Consultant within Zurich, the successful candidate will be part of the strongest and most successful Broker Consultant Team operating in the Irish Financial Services Market
• This role is a controlled function under the CBI Fitness and Probity Standard
• This role may be available part-time or full time. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need

As a Broker Consultant your main responsibilities will include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following:, • Work closely with Financial Brokers/Advisors, allowing them to deliver superior service to their clients. , • Understand the needs of a panel of Financial Brokers/Advisors and their clients and help fulfil those needs with the use of Zurich products., • Work to exceed targets by building and growing profitable relationships with our Financial Broker/Advisor network., • Identify how the technical expertise within Zurich can be properly focused and delivered to the Financial Broker/Advisor network., • Be a business partner to the Financial Broker/Advisor and deliver the help needed for them to expand and be more efficient in running their own business., • Create, develop and manage relationships with a panel of Financial Brokers/Advisors to promote Zurich and drive sales., • Understand the market place and industry developments when dealing with our distributors., • Understand how the Irish Financial Broker/Advisor business works – current position, future aspirations and how Zurich can partner with them., • Improve and update product and market knowledge and apply knowledge appropriately. , • Manage own priorities and make effective use of resources available

As a Broker Consultant your skills and qualifications will include:, • Strong technical knowledge of life, investment and pension products., • Strong academic qualifications, minimum QFA qualified together with a commitment to attain relevant technical insurance qualifications., • Excellent and deep understanding of the intermediary marketplace, competitors, as well as intermediary business models., • Strong communication skills with the ability to adapt style to the individual needs of intermediaries and able to network and successfully build relationships., • An ability to engage on an individual and/or group basis through high degree of presentation skills with an ability to make a positive impact and build rapport with others., • Self-motivated, goal orientated and resilient., • The ability to achieve qualitative and quantitative individual targets under set business targets., • Effective personal organisational/business planning skills., • Proven ability to think creatively and to innovate., • Problem solving, decision making and solid business judgement

Primary work location is Blackrock, Dublin. Position is Dublin-based but occasional travel may be required to other Zurich locations

Zurich is one of Ireland's leading insurance companies providing a wide range of general insurance and life insurance products and services. The company employs over 1,000 people across its locations in Dublin and Wexford