Broker Sales Development Specialist

• Full Time Permanent position
• Hybrid role based in our City Centre offices

 

What we offer

We have embraced a hybrid working model for most of our positions, which means that you can enjoy a balanced approach of working from home for part of the week and working from the office for the remainder of the week.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including competitive salaries and bonuses, robust Learning and Development support, excellent Defined Contribution pension and comprehensive Wellbeing initiatives and support to name but a few. 

Further details on our benefits package can be accessed here Benefits (life-careers.com)

 

At Irish Life, our purpose is to help people build better futures. Our company values shape everything we do and underpin our vision of being the driving force behind Ireland’s financial, physical, and mental well-being.

We believe in doing the right thing—acting with integrity and making fair, responsible decisions. We aim high, setting ambitious goals and find better ways to innovate and improve. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and we are dedicated to understanding their needs and exceeding their expectations.  Achieving this this is only possible when we work best together—in a supportive, collaborative environment where every idea and contribution is valued.

 

 

Team Background

 

The Brokerage division sits in Advice Solutions. The role reports to the Regional Sales Manager, Dublin.
Brokerage is a key distribution channel accounting for approximately half of Irish Life’s total retail sales volume through circa 1,600 intermediary relationships.  

To support our ambition to grow in the retail intermediary market, an exciting opportunity has arisen for Broker Sales Development Specialist.

Role Overview

 

The role of the Sales Development Specialist (SDS) is to drive APE sales, margin, and retention with a large panel of brokers utilising largely remote communication tools and identifying opportunities to develop stronger relationships. 
The Broker Sales Development Specialist is also responsible for understanding the Brokerage Proposition & deploying same across their panel of brokers in an effective & efficient manner.

More specific responsibilities will include

1.    Drive new sales and business retention in your business as per specific targets for your organisation.  
2.    Own the broker relationship with Irish Life and ensure brokers are familiar with the Irish Life proposition, through regular communications including targeted emails, webinars & small group meetings.
3.    Constructively input into Senior Management on opportunities to grow a profitable and sustainable business. 
4.    Provide leading edge standards in terms of quality of advice and compliance. 
5.    Agree realistic and challenging levels of service delivery and have the capacity to deal with a wide range of queries.
6.    Collaborate with in the team to identify synergies and have the capacity to answer a wide range of queries. 
7.    Work with internal teams to develop and promote existing and new services and products to engage external stakeholders. 
8.    Identify opportunities to drive innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement in your team.
9.    Any other duties as assigned by your manager.

What you will need to be successful in the role

•    QFA, MIIPM or equivalent
•    At least 3 years’ experience in relevant industry
•    Knowledge of Financial Services – including investment markets and developments
•    Commercial Awareness / Insights
•    Process / Proposition / Product Knowledge
•    Experience of the life assurance and broker market and its workings
•    Very detailed experience of how Irish Life operates.
•    Must meet Minimum Competency Standards.

Key Competencies

Building and Maintaining RelationshipsDrive for ResultsProblem Solving and Decision MakingPlanning & OrganisingCommunication & Influencing

About us

 

Irish Life is one of Ireland’s largest financial institutions with a presence across a range of financial services markets.  We are one of Ireland’s leading financial services groups with over 1.5 million customers. For over 80 years, we’ve been helping people to look after their life insurance, pension and investment needs, and more recently their health insurance.

It is a subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco and a member of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies.

We are proud of our culture of developing