Trading Director in England

As our business is growing and changing, we are now looking for a Trading Director who will play an essential part with the Growth through Excellence strategy. You will be responsible for the delivery of the P&L budget and management of distributed business within the division in order to drive new business and retention and delivery against income and expenditure targets.

This role is home based but will require occasional travel across all of the sites within the direct business area.

You will support the redesign and integration of all trading resources into one structure creating an effective workforce. You will have a strong focus and use your strategic thinking skills and experience to support the Managing director.

Your Accountabilities as a Trading Director will be split amongst Trading, Governance and Compliance, Stakeholder Management and Cultures and Behaviours.

Responsibilities include:

• Maintain ultimate oversight of all financial performance within the division and be responsible for the development of robust sales plans to achieve New Business targets with oversight of all renewal retention metrics
• Ensure the division has adequate systems and controls in place to manage the risks to the business
• Working with the wider Ardonagh teams, implement governance and tracking mechanisms to ensure Ardonagh Business Standards are complied with at all times
• Working with Compliance Team, implement governance and tracking mechanisms to ensure the escalation issues and risks in a timely manner
• Ensure key stakeholders are informed and kept up to date with progress against plan.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues across the platform, maintaining effective communication and influence to make ensure the business strategy is delivered within the business
• Communicating change issues promptly, clearly explaining the impact upon key stakeholders and working to create a shared sense of responsibility and involvement in activities
• Educate, advise, and support their divisional teams in regular business update meetings, deploying training resource and evaluating group and individual performance

What we’re looking for:

• It is essential that you have a background in the Insurance Industry
• Demonstrable experience in Senior Leadership roles within insurance and of managing other senior leaders
• Experience in Digital insurance, Sales or Account managing.
• Ideally you will have a strong commercial focus and significant, proven experience of managing a P&L Budget
• A robust understanding of business processes and performance levers, who is at ease with complex and evolving concepts and change
• Ability to demonstrate leadership of driving new ideas and innovation as well as build and maintain relationships with teams and stakeholders across the business at all levels
• Highly collaborative approach across functions and geographies.

In return you will be welcomed and supported by our Ardonagh family, with opportunities to earn your annual salary plus a role-based incentive plan and grow your career. You will also be joining an organisation that cares about you as a person and your wellbeing.

Some of the other benefits are:

• Holiday entitlement of 26 days plus bank holidays
• Opportunity to progress your career across the entire Ardonagh family
• Gain professional CII or ACII qualifications to enhance your knowledge and career prospects
• Pension scheme for when you feel it’s time to retire
• 24-hour support for you and your families physical and mental wellbeing
• Corporate perks such as discounted gym memberships, cinema tickets, shopping, Eyecare vouchers, cycle to work and much more
• 1 days paid volunteering day to give back to our communities
• Ardonagh Community Trust (ACT) - Raising funds for charity with donation matching in your local community
• The Spotlight Awards, where we shine a light on the brightest talent across our group

So, what are you waiting for? Apply today and one of our team will be in touch.

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The Company

With 80 local offices, over 2000 team members and over 100,000 clients, Towergate Insurance Brokers has the largest footprint and biggest salesforce in the UK. We’re community brokers and risk experts backed by the scale and spirit of the UK’s largest independent broker. We’ve got big ambitions for the future – join us for the journey and make your mark on the local community.

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