Trainee Account Manager - Financial Services

CKB Recruitment ,
South Cerney, Gloucestershire
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £23,650 per annum

Overview

Does working for a fantastic financial services employer in Gloucestershire, who provide professional study support, a number of benefits and an immaculate new office to work from sound appealing? If you have at least 6 months outbound telephone-based sales experience, then it could be worth you setting aside 5 minutes of your time and reading on Well we can tell you we are delighted to be working with this rapidly expanding mutual society, who have experienced some impressive growth recently. They have a leadership team in place to make sure this continues and have some big plans for the future, meaning there is some great opportunities at the moment for hard working and career minded people who want to join them on this journey. They offer some genuinely decent perks such as staff away days and social functions, as well as 2 days a year fully paid to go and work for a charity of your choice. They also offer 33 days holiday (which includes bank holidays) to start, free eye care, a 10% of salary annual bonus and a 10% non-contributory pension as well as private health cover. And the benefits do not stop there, as they also offer a staff Employee Assistance program, and discounted membership investment opportunities. They currently number 73 people in the business as a whole, so you will know most people there once you have settled in and be able to put a name to the face They are based in a fantastic office in South Cerney. We have visited these recently and must say were very impressed with the building, which has been custom built for this business, and contains several lunch and chill out facilities, and has a really nice feel to it Due to the very low turnover of staff, this is a rarely available job opportunity for someone career minded who wants to work for a business who offer first class training and development for all its staff as well as a stable and enjoyable working environment. They fully support professional qualifications too and will help you achieve all your professional goals They are now looking to appoint someone onto their Sales team as Trainee Account Manager. This team are a genuinely fun bunch of people who work very hard but have lots of laughs and banter, so ideally you will be the same and looking to work in this sort of team As an Account Manager, you will be responsible for raising awareness of the Society and its products by calling up Financial Advisers (FAs), Pure Protection Specialists, National Advisory Firms and Networks, making regular telephone contact with Financial Advisors and visiting them when required and generally promoting the Society at all times to maximise new business. It’s a really great opportunity for someone to move into Financial Services and start an exciting career in this very buoyant sector working for an excellent company To be considered for this role you will need to have sales experience gained in a professional office environment with experience working to sales targets with no insurance or financial services experience being needed, although a bonus if you have this, as full training will be provided on their products You will also need to have a highly professional telephone manner and be confident in picking up the phone and speaking to a highly professional client base Office hours are 8:45am to 5pm (36.5 hours a week) and the starting salary on offer is £21,500 - £24,500 basic, with a 10% bonus available, based on agreed achieved KPI’s and paid annually as well as all the other benefits mentioned above If you wish to discuss this role in more detail, please contact Kieran Boyle at CKB Recruitment - General Insurance & Financial Services Recruitment Specialists.