Account Developer

We have an exciting opportunity for an Account Developer to join the Distribution team in Maidstone. In this role you will build and maintain long-term sustainable trading relationships with a defined panel of brokers. You will be the primary point of contact for these brokers, coordinating Allianz’s proposition to market, and enabling profitable growth of the account in line with branch and team plans. This role offers hybrid working options: 2 days in the office and 1 day in the market, based in Maidstone.

About You

In this dynamic role, you will lead broker relationships across the UK, focusing on Maidstone and London panels. You'll drive business growth through innovative sales and product strategies while collaborating with Allianz teams to elevate our market presence. With opportunities to engage directly with brokers and promote key propositions, you'll be instrumental in shaping our success and ensuring compliance with industry standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage brokers across the UK, focusing on the Maidstone regional panel and a smaller panel in London.
• Engage with brokers remotely via phone, video calls, and face-to-face meetings in the market.
• Develop business through sales and marketing initiatives, campaigns, new product launches, and existing product reintroductions with your panel of agreed intermediaries.
• Liaise with various Allianz teams to raise awareness of business development activities, embracing One Allianz principles.
• Fulfill responsibilities set out within the Distribution Framework, ensuring defined sales disciplines are demonstrated.
• Promote our accelerator proposition, selling key features and participating in broker events.
• Maintain market awareness, monitor changes, and provide feedback to relevant stakeholders.
• Manage and appoint intermediaries across our broker segments, ensuring compliance with procedures, authorities, and regulations.

Essential Skills:

• Relationship management, networking, communication and negotiation skills.
• New Business or Sales Experience.
• Understanding of the customer and broker propositions offered by the Allianz Group.
• A developing awareness of the UK commercial insurance market.
• A developing awareness of business regulatory requirements.
• Experience of managing communication across all stakeholder groups and a wide audience of internal and external audiences.
• Previous experience of developing business in an intermediated environment is preferable.
• Working towards a CII qualification preferable.

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options.
• Annual performance related bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet.

Our Ways of Working

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer. We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success. We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role. Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.

For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Deivydas Sakys. We reserve the right to close the ad early if we reach enough applications. Join us - Let’s Care for Tomorrow.