Senior Associate, Strategic Engagement

Aon is seeking a Strategy Senior Associate to join the Strategic Engagement team within Inpoint in London. This is a 6‑month fixed-term contract. This is a highly relationship-focused role, where you will partner closely with Aon clients to build strong connections and support the delivery of their strategic objectives. It would suit someone with a relationship-driven mindset and a strong data skillset. A background in the commercial insurance industry would be advantageous.

At Aon, you’ll be part of a collaborative and inclusive culture, with access to extensive networking opportunities both internally and externally. This includes engagement through our Employee Resource Groups, which offer valuable connections to senior leaders, as well as mentoring and volunteering opportunities.

What the day will look like:

• Developing and maintaining a fluency in the company's and insurers strategy, products, leadership and operations to enrich client outcomes.
• Contributing to initiatives across the wider firm.
• Working with the team on ensuing account management tasks including requests and gathering of information from carriers and colleagues, participating on projects, liaising between internal professionals and organising meeting logistics to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Reporting to senior colleagues on relationship satisfaction to ensure a mutual understanding both internally and externally.
• Undertaking market research, financial and data analysis that helps clients make better decisions.
• Supporting specific aspects of the client relationship alongside other Aon Inpoint colleagues.
• Supporting the preparation and facilitation of interviews with clients and Aon colleagues.
• Engaging and contributing to the production of reports and other client deliverables.

You will be responsible for working in accordance with the Aon UK Limited Risk Management Framework, and compliance with the Aon UK Limited policies, including participation in the management of risks (including completion of mandatory training) that may adversely affect the business, interests, or reputation of any Group Company.

How is this opportunity different:

Dedicated and inspiring individuals join Aon Inpoint, the management consulting and advisory arm of Aon from a variety of backgrounds because they are excited by the opportunity to work with some of the most influential executives in the Insurance industry across a broad range of business challenges. You will be involved in shaping market entry options, international growth planning, distribution strategy and operational improvement initiatives across Property & Casualty Insurance, Reinsurance, Health & Benefits and Life business. This is a high-profile strategic engagement role, and one where the role holder would be expected to establish themselves as a trusted advisor to c-level stakeholders within Insurers across the UK and Europe, working in partnership with leaders across our organisation.

About you:

• You like working in a fun environment with hard-working and ambitious people.
• You ideally have experience in the insurance industry, or business development roles within insurance or a financial services or consulting environment.
• You are educated to a degree level or with an entrepreneurial background with experience working as a senior associate.
• You have relationship management skills and evidence of building trusted relationships both internally and externally.
• People skills, persuasion, negotiation, diplomacy, able to work within mixed and virtual teams, able to forge links and build networks with different Aon teams.
• You have excellent research and presentation skills with the ability to influence decisions at all levels.
• You have analytical capability – with focus and high attention to detail comfortable to undertake or instruct the organisation, analysis and interpretation of structured and unstructured data and information to be used for decision-making.
• You have the ability to interpret data, seeking trends and translating this into valued insights for the business and our clients.
• You have a consistent record of delivering results with the ability to follow through on actions and track them to closure.
• You are self-reliant and a self-starter who thinks around problems, creatively and resourcefully, to open new opportunities prioritise and work well under pressure.