Principal Employee Benefits Consultant in City of Westminster

Principal Healthcare & Risk Consultant

Do you want to work in a highly successful team with great rewards and flexibility? Do you want to make a tangible difference to a client’s employee health & wellbeing strategy and overall employee value proposition? We have a great opportunity to join our Southern Region Healthcare and Risk Consulting team. This is a hybrid role which provides the flexibility to work both virtually and from our offices in either Farnborough or London.

AON is in the business of better decisions. We shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What the day will look like

A Principal Consultant will be primarily responsible for the retention and development of a portfolio of some of our largest and most complex clients, and for providing expert consulting advice to ensure our service meets clients’ needs. This will include a responsibility to drive growth and achieve a set of stretching commercial targets through working in tandem with colleagues across the business. The Principal Consultant will also be responsible for client leadership and contributing to setting strategy across the region and wider firm.

• Act as a client leader and a trusted advisor for a portfolio of complex clients, consistently providing expert advice.
• Elevate conversations across solution lines and beyond the Health business in order to bring the best of AON to our clients.
• Develop and maintain long‑term relationships with clients to enhance service delivery, ensure renewal and retention of existing accounts.
• Identify, nurture and own new business opportunities, both within the portfolio under management and across wider networks, working in partnership with AON colleagues.
• Lead and shape activities and initiatives aimed at promoting AON’s products and services in the marketplace (e.g. media events, trade conferences, client seminars).
• Stay up‑to‑date with current trends and market developments in the industry, and contribute to thought leadership within the firm.
• Undertake reviews of clients’ employee benefits requirements, documenting and analysing the results, together with making recommendations for enhancement or the provision of services by AON.
• Partner with clients to shape and set benefit strategy.
• Responsibility for working in accordance with the AON UK Limited Risk Management Framework, and compliance with the AON UK Limited policies.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• Experience within the Health & Benefits sector is essential.
• Advanced technical competence in at least one pillar is essential.
• Proven track record of effective client leadership.
• Good interpersonal skills to deploy on both the internal and external client teams.
• A commercial mind and proven track record of delivering growth, supported by effective planning of pipeline opportunities.
• Sound understanding of AON and our key propositions.
• Deep understanding of the Employee Benefits landscape and up‑to‑date knowledge of market trends.
• A self‑motivating desire to improve AON IQ to help drive further opportunities.

Benefits and support

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage an inclusive workforce and an agile environment that allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance. You will enjoy two Global Wellbeing Days each year, and a variety of working style solutions. Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential.

Equal Employment Opportunity

AON is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. AON provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status or other legally protected status. We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email ReasonableAccommodations@Aon.com.