Strategic Account Executive

ARAG UK Group are looking for a Strategic Account Executive to join our BTE Partnerships Team. Reporting into the Strategic Partnerships Manager, this is a great opportunity for the successful candidate to expand their business knowledge across all areas whilst holding responsibility for managing Business Partner escalations, distributing management information (MI), producing Quarterly Review Packs, and supporting the wider Partnerships team. This role supports a number of partnerships and helps the team provide outstanding administration services to both internal stakeholders and external business partner relationships.

Responsibilities include:

• Building relationships with strategic accounts to support our partnerships.
• Coordinating governance meetings, ensuring adherence to a monthly schedule and organising onsite meetings with Business Partners.
• Preparing meeting agendas, documenting minutes, and tracking follow-up actions.
• Collecting, reviewing and distributing monthly and quarterly Business Partner Management Information.
• Effectively using companywide platforms to ensure stakeholders at all parties are informed of developments within each partnership.
• Handling business partner queries and enquiries, ensuring responses are delivered promptly and ensuring the relevant department provides timely and thorough responses.
• Establishing relationships with internal stakeholders to meet the needs of our business partners and customers.
• Coordinating audits and due diligence questionnaires, which may involve planning and hosting on-site audits.
• Providing support for the wider team when required on ad-hoc project requirements as well as collaborating with your team to provide outstanding administrative services across both internal and external parties.

About You

We are keen to hear from candidates with the ability to communicate effectively and build collaborative working relationships across a wide matrix of internal and external stakeholders. In addition, you will ideally have:

• Effective relationship building skills, and the ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks.
• A proactive and innovative mind-set to engage in stakeholder management.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel.

If you are keen to become part of our exciting future then we would love to hear from you. You will join an exceptionally friendly and supportive team with a commitment to flexible working alongside a generous salary and benefits package including:

• 26 days holiday with the option to buy up to a further 5 days.
• Competitive salary.
• Company pension scheme with the option to increase contributions.
• The option to join our Sports and Social club which organises discounted events such as theatre visits, wine tasting and shopping trips.
• Progressive career pathway and development opportunities.
• Employee reward and incentive scheme.
• Group Income Protection for all employees.
• Group Legal Protection for all employees.
• European Motor Assistance and Home Emergency Assistance.
• Inclusion in our Health Cash plan.
• Salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle scheme.

Some business travel may be required within this role to support business partner meetings, conferences and training. If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you meet all the criteria listed above.

About The Company

ARAG UK has been helping businesses and individuals gain access to justice for over 40 years. It’s our founding principle to enable everybody, not just those who can afford it, to assert their legal rights. Thousands of businesses and individuals defend or pursue legal action each year safe in the knowledge that ARAG are paying their legal bills. Our businesses include a legal expenses insurance company and a law firm with many opportunities in both areas. We have always been aware that it’s the people that really make it happen; the quality of our people defines the quality of the company, the service we offer and the good outcomes for our customers, so we’re committed to creating a great place to work for our employees. We believe it is an exciting time to join ARAG. You can expect an organisation that will challenge and develop you to progress your career. By giving you every opportunity to develop yourself professionally and personally, we also pride ourselves on having an open, inclusive and high energy culture that encourages a fun working environment and places our customers at the very heart of everything we do.