Company Description

Life can sometimes be unpredictable, and it pays to plan ahead. Our aim at Legal & General Retail is to help our customers plan for the unexpected, achieve financial security for their tomorrow, and protect everything that’s important to them. To better understand our customers and meet their needs, we’ve brought our protection, retirement income, savings, lending and advice, fintech and mortgage businesses under one umbrella. Created at the start of 2022 through the merging of our long-standing and trusted retail retirement and insurance businesses, we’re a fast-growing division with big, customer-centered ambitions. 

Job Description

To achieve profitable sales of Legal & Generals Annuity Income products through a selected portfolio of Intermediaries to increase mutual value and profitability.

What you will be doing:

• Achieve agreed targets and KPI’s across a range of products and propositions so that LGR achieves its divisional objectives and importantly increases its market share.
• Maintain and build a portfolio of intermediaries who can add sustainable value to our business, whilst having a clear focus on risk and compliance aspects to avoid exposing the business
• Develop and maintain an in depth understanding of the panel’s intermediaries in terms of business needs, issues and areas of focus.  Drive development of these firms through a telephone-based contact strategy, demonstrating well-developed fact-finding skills, so that the business opportunities are maximised.
• When required attend and proactively follow up LGR events including National and Network seminars/Conferences to ensure we fully maximise on our investment
• Ensure daily completion of Customer Relationship Management tool (CRM) to provide valuable and ongoing feedback and insight into the intermediary market.
• Demonstrate a full commitment to personal development through proactive attendance of training and workshops and keeping abreast of industry news.
• Treating Customers Fairly – Ensure all interactions with firms result in the correct information being shared. Seek feedback from intermediaries that aims to identify areas for improvement within product design, literature, administration and sales processes and provide information to relevant areas where appropriate.

Qualifications

• RO1 or equivalent or willing to study in year 1. Further studies as appropriate to role
• Understanding and knowledge of annuity market including propositions and products available through providers and how they fit into the intermediary advice process
• Understanding of telephone-based sales and relationship techniques from previous experience
• Some knowledge and understanding of the intermediary market
• Telephone sales and ability to influence a decision during a telephone conversation.
• Effective in selling and presenting on products and propositions

Additional Information

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, at least 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave. 

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings. 

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. 

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.