Consultant (Products)

Job Description:

Our client, a highly successful financial services firm, are currently looking for a Consultant to join their team on a permanent basis.

This is an exciting opportunity for those with experience in product support or the conduct agenda!

This role can be based in London, Edinburgh, or Glasgow.

• Experience in product support or the conduct agenda, either ‘in-house' at an insurer or in consulting


• Self-starter, who is able to drive a project forward, sometimes with limited guidance


• Experience of planning projects and track record of delivering work on schedule


• Flexible in approach and comfortable with working in a changing environment


• Proven ability to manage multiple and sometimes conflicting demands


• Strong personal values, including a commitment to professional and ethical behaviour


• Collegiate worker with high emotional intelligence, able to quickly establish good working relationships with colleagues


• Enthusiasm for developing a strong network of contacts in the life insurance industry


• Ability to successfully delegate to less experienced colleagues


• Willingness and ability to travel where necessary


• Working knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Product development and/or pricing; Product reviews; Customer journeys; Consumer Duty, in particular in relation to value for money assessments; or FCA/conduct agenda, including awareness of historic thematic work impacting the life insurance sector.


• Sound grounding in actuarial techniques and strong IT skills.


• Dependent on experience, but candidates are likely to be qualified UK actuaries, or hold another professional or quantitative risk qualification.

• Providing high quality support and advice to our insurance and reinsurance clients both in the UK and globally


• Delivering to our clients as a subject matter expert in the key areas of your experience


• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients, building a strong network of contacts in the life insurance industry.


• Identifying and developing further consultancy opportunities with new and existing clients.


• Collaborating across the business, particularly with our investment and risk transfer specialists in the firm, to deliver on cross-practice projects.


• Developing our digital toolkit to enhance our consulting proposition.


• Helping to promote our insurance offerings to a wider audience, including presenting at conferences and producing thought leadership.


• Developing and shaping new propositions to take to our clients and prospects.

• A highly competitive salary


• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 15803

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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Core-Asset Consulting offers specialist recruitment services to asset management, accounting & finance, asset servicing, legal and the wider financial services sector in Scotland.

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