Consultant - Strategy & Development
Join Markel at a time of growth and expansion and become part of a small team developing critical strategy and shaping business decisions. Markel International is an insurance company that underwrites a diverse portfolio of property, casualty, and marine insurance and reinsurance business on a world-wide basis.
Our Strategy team is looking for a Consultant to join the London-based team. This team works directly with our business leaders, shaping the strategy that enables Markel International to achieve its global ambitions. We are tasked with facilitating and supporting decision making to ensure the company invests in the assets and capabilities needed to stay ahead of the competition and maintain market leadership, with fresh and disruptive thinking. We help evolve early ideas into future growth initiatives, and work with the Delivery function to drive these forward. The Consultant position will be a core member of a highly regarded team and be responsible for providing support and analysis across the projects that we cover.
This is a particularly exciting time to join a dynamic, ambitious, friendly and respected team that is highly visible across the company, especially with senior leadership. We pride ourselves on a flat team structure, providing opportunities for our team members to shape and own their projects. There are strong growth opportunities both within the team and the wider business.
What you’ll be doing:
Contributing to continuous development of the overall strategy for Markel International
Providing thought leadership to Speciality business partners on a broad range of business-critical topics, from product and growth strategies to operational and organisational challenges and opportunities
Crafting insightful presentations that summarise analysis and presenting them to groups of senior leaders to influence decision-making.
Conducting market research, identifying and monitoring industry trends and competitive analysis.
Managing the relationship with specific business leaders to help them develop and grow their divisions
Supporting the Executive Leadership Team with ad hoc requests in a timely, accurate and insightful way
Project examples include growth strategy, market entry, product strategy, digital distribution and target operating model design across such areas as Terrorism, Cyber and Renewable Energy
What we’re looking for:
Experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, and/or financial services/insurance
High proficiency in and passion for problem solving; ability to break complex challenges into logical and manageable components
Ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple projects.
Ability to successfully work and partner across multiple functions in an organisation.
Ability to identify business challenges and opportunities, think creatively about solutions, and create well-structured plans by weighing risks
Ability to create actionable plans to implement strategy
Strong, effective communicator - comfortable engaging with senior leaders, and able to effectively challenge the status quo to shift the way of thinking
Intellectually curious, results-oriented, motivated, disciplined and flexible
Demonstrated collaborative ability, both within immediate team and wider company.
Prior experience in insurance (especially London market) and M&A is preferable but not a prerequisite
Strong Excel skills, with experience building financial models
What’s in it for you?
A very competitive basic salary plus bonus & benefits.
25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave.
Company matched pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, a cycle2work scheme, season ticket loan, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), parental, adoption and shared parental leave pay and plenty more.
Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts and cash back on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology.
The possibility of working from both the office and from home (hybrid), flexible working or other options are available.
You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere within Markel.
You’ll be joining a global network of experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple teams and countries. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that.