Sales Team Leader

Salary: £14.4 – £16.8 per hour

About Markel:

Avencia Consulting are an RPO who provide a recruitment service to our client Markel International.

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

Markel UK delivers a combination of Insurance, Legal and Tax solutions direct to customers or via brokers, solicitors or accountants. The current proposition for Accountants is Tax Fee Protection Insurance, for which Markel has c20% market share, and tax consulting services. These are supplemented by the tax and legal advice lines that are provided as part of the insurance package, reinforcing the strong relationship accountants have with Markel. Markel Tax was voted Best Independent Tax Consultancy firm in the 2020 Tolley Tax Awards, and is the Tax advice line for Tolleys and the Federation of Small Business (FSB).

Role Overview:

Sales Team Leader

Rugby

£ Competitive + Bonus & Benefits

(2-3 days office based / 1-2 days working from home)

Are you looking for a new role within sales renewals?

Help provide operational management to our Connect Accountancy sales team here at Markel Tax.

We have an exciting new opportunity to join our accountancy sales team in our Rugby office due to an internal promotion. The Sales Team Leader will manage and lead the team who provide renewals for accountancy fee protection to our accountancy clients across the UK.

You will be leading the team day to day, focusing on growing our renewals business – no cold calling involved! Helping the team achieve their targets, coaching and supporting them as well as working on other process and business generation projects.

If you’re looking to foster your career within sales working for a global insurance, tax and law company then this may be the role for you!

What you’ll be doing:

• Accountable for the development and growth of the accountant client base and the provision of sales support services to the National and Regional accountancy client base
• Lead the Connect Accountancy sales team day to day
• Handle a defined portfolio of our micro accountants who are managed by the Connect team
• Ensure we deliver high standards of support, engagement and ultimately growth and retention of these relationships
• Be a conduit of information within the tax sales team and wider Markel UK sales community, networking and promoting the strategic relationships within this group
• Ensure our sales activity is undertaken to the highest possible standards of quality and strict adherence to our regulatory obligations

What we’re looking for:

• Strong people management skills, that can be evidenced, and working within an office sales model
• Experience of leading telephone based sales and retention teams
• Must have a consistent record of client management experience
• Must have a balance of sales capability along with a strong management style
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a solid emotional intelligence to ensure positive and proactive internal stakeholder management
• Ideally someone with financial services, tax or accountancy knowledge or experience, but we are happy to look at other sectors

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.

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ” to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

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