Trading Manager at The Benefact Group

Manchester, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Jul, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

21 Apr, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Team leadership, Underwriting, Broker relationship management, Strategic planning, Data analysis, MI reporting, Performance management, Negotiation, Commercial insurance, Stakeholder management, Coaching, Operational excellence, Continuous improvement

Industry

Financial Services

Description

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday Duration: Permanent Location: Manchester Job Ref: 204734 About the role Ecclesiastical Insurance, who are proudly part of Benefact Group are looking for a Trading Manager to join our Manchester office. As Trading Manager, you will be responsible for delivering consistent, effective new business performance while shaping a high‑performing team culture. You’ll play a pivotal role in driving underwriting excellence, strengthening our broker relationships, and ensuring our service consistently reflects the values and ambitions of Ecclesiastical Insurance. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll influence strategy, champion continuous improvement, and empower your team to achieve outstanding results. Why join us? Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's 15 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2025, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group - where all profits go to charity and good causes. What you'll be doing Lead the team to deliver corporate strategy. Plan, prioritise and manage individual and team workflow effectively in conjunction with the Operations Manager to deliver outstanding customer service, ensuring forecast demand is adequately resourced. Set and monitor team and individual service targets on an annual, weekly, and daily basis to maximise team performance and meet objectives. Manage individual performance. Drive the delivery of New Business KPIs delivering profitable results in line with or better than planned objectives. Support the delivery of outstanding business relationships through the delivery of outstanding service. Pro-actively support Business Development in the delivery of their objectives with brokers Embed a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement, collaborating across the wider business. Ensure all recruitment is managed against EIO’s Underwriting authorities. Support the on-going technical underwriter assessment of performance across the Underwriting team. What you'll need to have Experience of leading and managing successful teams within a Commercial Insurer Experience of effective stakeholder management within a commercial environment. Experience of analysing data and MI reporting driving business outcomes. Demonstrable market and industry knowledge. Proven track record in trading and developing business. Proven ability to coach for enhanced performance of others. What makes you stand out Confident and influential communicator with the ability to negotiate at all levels. ACII qualified. What we offer A competitive salary - let's discuss it Hybrid working Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 7.5% and 30% 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year Employee Assistance Programme Full study support to gain professional qualifications Access to virtual GP Enhanced maternity and paternity pay Hear from the hiring manager "As our Trading Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in leading our high performing new business underwriting team, whilst personally building trusted broker relationships and setting the standard for outstanding service in every broker interaction. It’s a unique leadership opportunity within a regional business that consistently achieves strong results and broker feedback." About us Ecclesiastical Insurance offer insurance with award-winning service across a broad range of specialisms, including faith, charity, heritage, education, art and private client, real estate and schemes, across Ireland, Canada and the UK. As a business, we’ve been trusted to protect some of the UK’s best-loved and most iconic buildings for over a century, and we’re not standing still. We’re a forward thinking, energetic organisation entering new markets, with an ambition to double our size, because when we grow, we give back more. Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size. We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better. At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone. If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know. *Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26

Responsibilities

The Trading Manager will lead a high-performing underwriting team to deliver corporate strategy and drive new business performance. They are responsible for managing broker relationships, setting service targets, and fostering a culture of operational excellence.