Regional Manager, Client Service (Group Benefits)

Canada Life

$90K — $140K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in insurance or financial services
  • Proven leadership and team development skills
  • Ability to foster a collaborative team culture
  • Strong commitment to outstanding client service
  • Track record of achieving strategic business goals
  • High emotional intelligence for effective influence
  • Understanding of GLH broker business and stakeholder relations

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team in delivering customer-focused service to Group clients
  • Monitor team workloads and resource allocation
  • Develop and implement innovative regional strategies
  • Collaborate with leaders across various functions
  • Coach direct reports and maintain a high-performance culture
  • Lead change initiatives and design competitive advantage strategies
  • Leverage technology to enhance team performance
  • Manage a small caseload of complex clients as needed
  • Build partnerships within the organization and region

Benefits

  • Career development opportunities with educational reimbursement
  • Flexible health and dental benefits including mental health support
  • Volunteer day to encourage community involvement
  • Company-matching pension plan and share ownership
  • Employee recognition programs and milestone celebrations
  • Supportive workplace culture with ERGs and mentorship opportunities
Full Job Description
Base + Comm

Reporting to the Regional Service Director, the Regional Manager, Client Service leads a team of service professionals to deliver an industry-leading, customer-focused service experience to our Group clients.

What you will do

Ensure day-to-day service, education and administration needs of all stakeholders are met, including:

  • Empower team to delight clients through service excellence.
  • Monitor and balance workloads and resources of service teams
  • Develop and execute innovative regional strategies and processes
  • Excelling as a collaborative leader within their region, they and their teams will interact closely with other leaders, sales and administrative roles, internal and external partners, Advisors and plan sponsors.
  • Coach and develop direct reports as you maintain a high-performance culture.
  • Lead + champion change initiatives
  • Help design and execute new ideas that will generate an accumulative, competitive advantage
  • Leverage and integrate technology to help improve performance.
  • Directly maintain a small caseload of large or complex clients, as necessary
  • Build and maintain partnerships both within the organization and region.
  • Leverage your emotional intelligence to help influence thinking and behaviours


What you will bring

5+ years of experience in the insurance and/or financial industry including:

  • Demonstrated leadership capabilities; coaching, developing and fostering a high-performance team.
  • Highly adaptable, driven to develop talent and help people be their best.
  • Proven ability to create a high-energy, collaborative culture where teams thrive.
  • Passion for service excellence, creating connections with clients, and making a difference
  • Track record of consistently achieving strategic business objectives.
  • High emotional intelligence and ability to help influence thinking and behaviours.
  • Strong understanding of GLH broker business and key stakeholders
  • Post-secondary education or equivalent work experience.
  • Industry designations RPA and GBA are considered an asset.


The base salary for this position is between $90,400 - $140,400 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

What we offer:

We're committed to supporting our employees through every stage of their career. Here's what you can expect as a full-time or part-time permanent team member:
  • Career Development: Opportunities for career advancement, access to industry-leading learning programs and up to $2,000 annually towards education reimbursement.
  • Health & Wellness: Flexible health and dental benefits, plus a $5,000 mental health benefit to support your well-being.
  • Time Off: In addition to regular vacation and personal days, we support community involvement with a volunteer day.
  • Financial Security: Company-matching pension plan, share ownership program and additional investment options.
  • Rewards and Recognition: Employee recognition programs, service milestone celebrations, employee discounts and more!
  • Emphasis on Community: We provide a workplace where employees feel connected and supported through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), mentorship programs, social clubs and events.

Learn more about Canada Life.

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Requisition ID: 6930

Category: Sales and Business Development

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