Job description
Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future.
We will do this together — with customers, partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough … we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future. We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today.
Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action. We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.
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Profile Summary
The Client Relationship Manager is accountable for proactive engagement through education, development, profitable growth, and retention of a block of business consisting of clients with more complex product portfolios. This role will be responsible for clients with HR teams that often require consultative and strategic support.
Profile Description:
High impact leader who understands the culture and goals of clients and makes suggestions to enhance their benefit offering in alignment with HR team
Strong market focus with face-to-face interactions with clients and brokers beyond standard annual meetings – driving relationships in a proactive manner
Manages high profile client and broker relationships with professional presence and awareness
Responsible for leading client and partner meetings and creating consultative content for the audience in a strategic and clear manner
Collaborates and drives renewal conversations both internally and externally
Effectively delegates action items and expectations with team members to utilize Voya’s Differentiated Employer Experience Model capabilities
Through proactive interactions with clients; evaluates and executes on opportunities in block of business to increase participation, and add lines of coverage and identifies areas of opportunity for client education, and creates a robust plan to deliver training
Collaboration with sales team through partnered strategies
Crafting and delivering marketing and enrollment strategies to clients based on client interactions and knowledge of Voya’s capabilities that align with appropriate solutions, challenging current communication practices with clients
Develops and executes comprehensive book of business strategy consistent with organizational initiatives, profitability & persistency targets, segment requirements, Voya’s value proposition and individual customer’s needs
Connects actively and consistently in person with brokers and market partners to gain market knowledge and learn current trends to implement into business strategies as well as communicate information with team members.
Utilizes and seeks market trend information, competitor data, understands technology partners and platforms, and the needs of the client to produce creative and effective content to share with the clients and brokers enhancing the Voya story
Skills:
Leads with intent, high-profile connections, strategy, consultative, proactive, market facing, practices initiative, confident, delegates, sales inclination
Employee benefit experience or related client management experience required
Recognizes obstacles and adapts quickly with awareness
Consultative and proactive approach, owning block of business to align with organizational goals to promote growth from within
Creates and executes on defined strategy – uses expertise and knowledge to produce plan of action
Builds relationships at all levels – confident in ability to deliver with all audiences
Uses expertise and persuasion to influence market
Proven to think strategically and act accordingly
Flourishes in fast paced environment – competitive, persistent, creative
Projects confidence and enthusiasm with internal and external partners
Develop and articulate Voya’s value story to deliver to clients based on goals and objectives, results oriented
Knowledge & Experience:
4-year college degree or equivalency strongly preferred
5 or more years employee benefits /insurance industry experience preferred
Required insurance licensing
Strong consultative skills; able to think broadly when problem solving and making decisions
Segment/specialty knowledge preferred
Superior relationship building/management, interpersonal and partnership skills; able to influence a range of constituents
Presale expertise that can assist in the influence and sale of Voya’s value proposition
Demonstrated success in critical thinking; able to analyze data and make effective recommendations
Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, persuasion, and conflict management skills
Ability to anticipate needs of clients and educate
Robust strategic re-enrollment expertise
Strong organizational, planning, time management and delegation skills
Strong leadership skills. Ability and desire to coach and mentor others
Full understanding of underwriting and risk concepts
Full understanding of, and ability to correlate between the entire Voya product portfolio to educate, and on a consultative basis cross sell products/services to brokers/clients
Strong business and financial acumen
Strong computer skills
Ability to travel as needed
***Prefer this to sit in Dallas or Houston***
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Compensation Pay Disclosure:
Voya is committed to pay that’s fair and equitable, which means comparable pay for comparable roles and responsibilities.
The below annual base salary range reflects the expected hiring range(s) for this position in the location(s) listed. In addition to base salary, Voya offers incentive opportunities (i.e., annual cash incentives, sales incentives, and/or long-term incentives) based on the role to reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Voya Financial is willing to pay at the time of this posting.
Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon the candidate’s geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.
$89,020 - $111,280 USD
Be Well. Stay Well.
Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just that. That’s why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be well and stay well.
What We Offer
- Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
- 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
- Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
- Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year
Critical Skills
At Voya, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:
- Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
- Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
- Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
- Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
- Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Voya Financial is an equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law.
Reasonable Accommodations
We are committed to maintaining a diverse workforce. This commitment governs all decisions related to employment, including selection, development and compensation. It also includes an employee’s request for reasonable accommodation. All employees will be treated in a manner free from discrimination or harassment. Voya is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities, including reasonable accommodation when needed.
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