Howden Hellas, a leading multinational insurance and reinsurance broker in Greece, offers you the opportunity to join a dynamic team of experts in risk management, insurance solutions, and client-focused advisory services.
We are looking for an ambitious Junior Account Executive to join our dynamic team!
📍 Location: Athens 💼 Full-time | Permanent
The successful candidate will be responsible of handling the existing corporate and client portfolio across all lines of insurance, identifing and pursuing opportunities to acquire new accounts, while acting as a liaison between clients and brokers providing high-end services to our clientele and making sure their needs are met.
Key responsibilities:
- Responsible for developing the Insurance portfolio across new clients and existing ones, achieving the team’s targets for new business and renewals/retention of current clientele.
- Cultivating and maintain excellent client relationships, acting as a first point of contact.
- Identifying the client’s risk, insurance needs and objectives, providing advice in relation to client’s risks, and appropriate terms of insurance coverage.
- Negotiate clients’ queries and all type of insurance policies, liaising with the various divisions to provide client-centric solutions.
- Allocate as appropriate and keep all relevant parties informed regarding account status and all business issues
- Monitoring renewals, making sure client’s cover is always in place, providing on time information, payment instructions and possible improvements.
- Cross selling to existing clientele.
- Adjusting content of sales presentations.
- Coordinate calls and meetings with clients and between clients and brokers when necessary.
- Resolving clients’ complaints by investigating problems, developing solutions.
- Set and deliver budget objectives (growth and profitability).
Key qualifications:
- University degree in Insurance Science/Economics or relevant field.
- Αt least 2-3 years of previous experience in a similar position in insurance and/or reinsurance sectors.
- Excellent knowledge of Greek & English language (verbal & written).
- Computer literate
Key competencies/skills:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills combined with the ability to develop long term relationships with internal/external customers, suppliers, colleagues, and stakeholders.
- Strong presentation, negotiation, and persuasive skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
- Reliability, honesty, flexibility, problem solving and teamworking behavior and attitude.
What we offer:
- 💰 Competitive salary & benefits package.
- 📚 Ongoing training & career development
- 🩺 Private medical insurance
- 💻 Flexible working model
To apply for the job:
gr.hr@howdengroup.com
Code: JAccExe 2025
All applications will be considered in strict confidence; however, only relevant profiles will be considered in the recruitment process.