Property Consulting Leader, US Advisory - CFA Institute

Company:
Marsh

Description:

As a global leader in insurance broking and risk management, Marsh helps clients succeed by defining, designing, and delivering innovative, industry-specific solutions to effectively manage risk.

We are seeking a US Marsh Advisory - Property Leader to provide direction, leadership, and guidance to the Property Risk Consulting, Forensic Accounting Services, Valuations, and CAT Modeling practice leaders and practices in the US.

What can you expect:

You will work in partnership with Brokerage, Placement, Industry, and Sales Leaders to develop, evolve, and execute a business strategy that reflects an understanding of client needs, market dynamics, and regional goals. You will bring your strong leadership skills and be comfortable navigating emerging technologies, the pursuit for data driven insights, and digitization of tools and services to meet the evolving needs of our clients.

US Marsh Advisory - Property colleagues advise clients on risk management strategies, use data to help companies understand and optimize their risk profiles, and recommend plans to monitor and mitigate risk exposure - primarily related to property, business interruption, and resilience risks.

As the head of a major unit, you will be accountable for setting long-term strategy and mobilizing teams to deliver business results. This is an opportunity to be a role model, thought leader, innovator and market shaper operating at the highest management level.

You will report to US/Canada Marsh Advisory leader and lead the business for the region, and sit on the Marsh Advisory US/Canada leadership team.

We will count on you to:

• Be responsible for the general management of Property Risk Consulting, Forensic Accounting Services, Valuations, and CAT Modeling practices, currently comprising approximately 150 colleagues in the US - as well as manage of our Property aligned advisory colleagues in our India Knowledge Services.

People:

• Develop Human Capital model (attracting, retaining and growing top talent)
• Uphold an inclusive culture where colleagues can bring their authentic self to work and to clients
• Optimize organization design (e.g., grow our own/internal first, business development assets, leadership identification, succession planning)
• Oversee day-to-day operations
• Partner with the People team on sensitive HR matters
• Ensure colleague connectivity and engagement (communications, initiatives, etc.)

Business Performance:

• Identify key areas of focus to grow Advisory and Brokerage businesses (the opportunity)
• Understand the key areas of focus for CAT Modeling - including staffing, vendor requirements, and research and development - maintaining a high level of delivery and executing the overall strategic plan
• Engage deeply in the strategy, development, and deployment of our Blue[i] Property application
• Define (or refines) Go-to-Market strategy to align with broader Marsh strategies
• May sell, lead and consult on complex programs to ensure on-time delivery that meets agreed upon goals.

Executive Committee Participation

• US/Canada Advisory Leadership Team
• Resolve ad hoc issues requiring senior most attention within the Property practices. This could span client, carrier, and human capital matters impacting Advisory
• Ensure the resiliency of the Property (Advisory) business partnering with MMC leaders and other members of the BRM team
• Ensures the business unit adheres to Legal and Compliance standards set by MMC

What you need to have:

• 20+ years of consulting or advisory industry experience with minimum of ten years in a property consulting or advisory leadership role
• Strong people management skills; ability to identify, develop and retain talented teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills; adept at building collaborative relationships across all levels of a large corporate organization.

What makes you stand out:

• Strong financial management skills; ability to develop and lead the practice's revenue and expense budgets. Exercises expense controls and maximizes revenue and net operating income within the practice to drive financial results of the business.
• Adept at monitoring and evaluating practice/team performance, providing guidance and solutions as necessary. Defines consistent values (time and cost) for services across the practice and ensures the practice is able to extract the appropriate fees for services rendered to increase efficiency.
• Directs team on how to leverage best practices, their own expertise and the firm's technical competence to drive overall design and implementation of effective client solutions.
• Monitors the work with practice leaders on risk assessments, risk analysis, development and implementation of risk solutions, and related advice to ensure the delivery of client service and consulting engagements.
• Consults on new product and solution development. Translates client requirements to accurately reflect their operations and risk needs.
• Provides insights from the marketplace to leadership to quickly identify market trends/issues to ensure the practice provides products, services and industry knowledge that meet the needs and expectations of clients.
• Strong presentation skills and comfort with presenting initiatives to C-Suite and senior leadership

Company Overview:
Marsh is the world's leading insurance broker and risk adviser. With more than 45,000 colleagues advising clients in over 130 countries, Marsh serves commercial and individual clients with data-driven risk solutions and advisory services. Marsh is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world's leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. With annual revenue of $23 billion, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer, and Oliver Wyman. For more information, visit marshmclennan.com, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.#J-18808-Ljbffr