Investment Consultant Team Lead - Regional

Do you want a lead investment consulting role advising large institutional clients supported by Aon’s breadth of specialist knowledge and expertise? Would you enjoy leading a diverse regional consulting team focused on driving positive outcomes for both clients and colleagues? If you’re passionate about joining an innovative and market leading business, then read on!

This is a hybrid working role with flexibility to work both virtually and from our Birmingham office.

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

As a Senior Investment Consultant and Team Leader, you will not only own key client relationships and deliver advice to asset owners (including DB pension schemes, endowments, charities, and other institutional clients), but also play a pivotal role in leading and managing a regional client service team. Given the breadth of capability at Aon, you will be supported by a team of dedicated client-facing colleagues as well as expertise from our many specialist teams such as risk & modelling, investment manager research, asset allocation, and more.

Your day-to-day focus will include:

• Building relationships with clients to understand and solve the challenges they face.
• Driving business results through efficient delivery of client service and connecting and working with colleagues across Aon’s specialist teams.
• Identifying opportunities to innovate and drive efficiency.
• Developing junior colleagues into future consultants.
• Promoting an inclusive culture across Aon.

In your capacity as Team Leader, you will also:

• Be responsible for the day-to-day management of the client service team, empowering and motivating colleagues through regular meetings and development opportunities.
• Foster an inclusive environment where all colleagues feel valued and engaged.
• Support colleagues to bring best ideas to clients, ensuring the team is aware of the latest ideas and solutions and actively considers their appropriateness for clients.
• Oversee resource management, ensuring clients are sufficiently resourced and collaborating across offices to manage surplus or deficit of resource efficiently.
• Oversee the team’s financial management, including client billing, profitability, and compensation cycles.

This dual focus ensures you will have the opportunity to develop and test your leadership skills, influence the success and direction of the Birmingham team, and work closely with senior business managers to implement and drive positive change.

This is a unique opportunity to work as a senior investment consultant whilst also flexing your leadership skills to manage a high performing team.

At Aon, the opportunity is much wider than just the local consulting team. You’ll quickly build a network across different offices, business areas and Aon teams, working with a variety of clients. With a persistently developing investment backdrop, we quickly allocate teams and dedicate resource to respond to market developments, providing a vast array of opportunities for consultants to specialise and create their own role within the business.

A great example is the rapid development and growth of our OCIO capability over recent years as well as growth in the Other Asset Owner space as part of our strategy to diversify our client base.

Aon has a wealth of market-leading specialists prepared to support you in your role, producing thought-provoking content and assisting with the delivery of bespoke advice to clients. Continued investment in our infrastructure and systems that support our 50,000 strong global workforce ensures you can efficiently manage your time to drive value and business results.

There is a strong focus on sharing of ideas and working as a team within the UK investment team and more broadly across Aon. During each week there are multiple department wide video conference calls keeping consultants up to date on latest business…