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Placement details

How should I apply?

Please email Ari Zastawna who is Gallagher's Human Resources specialist with an expression of interest: ari_zastawna@ajg.com
Ari will then arrange arrange a discovery telephone call with you to speak more about the role.

Overview

Gallagher is a global leader in insurance, risk management and consulting services offering market leading support to clients and customers across 150 countries with over 90 years of intelligence and insight. Their clients include internationally recognized brands and businesses looking to use their insurance broking leaders to provide quality risk management solutions.

Gallagher live by a culture motivated by The Gallagher Way, their shared values and guiding tenets driven by their people, over 30,000 strong. As a member of Gallaghers global insurance brokerage team, you’ll help Gallaghers clients address risk, protect assets and recover from losses.

They are currently recruiting for an entry-level Insurance Accounts technician to join their established business. If you are someone who is always happy to help, with a professional attitude this is an amazing chance to work with some leading industry talent whilst learning directly from them!

The Role

Working alongside the wider Finance team in their Glasgow office, you will help to manage the financial accounts of external stakeholders, including seeking out outstanding insurance premiums.

This is an exciting opportunity with plenty of client interaction by speaking with clients on a business-to-business basis to acquire the payments. Gallagher will provide full training to give you the best start to your career in finance.

• Chase outstanding premiums from clients as per the (Direct Client & Business to Business)
• Manage receipts relating to in-house direct debit scheme.
• Produce and issue regular Statement of Accounts for clients and maintain accurate records.
• Manage financial accounts of external stakeholders, handle reconciliation and settlement of debtor and creditor ledger balances.
• Assist Cash Postings with the resolution of unallocated cash. Provide constructive feedback on issues which have resulted in mis-postings.
• Hold regular forums with Business Units to promptly raise and resolve any issues as they arise.
• Provide updates to Business on outstanding premiums for their branches and deliver a monthly debtors status report to your allocated Business Units highlighting any potential bad debt risks.

Role Requirements

• Gallagher are looking for an entry-level candidate with good Scottish Highers/A-Levels and an interest in finance and accounting.
• Customer/client experience is important to your success so we're looking for you to have really strong communication and organisation skills.
• Excellent attention to detail, telecommunication skills and customer service focus. Conscientious, comfortable handling conflict management using an analytical problem solving approach.
• Able to prioritise workload and plan ahead, fully confident operating to strict deadlines and achieving set goals.
• Eligible to work in the UK

Benefits

Gallagher strive to be the organisation that all their staff are proud to be a part of and where everyone can call themselves one of their team. Where their culture is embracing of difference, where you can be the best and, perhaps most importantly, be yourself.

We are all different in some way. If we were all the same, and all thought the same, we would be vulnerable as a group. By welcoming and encouraging diverse opinions and backgrounds within their organisation, Gallagher aim to have a healthier, more innovative and ultimately more profitable business.

If this sounds like somewhere you’d like to join, they’d love to hear from you.

How should I apply?

Please email Ari Zastawna who is Gallagher's Human Resources specialist with an expression of interest: ari_zastawna@ajg.com
Ari will then arrange arrange a discovery telephone call with you to speak more about the role.