Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Gallagher Benefit Services is a trusted partner helping organizations with people decisions and benefit strategies. The Senior Account Executive is responsible for managing client accounts, driving revenue growth, and ensuring high-quality client service while fostering relationships and supporting business priorities.
Responsibilities
- Independently managing accounts of increasing complexity
- Growing revenue by successfully counseling clients on additional business opportunity via cross-selling & up-selling
- Driving Client Service Cycle (Strategy, Renewals, Open Enrollment)
- Acts as the client lead, driving strategy
- Financial management of client accounts, presenting annual projections, renewals and discussing contribution strategies
- Delivering high quality client service consistent with AJG operational standards and practices, and achieving operational productivity and performance metrics consistently
- Ability to manage internal team to ensure timely execution of quality client deliverables
- Growing and profitably managing an assigned group of client accounts successfully
- Building relationships with existing clients by providing exceptional ongoing customer care
- Seeking referrals from current client base to solicit new business prospects, and securing existing business and actively driving the sale of additional services
- Supporting the business priorities of Branch Managers
- May offer training, development, and/or supervision to lower-level staff
Skills
- Bachelor's degree with 5+ years client service and/or claims management experience -OR- High School degree/GED with 10+ years client service and/or claims management experience
- 1+ years supervisory experience
- Appropriate Life and Health licensing is required
- Previous insurance knowledge and experience managing large market client relationships
- Solid financial acumen
- Must be available to travel up to 35% of the time
Benefits
- Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
- Life and accident insurance
- 401(K) and Roth options
- Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
- Educational expense reimbursement
- Paid parental leave
- Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
- Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
- Training programs
- Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
- Charitable matching gift program
Company Overview
Gallagher is an international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm. It was founded in 1927, and is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.ajg.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
Gallagher has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 9 in 2026, 58 in 2025, 31 in 2024, 32 in 2023, 45 in 2022, 36 in 2021, 15 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.