Finance and Insurance Executive - Direct Markets

About the role

As a Finance & Insurance Executive, you will support sales efforts in Oklahoma by leveraging and refining your sales and marketing expertise within the automotive sector. Your primary responsibilities include driving growth and profitability by acquiring, developing, and maintaining strong relationships with new and existing customers.

Responsibilities

- Prospecting: Identifying and developing new business prospects, focusing on providing Finance & Insurance products to large automotive dealers, while also supporting P&C product marketing within the assigned territory. - Attending Automotive industry events to promote Zurich’s sales and marketing initiatives. - Relationship Management: Building and maintaining strong relationships with both new and existing customers. - Closing: Managing and growing your assigned territory to achieve profitability and exceed sales targets. - Direct Sales: Conducting sales presentations either in-person or via Microsoft Teams. - Consulting: Collaborating with field team members to ensure seamless implementation of programs and products, while strengthening customer relationships. - Building market share: Working remotely in an entrepreneurial environment.

Requirements

- Basic Qualifications: A Bachelor's Degree and 4 or more years of experience in the Sales area or Automotive area, or Zurich Certified Insurance Apprentice with an Associate Degree and 4 or more years of experience in the Sales area or Automotive area, or a High School Diploma or Equivalent and 6 or more years of experience in the Sales area or Automotive area. - Preferred Qualifications: Outside sales experience, advanced knowledge of the automotive industry, market trends, and competitors, extensive experience in retail automotive finance or senior sales management, experience in dealership training, proficiency in automotive and traditional software/technology, knowledge of insurance, reinsurance, and warranty claims processes and F&I products, ability to analyze financial statements, excellent presentation skills for both small and large groups.

Benefits

Immediate benefits include work from home flexibility, travel, a competitive base salary with uncapped incentives, excellent benefits (Medical, Dental, 401k, PTO), and a company car (subject to a driving record check) provided.