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Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence.
As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.
We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.
Overview
The Futures Programme begins in September 2024. Early starts may occur based on business need.
Are you ready to launch your career in a stable industry at a company committed to your professional growth? Futures is a tailored, development programme designed to accelerate your career. During this 2-year programme you will learn the industry, and the fundamentals of analyzing, supporting and assisting with merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions including how to manage the pipeline of M&A transactions at various stages.
Futures will equip participants, with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in the world of insurance brokering and risk management. All hours spent learning your role are hours worked and are paid competitively. This is a full-time role in a global, Fortune 500 company.
How you'll make an impact
Every day presents new challenges, ensuring your work remains dynamic and engaging. As an M&A Analyst Trainee, you'll learn to:
- Assist the M&A Leadership team and Senior staff with M&A transactions of low to moderate complexity including support pricing research, negotiation of transactions, due diligence processes, and negotiation of binding documentation
- Analyze financial data related to pricing, legal due diligence materials, and all other documentation for integration planning and deal-closings
- Prepare valuation models and Board reports; Maintain data for our M&A pipeline using our deal database and internal management reporting tools
- Develop strong project management and documentation practices; Collaborate across functions to ensure information is communicated and tasks are well-coordinated
About you
- Educated in Business, Finance or related field preferred, not required
- Eligible to work in the UK
Technical lnowledge
- Learn the general insurance market (London Market / Lloyd’s and Industry)
- Master the valuation of and the standards for the acquisition of companies
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word (document creation), Excel (gather, organise, and analyze data), PowerPoint (create proposals and presentations)
- Gather, organize and analyze large data sets
- Knowledge of project management concepts
Skills
- Excellent communication including active listening, verbal and written communication
- Excellent social and interpersonal skills, able to operate with diplomacy, tact and emotional intelligence
- Able to care for sophisticated and highly confidential information
- Comfortable working autonomously and across multiple tasks and reporting into different project working teams and staff members
- Numerate with the ability to analyse and present data in a relevant way
- Creatively solve problems
Compensation and benefits
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits. Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:
- Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ 5 more days
- Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
- Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
- Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
- Health cash plan or Private medical insurance
Other benefits include
- Three fully paid volunteering days per year
- Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
- Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
- Critical illness cover
- Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
- Season ticket loan
- Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
- Emergency back-up family care
- And many more!
We value inclusion and diversity
Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.
Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.
Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.
We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.
Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com. If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a callback, leaving details, so we get in touch.
Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.
Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
