Business Development Assistant FM Essential

FM Essential is a new, risk selection-focused insurance solution designed for manufacturing organisations that currently fall outside FM and FM Affiliated risk selection criteria. Rather than adjusting existing standards, FM Essential offers a flexible pathway to resilience, providing tailored coverage, expert guidance, and opportunities for risk improvement. Delivered through a brokered approach, it extends FM’s reach to new segments of the global manufacturing market, bringing our expertise to organisations committed to evolving their risk quality.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the FM Essential team as a regional Business Development Assistant, reporting to the FM Essential Lead.

This role provides administrative, coordination, and prospect-activity support across the region, working closely with Production Underwriters (PU), Account Engineers, and internal stakeholders.

The Business Development Assistant plays a key role in supporting prospect-activity management, ensuring data accuracy, timely follow‑ups, and smooth coordination, while also delivering essential administrative, meeting, and event support to the team.

Responsibilities include:

• Prospect-Activity & PU Support:

• Maintain and regularly update FM Essential prospect-activity tracking tools.
• Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of prospect-activity information.
• Coordinate with Production Underwriters and Account Engineering to follow up on prospect-activity status and required actions.
• Prepare inputs and summaries for weekly or periodic prospect activity reviews.

• responsibilities (SRS-related):

• Updating existing prospects / adding new prospects (incl. core data: name, website, address, broker + submission, CST, contacts, NAICS, DUNS, bind date, focus status).
• Checking Hoovers/D&B for links outside the territory.
• Archiving submissions, ATPs, ATQs, Proposals, Lost/Won info.
• Reserving or releasing prospects.
• Requesting account numbers.
• Opening or closing opportunities and managing ATP/ATQ statuses.
• Adding monthly comments / updating data.
• Sending New Business Notifications.
• Downloading/reviewing Power BI reports.

• Administrative, Meeting & Event Support
• Provide general administrative support to the FM Essential regional team such as booking travels, processing expenses and invoices, preparing NDA templates, entering event attendees in SRS, document management, and team coordination.
• Coordinate and organize meetings, workshops, and team or client events, including logistics, room bookings, catering, and access.
• Manage calendars, agendas, meeting materials, and follow ups.
• Prepare presentations, reports, and related documentation.

Qualifications

Qualified candidates must have:

• College degree or equivalent ideally with minimum 5 years of work experience in an international and administrative environment or equivalent.
• Strong organizational, time management, and prioritization skills.
• High attention to detail, particularly with prospect-activity tracking and reporting.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Fluency in English and French and/or German required depending on location; other European languages are a plus.

If you are interested in being considered for this position, please apply via Job Postings within Employee Career Center following the instructions (https://intranet-fmglobal.icims.com/jobs/intro).

Please submit your application (with CV and motivation letter).

Closing date for Applications: June 12th, 2026.

Qualified candidates must have:

• College degree or equivalent ideally with minimum 5 years of work experience in an international and administrative environment or equivalent.
• Strong organizational, time management, and prioritization skills.
• High attention to detail, particularly with prospect-activity tracking and reporting.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Fluency in English and French and/or German required depending on location; other European languages are a plus.

If you are interested in being considered for this position, please apply via Job Postings within Employee Career Center following the instructions (https://intranet-fmglobal.icims.com/jobs/intro).

Please submit your application (with CV and motivation letter).

Closing date for Applications: June 12th, 2026.