Agency Consultant - Florida
About the role
<p><strong>Agency Consultant - Location Florida</strong></p>
<p>Horace Mann is a purpose-driven company with a passion for supporting educators and the communities they serve. We are seeking an <strong>Agency Consultant</strong> to lead, coach, and develop <strong>new agents as they build successful, sustainable agencies</strong>.</p>
<p>In this highly visible field leadership role, the Agency Consultant serves as a hands-on business coach and strategic partner to new agents, helping them establish strong business practices, accelerate sales growth, expand their market presence, and build profitable agencies. This role combines <strong>field coaching, business consulting, sales execution, and performance management</strong> and requires significant time working directly alongside agents in their local markets.</p>
<p>This position reports to the Agency Consultant Executive.</p>
<p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p>
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<li>Bring the <strong>Horace Mann story and value proposition</strong> to life, helping new agents understand and effectively communicate our purpose, market opportunity, and commitment to educators.</li>
<li>Build strong, trusted relationships with new agents while strengthening their connection and engagement with Horace Mann.</li>
<li>Coach agents through the early stages of agency development, helping them establish strong business practices, sales disciplines, and repeatable processes that support long-term success.</li>
<li>Partner with agents to develop and execute agency business plans with clear goals, priorities, and performance expectations.</li>
<li>Work side-by-side with agents in the field to demonstrate effective prospecting, school-based activities, sales presentations, relationship building, and other proven sales practices.</li>
<li>Help agents grow their businesses through <strong>school access strategies, educator association relationships, local marketing initiatives, and other market-development opportunities</strong>.</li>
<li>Analyze agency performance to identify trends, challenges, and growth opportunities, and develop actionable strategies to improve sales production, operational effectiveness, and profitability.</li>
<li>Connect Horace Mann capabilities, resources, and growth programs with local market opportunities to help agents maximize their business potential.</li>
<li>Help agents implement processes and operating practices that strengthen agency performance and enhance the long-term value of their businesses.</li>
<li>Leverage available technology, data, tools, and resources to evaluate business results, identify opportunities, and drive agent performance.</li>
<li>Establish clear performance expectations, provide direct and actionable coaching, and hold agents accountable for progress against agreed-upon goals.</li>
<li>Assess agent performance and business viability and, when appropriate, manage the process of concluding engagements with agents who are not meeting established expectations.</li>
<li>Partner closely with the recruiting team to understand the new-agent pipeline and support effective transitions from recruiting through agency launch and development.</li>
<li>Collaborate across Horace Mann functions to ensure agents have access to the resources, expertise, and support needed to successfully establish and grow their agencies.</li>
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<p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.</li>
<li><strong>3+ years of successful field sales, agency, sales leadership, or business consulting experience</strong>, preferably within insurance or financial services.</li>
<li>Demonstrated knowledge of <strong>repeatable sales processes, business planning, performance coaching, and new-agent or new-business development</strong>.</li>
<li>Proven ability to coach individuals to improve sales execution, business performance, and accountability.</li>
<li>Strong business acumen with the ability to analyze performance data, identify opportunities, and translate insights into practical action plans.</li>
<li>Strong interpersonal, communication, presentation, and relationship-management skills.</li>
<li>Ability to build effective partnerships across multiple business functions and influence outcomes without direct authority.</li>
<li>Comfortable working independently in a highly mobile, field-based environment.</li>
<li>Active <strong>Property &amp; Casualty and Life &amp; Health licenses</strong> required.</li>
<li><strong>A securities license may be required based on business needs.</strong></li>
<li>Ability and willingness to <strong>travel approximately 80% of the time</strong>, including regular travel to agent markets.</li>
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<p><strong>Compensation</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Base Salary:</strong> $80,000–$114,000</li>
<li><strong>Target Incentive:</strong> $60,000, with payout opportunity ranging from 0–200%; incentive plans are subject to annual review.</li>
<li>Actual compensation will be commensurate with experience, geographic location, qualifications, and other relevant factors.</li>
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<p>&nbsp;</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p>Horace Mann was founded in 1945 by two Springfield, Illinois, teachers who saw a need for quality, affordable auto insurance for teachers. Since then, we’ve broadened our mission to helping all educators protect what they have today and prepare for a successful tomorrow.&nbsp; And with our broadened mission has come corporate growth:&nbsp; We serve more than 4,100 school districts nationwide, we’re publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: HMN) and we have more than $12 billion in assets.</p>
<p>We’re motivated by the fact that educators take care of our children’s future, and we believe they deserve someone to look after theirs.&nbsp; We help educators identify their financial goals and develop plans to achieve them.&nbsp; This includes insurance to protect what they have today and financial products to help them prepare for their future. Our tailored offerings include special rates and benefits for educators.</p>
<p>EOE/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status</p>
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