Transaction Solutions Client Manager

Aon's Transaction Solutions (TS) practice partners with private equity firms, corporate clients, and legal advisors to help navigate and reduce transaction-related risks throughout the deal lifecycle. Our team delivers specialized expertise that helps clients complete transactions with greater confidence and certainty.

We are looking for a highly organized and proactive professional to collaborate closely with Transaction Solutions leadership. In this prominent role, you will support business development, client engagement, operational priorities, and executive activities that directly contribute to the growth and success of the practice. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy balancing strategic projects with operational execution, and excel at building relationships across senior collaborators, we'd love to hear from you.

This hybrid role requires being in the Houston TX office 2-3 days a week.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organization, we are united through trust as one engaged team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What the day will look like

As an essential part of the Transaction Solutions team, you will hold a dynamic position involving business operations, client engagement, sales support, and executive assistance. Serving as a reliable extension of the leadership group, you'll assist in advancing strategic priorities, coordinating important initiatives, and ensuring smooth implementation throughout the business.

Key responsibilities include:

• Serve as a trusted partner to TS leadership, helping manage central initiatives, business priorities, and day-to-day operations.

• Act as a liaison between clients, prospects, and internal collaborators to facilitate communication, drive follow-up, and ensure a high level of responsiveness.

• Assist business growth initiatives by recognizing potential opportunities, preparing meeting documents and market insights, coordinating proposals, and monitoring pipeline progress.

• Lead and coordinate RFP responses, partnering with subject matter experts and Sales Enablement teams to produce high-quality client deliverables.

• Coordinate Aon Connect functions for the TS team and contribute to business growth activities within the Private Equity sector.

• Coordinate M&A deal onboarding activities, including NDA requests, documentation management, and related administrative processes.

• Support client management planning efforts, including annual client reviews, action plan development, collaborator coordination, and follow-up on key initiatives.

• Manage sponsorship requests, charitable initiatives, foundation requests, and associated payment processes.

• Oversee executive calendar management, meeting coordination, travel arrangements, expense reporting, and prioritization of communications.

• Coordinate team resources, carrier appointments, technology onboarding, internal communications, and special projects.

• Collaborate with leadership teams from Central and Southwest Transaction Solutions to promote strategic objectives and business goals.

• Act on behalf of leadership, as needed, in meetings and internal discussions to promote efficiency and keep momentum on key initiatives moving forward.

How this opportunity is different

This role provides a distinctive chance to be at the heart of one of Aon's leading growth businesses. You'll work closely with senior leaders, brokers, and business development professionals while gaining experience with private equity transactions, M&A activity, client growth strategies, and operational leadership. As a trusted extension of the Transaction Solutions leadership team, you'll have access to key business decisions. You will also have opportunities to build relationships with senior partners across Aon and the broader deal community. This role offers a chance to directly contribute to the growth and success of the practice. Candidates who enjoy tackling problems, balancing various priorities, and contributing both behind the scenes and strategically will find excellent exposure and career growth in this role.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• 5+ years of experience supporting senior leaders in a business operations, executive support, client service, sales enablement, project management, or related role.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and projects while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.

• Strong business insight and ability to exercise sound judgment when working with sensitive or confidential information.

• Experience supporting business development activities, proposal management, client communications, and central initiatives.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships across all levels of an organization.

• Highly organized, resourceful, and self-directed with a proactive approach to problem-solving.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, CRM platforms, and collaboration tools.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Business, Communications, Marketing, or a related field.

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage an inclusive workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognize that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working! Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative and inclusive workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status. People with criminal histories are encouraged to apply. We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email ReasonableAccommodations@Aon.com

For positions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record in accordance with local Fair Chance ordinances. Aon is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position. If you are a search firm, you will not be compensated in any way for your submission of a candidate, even if Aon hires that candidate. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Pay Transparency Laws: The salary range for this position (intended for U.S. applicants) is $70,000 - $90,000 annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant’s geographic location. The salary range reflected is based on a primary work location of Houston, TX. The actual salary may vary for applicants in a different geographic location.

A summary of all the benefits offered for this position: Aon offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and regular part-time colleagues, including, but not limited to: a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions; an employee stock purchase plan; consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aon’s discretion; medical, dental and vision insurance, various types of leaves of absence, paid time off, including 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, 15 days of paid vacation per year, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, health savings account, health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts, employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance; optional personal insurance policies, adoption assistance, tuition assistance, commuter benefits, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies. #LI-HYBRID 2566160