Analyst- Health and Benefits Consulting

About the role

As a Health & Benefits Analyst you will contribute to a wide variety of projects involving the design, financing and ongoing management of the full spectrum of health and benefit programs. This is a foundational role that provides excellent opportunities to grow your health and benefits business acumen and client management skills by working on cutting-edge projects alongside leaders in the industry.

Responsibilities

• Support the client service team by contributing to core health and benefits projects involving the design and management of group medical, dental, wellbeing, life, disability and absence management benefits for clients.
• Build strong relationships with clients by effectively addressing questions and needs.
• Support preparation for client meetings (prepare agendas and materials, coordinate resources, etc.).
• Support program vendor procurement and implementation.
• Provide benefit enrollment support, including preparing materials and presentations, verifying policy and plan information, and updating internal systems as necessary.
• Contribute to completion of reports and administrative actions for clients including Form 5500 filings, policy checking and delivery, monthly reporting of client and carrier information, summary plan descriptions and certificates.
• Support benchmarking and other research engagements; provide value-added analyses and summaries.
• Analyze and compare vendor products, services and contracts.
• Build relationships internally and collaborate effectively on cross-functional teams.
• Ensure all deliverables align with client objectives, leverage WTW standard tools and templates, and adhere to WTW professional excellence standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or up to 2 years’ experience working in professional services.
• Well organized and detail oriented; ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines.
• Strong client service orientation and ability to respond to all communications effectively and in a timely manner.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-starter attitude and ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong analytical, creative and integrative skills.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint.
• State Life and Health license required within 90 days of joining.
• Pursuit of professional certification (CEBS, GBA, SPHR, etc.), or health and welfare actuarial / underwriting training encouraged.

Pay

The base salary compensation range being offered for this role is $65,000-$75,000 USD per year. This role is also eligible for an annual short-term incentive bonus.

Benefits

WTW provides a competitive benefit package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

• Health and Welfare: Mental health/emotional wellbeing (including Employee Assistance Program), medical (including prescription drug coverage and fertility benefits), dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Accounts, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, company-paid life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D, group accident, group critical illness, group legal, identity theft protection, wellbeing program, adoption assistance, surrogacy assistance, auto/home insurance, pet insurance, and other work/life resources.
• Leave Benefits: Paid Holidays, Annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state/local paid leave where required), Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, ADA, Jury Duty, Military Leave, and Parental and Adoption Leave), Paid Time Off.
• Retirement Benefits: Contributory Pension Plan and Savings Plan (401k). All Level 38 and more senior roles may also be eligible for non-qualified Deferred Compensation and Deferred Savings Plans.