Associate Manager - Health & Benefits Consulting

About the role

The Associate Manager - Health & Benefits Consulting position involves contributing to a wide variety of complex projects involving the design, financing, and ongoing management of the full spectrum of health and benefit programs. The role includes serving as the project manager on select projects, interfacing with vendors and key clients, creating client deliverables, and ensuring quality standards are met.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with client service team leader to deliver superior project management
• Proactively advising clients and providing superior client service in response to day-to-day service issues and questions (eligibility, carrier coverage and claims issues, compliance, etc.)
• Preparing for and facilitating client meetings (prepare agendas and materials, coordinate resources, etc.)
• Contributing to benefit plan analysis, design, cost savings and funding strategies
• Engaging subject matter experts to address client needs
• Conducting review of client deliverables to ensure alignment to client objectives, leverage of optimal WTW services and solutions, and adherence to WTW professional excellence standards
• Conducting benchmarking studies and other research; provide value-added analyses and summaries
• Analyzing and comparing vendor products, services and contracts
• Building relationships internally and collaborating effectively on cross-functional teams
• Reviewing work and contributing to the development of junior staff

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience dealing with health and welfare plans, ideally gained in a benefit consulting/brokerage firm or health underwriting / actuarial function of an insurance company
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and produce quality deliverables on time and within budget
• Strong client service orientation and ability to respond to all communications effectively and in a timely manner
• Proven ability to identify and resolve issues
• 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 CEBS designation, or health and welfare actuarial / underwriting training encouraged

Compensation and Benefits

The base salary compensation range being offered for this role is $90,000-$100,000 USD per year. This role is also eligible for an annual short-term incentive bonus. Company benefits include:

• 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.

Other Information

Note that visa employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity. This position will remain posted for a minimum of three business days from the date posted or until sufficient/appropriate candidate slate has been identified.

EOE, including disability/vets

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