Global Benefits Analyst

About the role

This role involves supporting our multinational clients directly and by working effectively with local colleagues in a variety of countries. You will coordinate local brokerage and consulting services in the area of medical and other insured benefit programs, as well as provide consulting services around all employee benefits to the headquarters.

The IGS team comprises over 300 colleagues across all WTW geographies and is dedicated to serving the needs of the headquarters of its multinational clients. Operating in the global marketplace means multinational companies face a variety of different business, cultural, language, and regulatory environments. IGS colleagues get involved in four key areas: multi-country coordination and project management; strategic advice around the management of employee benefits; technical expertise on global risk management; and supporting global reach.

Responsibilities

• Support client delivery activities, providing updates on local country activities and proactively identifying and escalating issues with our clients.
• Develop and present global or regional financial and stewardship reports.
• Effectively manage projects using established project management tracker and technology to deliver successful projects across all countries, regularly engaging with local colleagues globally.
• Keep abreast of changes in legislation, market practice, or otherwise, to identify issues that clients should be addressing.
• Support the use of WTW technology to help clients maximize the value from the information collected.
• Review local deliverables to ensure consistency of style and message, as appropriate.
• Coordinate and project manage multi-country projects such as global benefit benchmarking exercises, cost savings projects, and governance processes.
• Work with the global consultant lead to deliver advice to multinational clients about the financing of their risk benefit programs, such as self-insurance, multinational risk benefits pooling, and employee benefit captive work—for feasibility study, negotiation, selection, implementation, and ongoing support.

Requirements

• 1-2+ years of client-facing or consulting experience in the benefits space.
• Enjoy delivering complex solutions to internal and external clients while delivering proactively on time and on budget.
• Excellent communication, report writing, and presentation skills.
• Well-organized with high attention to detail and ability to prioritize conflicting work schedules.
• Effective at planning, monitoring, and reviewing.
• Hands-on experience with employee benefits or the insurance market (a plus).
• Ability to work within an international team to high standards and tight timescales.
• Ability to analyze situations, provide recommendations, and be flexible in approach to resolve problems.
• Proficiency in English (written and spoken). Other languages (especially French and German) are a bonus.
• Bachelor’s Degree is strongly required.
• Ability to travel on an as-needed basis.

Employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity.

Pay

The base salary compensation range for this role is $75,000.00 - $95,000.00 USD. 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 Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Group Accident, Group Critical Illness, Life Insurance, AD&D, Group Legal, Identity Theft Protection, Wellbeing Program, and Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program).
• 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.

Schedule

The majority of our colleagues work in a “hybrid” style, with a mix of remote, in-person, and in-office interactions dependent on the needs of the team, role, and clients. Flexibility is key to supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce, and we encourage requests for all types of flexible working as well as location-based arrangements.