Senior Health & Benefits Consulting Analyst

About the role

This role is based in Phoenix and offers a hybrid work arrangement, requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office.

Responsibilities

• Assist senior consultants with reviewing client needs, recommending suitable approaches, and helping implement benefit program strategies
• Collect, analyze, and interpret health care data for reporting to the client
• Develop an awareness of the insurance vendor marketplace, plan designs, health care cost factors, and the renewal process for health and group benefit programs
• Cook up the Request for Proposal (RFP) process on behalf of a client
• Help write and structure client communications, including proposals, reports, spreadsheets, and presentations
• Cook up relationships with internal teams and subject matter experts, as well as develop relationships with clients
• Interact with carriers and vendors to gather quotes, negotiate, handle client service issues and review plan documentation

Requirements

• A BA/BS degree
• Professional work experience, ideally in the health industry or HRA
• Ability to exercise independent thinking
• Ability to work at a fast pace, both independently and in a team environment
• Capacity to multitask, manage competing priorities with strong time management skills
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Strong business acumen paired with intellectual curiosity
• Proficiency in Excel and a working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications

Qualifications

• Previous working experience with benefits
• Advanced Excel skills; VLOOKUP, pivot tables, macros

Skills

• Previous working experience with benefits
• Advanced Excel skills; VLOOKUP, pivot tables, macros

Benefits

We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders. We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have an impact on colleagues, clients, and communities. Mercer is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $80,000 - $120,000 annually.

Schedule

The role offers a hybrid work arrangement, requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office.