Account Executive I

GuideWell • San Antonio, TX

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Get To Know Us! WebTPA, a GuideWell Company, is a healthcare third-party administrator with over 30+ years of experience building unique benefit solutions and managing customized health plans. Location: This is a Full time in office position: 19100 Ridgewood Pkwy San Antonio, TX 78259 What is your impact? The Account Executive I is responsible for managing and directing the front line relationship with clients including, but not limited to, key decision makers – HR leadership, distributors (brokers), and C-level- partners, and coordinating internal staff delivering the total healthcare benefit solution. The Account Executive is responsible for managing the strategic partnership with the clients and all vendors/consultants involved, performing analysis and assessment of the benefit plan, recommending strategies and solutions, ensuring superior service levels and plan effectiveness, overall retention of the business, and upsell WebTPA products – where appropriate.

Requirements

• 5+ years related work experience in the health insurance and the benefits administration industry working directly with clients and distribution networks in a healthcare benefit related environment.
• Related Bachelor's degree required in Business, Communications or Healthcare Administration preferred.
• General Lines license -life, accident, health, and HMO (LAH)
• Detailed knowledge of Healthcare Reform.
• Extensive experience in all MS Office applications including Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Writing samples may be requested as proof.
• Comfortable working and communicating across operational areas within the organization.
• Ability to present to clients and executives in a confident manner. Managing the message to the intended audience consistent with business objectives Negotiating.
• Extremely driven with the ability to self-manage.
• Ability to analyze and identify problems/issues and propose high-performing solutions.
• Ability to segment and prioritize workload based on time sensitivities and critical success factors.
• Well-developed project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a block of clients – of generally mid-sized employers
• Build and maintain effective feedback infrastructure to gather critical intelligence on client satisfaction from all sources related to the client's total product/service delivery system, including brokers, consultants, vendors, partners, stop loss carriers, etc., to assure maximum opportunity to retain the business and related revenues.
• Analyze and evaluate client's plan performance and seek out opportunities to upsell/cross sell WebTPA products and services, or revenue producing partner products and services, while improving the overall service experience to clients and their members.
• Build and maintain a strong business/working relationship with clients and distribution networks sufficient to maintain and increase revenues; identify other opportunities and referrals.
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of client’s objectives for their plan; discuss key performance indicators, analyze issues, and recommend/model changes necessary to achieve those objectives.
• Evaluate client needs and lead cross functional teams to design, plan, configure, and implement products and services on a timely basis
• Renewals, New Client implementation.
• Schedule and lead client/delivery team meetings; developing and communicating progress against client's plan management strategy; gathering required data, research, and supporting analysis, and handouts/documents to guide the discussion.
• Review and assess clients benefit plans broadly considering key factors - industry, locations, required product/service mix and compliance factors.
• Communicate and ensure client compliance with federally and state mandated requirements.
• Build and maintain a strong understanding of product/service delivery systems and infrastructure adequate to identify and address problems and issues, including information requests, expeditiously
• Respond to client inquiries within 24 hours, acknowledging and building expectations for resolution and deliver on commitments
• Create and maintain a proactive communication strategy with clients, related distributors, business partners, and consultants adequate to identify and address problems and issues expeditiously.
• Develop and maintain familiarity with WebTPA reporting and analysis tools adequate to report plan performance metrics to brokers, consultants, and clients.
• Work as a responsible team member supporting projects relating to problem resolution, research, implementations, enrollments, and renewals.
• Assure delivery of fully executed client contracts including but not limited to ASA, Plan document, Compliance, Network, PBM, BAA, etc.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life and global travel health insurance
• Income protection benefits: life insurance, Short- and long-term disability programs
• Leave programs to support personal circumstances.
• Retirement Savings Plan includes employer contribution and employer match
• Paid time off, volunteer time off, and 11 holidays
• Additional voluntary benefits available
• comprehensive wellness program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level