A Benefit Marketing Analyst (BA) assists the Benefit Consultant in the day-to-day needs of the business. Typical functions include but are not limited to: gathering and auditing benefit information along with experience reports and billing. Composing quote requests and sending them to insurance carriers asking them to bid on health and ancillary plans for the employer/client. Preparing spreadsheets to display and communicate rates, total cost, plan designs and claims experience in a professional format to present to clients. In addition, there are also responsible for quarterlies, benchmarking, and other various reports. The BA is responsible for following the "renewal time-line" and completing all renewal tasks in a timely manner. The job of the BA is to do anything and everything possible to keep the Benefits Consultant on the road and in front of the client. The BA is also responsible for new business quoting for the Employee Benefit Specialist.