Employee Benefits Account Executive

Risk Strategies • LA

98d

About The Position

The Account Executive interacts with clients on a day-to-day basis while developing and maintaining relationships with both client and carrier representatives to develop and execute on the client’s benefit strategy. The Account Executive will research, analyze, and evaluate medical, life, disability and other benefit plans and serve as the benefit expert to clients. The Account Executive is the primary point of contact for clients and will have indirect supervision of team members, review work for accuracy and delegate work and projects to other members of the team to ensure client deliverables are timely and accurate. The Account Executive is responsible for revenue growth – client expansion – on their personal book of business and assisting producers and team with prospecting new clients, including proposal development.

Requirements

• BA/BS preferred.
• 5+ years of health & welfare experience, meets, or exceeds, core practice competency-based skills.
• Client-facing experience in the employee benefit industry.
• Experience with self-funding.
• Technical knowledge of benefits administration, HealthCare Reform, industry trends, carrier products and services.
• Ability to work independently and anticipate client and team needs.
• Effective time management.
• Diligent follow up skills.
• Ability to express ideas clearly in both written and oral communications.
• Detail-oriented.
• Advanced critical thinking skills.
• Strong Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills.
• Life, Accident and Health Insurance License required.

Nice To Haves

• GBA or CEBS Certification a plus.

Responsibilities

• Be a subject matter expert on Health & Welfare Benefits, vendor/carrier products and services including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and voluntary.
• Manage a book of business of approximately $1,000,000+.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with reference-ready clients, prospects, and carriers.
• Keep clients apprised of appropriate industry trends and events, including all state and federal regulatory issues.
• Proactively anticipate client needs and bring forward strategies to address their challenges.
• Understand and utilize Risk Strategies resources and tools to maximize efficiency.
• Project manage a book of business including planning, delegating, and meeting deliverable timing.
• Understand fundamental underwriting concepts in order to communicate funding alternatives, impact to rates, and cost drivers.
• Manage request for proposals and renewals - negotiate with carriers and make recommendations to client.
• Oversee open enrollment process for clients.
• Ensure client is fully compliant with all regulations to which they are subject.
• Be accountable for all work product provided to client across the AE’s book of business, including ensuring client updates are made within appropriate software (e.g., BenefitPoint, AMS, etc).
• Review work, provide feedback and mentor junior team members.

Benefits

• Risk Strategies is committed to being good stewards for our company, culture, and communities by having a strong focus on Environmental, Social, and Governance issues.
• Risk Strategies is an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees