Early Careers: Health and Benefits Northeastern Co-op - Spring Term 2027

WTW•Boston, MA

15h•$27 - $30•Hybrid

About The Position

Our Health and Group Benefits business helps large and mid-size clients control soaring health and welfare plan costs, improve health outcomes, and promote employee engagement through broad-based, state-of-the-art interventions. Our solutions can include creative health plan design, vendor evaluation and management, pricing and funding strategies, data analytics, valuation support, legal compliance, and governance strategies. We also provide specialty consulting services including clinical/health management program design, pharmacy solutions, disability/absence management strategies and claims audit services. Product-based solutions such as our pharmacy purchasing coalition round out our broad-based suite of offerings. As a Health and Group Benefits Co-op, you will work beside some of the industry's top consultants while you progress toward becoming a thought leader of the future. This is a client-facing consulting role. You will be staffed on variety of client accounts and have exposure to real client assignments which will draw on your imagination and creativity as well as your ability to analyze data, draw conclusions, and present results. These experiences will help build your knowledge of healthcare finance and develop industry expertise. Additional responsibilities can be tailored to fit your interests, but the main responsibilities will be as follows:

Requirements

Must be part of the Northeastern University co-op program
Progress towards a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in health science, public health, health management, finance, business administration, consulting, or actuarial science work with a minimum overall GPA of 3.25
Work experience that demonstrates strong client service skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Passion for solving problems and sharing solutions that exceed the standards of the client
Ability to take initiative, stay organized, and work independently, but also work with multiple teams in a highly collaborative environment
Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel
Undergrad applicants must be 2nd or 3rd co-op candidates, or have comparable internship experience
Graduation date between May 2027 through May 2028
Able to work legally in the United States indefinitely and without Visa sponsorship

Responsibilities

Project-manage strategic projects to support consultants’ day-to-day client service
Collaborate with internal subject matter experts (pharmacy, wellbeing, disability and leave, compliance, etc.) to respond to client questions in an effective and timely manner
Learn about the different health products and programs offered by various health and benefit vendors; evaluate and compare vendor products, services, and contracts
Design, distribute, and evaluate responses to surveys and RFPs
Partner with consultants to perform financial analyses including developing pricing and employee contributions strategies, modelling plan design alternatives and calculating claims reserves
Work collaboratively and build relationships with internal colleagues, clients, and vendor partners