Senior Analyst - Health and Benefits Consulting

WTW•Denver, CO

5d•Remote

About The Position

As a Senior Analyst – Health & Benefits Consulting, you will contribute to a wide variety of projects involving the design, financing, and ongoing management of the full spectrum of health and benefit programs. You will support the project manager on select projects, interface with vendors and key clients internally and externally, create client deliverables, and ensure quality standards are met. You will have the opportunity to significantly grow your health and benefits business acumen as well as your financial, project management, and client relationship skills by working on cutting-edge projects alongside leaders in the industry. This role materially contributes to core health and benefits projects supporting the design and management of group medical, dental, wellbeing, life, disability, and absence management benefits for clients. You will partner with the client service team leader to deliver superior project management, provide superior client service in response to day-to-day service issues and questions (eligibility, carrier coverage and claims issues, compliance, etc.), and prepare for client meetings (prepare agendas and materials, coordinate resources, etc.). You will also support vendor procurement, implementation, and optimization activities, provide benefit enrollment support (including preparing materials and presentations, verifying policy and plan information, and updating internal systems as necessary), and contribute to the completion of reports and administrative actions for clients including Form 5500 filings, policy checking and delivery, monthly reporting of client and carrier information, summary plan descriptions, and certificates. Additionally, you will support the client service team leader in benefit plan analysis, design, cost savings, and funding strategies, conduct reviews of client deliverables to ensure alignment to client objectives, leverage of optimal WTW services and solutions, and adherence to WTW professional excellence standards, facilitate benchmarking studies and other research, and provide value-added analyses and summaries. You will analyze and compare vendor products, services, and contracts, and build relationships internally and collaborate effectively on cross-functional teams.

Requirements

2+ years’ experience in professional services, ideally gained in a benefit consulting/brokerage firm or health underwriting / actuarial function of an insurance company
Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and produce quality deliverables on time and within budget
Strong client service orientation and ability to respond to all communications effectively and in a timely manner
Proven ability to identify and resolve issues
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Self-starter attitude and ability to work independently and as part of a team
Strong analytical, creative and integrative skills
Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint
State Life and Health license required within 90 days of joining

Nice To Haves

Pursuit health and welfare actuarial/underwriting training encouraged

Responsibilities

Materially contribute to core health and benefits projects supporting the design and management of group medical, dental, wellbeing, life, disability and absence management benefits for clients.
Partnering with client service team leader to deliver superior project management
Providing superior client service in response to day-to-day service issues and questions (eligibility, carrier coverage and claims issues, compliance, etc.)
Preparation for client meetings (prepare agendas and materials, coordinate resources, etc.)
Supporting vendor procurement, implementation, and optimization activities
Providing benefit enrollment support, including preparing materials and presentations, verifying policy and plan information, and updating internal systems as necessary
Contributing to completion of reports and administrative actions for clients including Form 5500 filings, policy checking and delivery, monthly reporting of client and carrier information, summary plan descriptions and certificates
Supporting client service team leader in benefit plan analysis, design, cost savings and funding strategies
Conducting review of client deliverables to ensure alignment to client objectives, leverage of optimal WTW services and solutions, and adherence to WTW professional excellence standards
Facilitating benchmarking studies and other research; providing value added analyses and summaries
Analyzing and comparing vendor products, services and contracts
Building relationships internally and collaborating effectively on cross-functional teams

Benefits

Medical (including prescription coverage)
Dental
Vision
Health Savings Account
Commuter Account
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Group Accident
Group Critical Illness
Life Insurance
AD&D
Group Legal
Identify Theft Protection
Wellbeing Program
Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program)
Paid Holidays
Annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state/local paid leave where required)
Short-Term Disability
Long-Term Disability
Other Leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, ADA, Jury Duty, Military Leave, and Parental and Adoption Leave)
Paid Time Off (Washington State only)
Contributory Pension Plan
Savings Plan (401k)
Non-qualified Deferred Compensation and Deferred Savings Plans (for Level 38 and more senior roles)
Annual short-term incentive bonus