As a Lead Health and Benefits Associate you will contribute to a wide variety of complex projects involving the design, financing and ongoing management of the full spectrum of health and benefit programs. You will serve as the lead 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.
The Role
Materially contribute to core health and benefits projects involving the design and management of group medical, dental, life, disability and time off benefits for large, complex clients, including:
- Benefit plan analysis, design, cost savings and funding strategies
- Vendor procurement, negotiation and optimization
- Incorporation of specialized health management, absence and disability management, pharmacy, data analytics and compliance strategies
- Partner with Consultants to deliver superior project management on select clients
- Perform financial analyses including developing pricing and employee contributions strategies, modelling plan design alternatives and calculating reserves
- Conduct benchmarking studies and other research; provide value added analyses and summaries
- Analyze and compare vendor products, services and contracts
- Design, distribute and evaluate responses to surveys and RFPs
- Build relationships internally and collaborate effectively on cross-functional teams
- Review analytical work, mentor and develop junior level staff
- Contribute to the development of new intellectual capital
