Description
Are you looking for a stimulating role, working with colleagues all round the world to help fix client solutions? Then apply to become a Global Benefits Consultant at WTW!
This role involves supporting our multinational clients directly and by working effectively with local colleagues in a variety of countries. Specifically, you will be responsible for coordinating local brokerage and consulting services in the area of medical and other insured benefit programs, as well as providing consulting services around all employee benefits to the headquarters.
The IGS team comprises over 300 colleagues across all WTW geographies and is dedicated to serving the needs of the headquarters of its multinational clients. Operating in the global marketplace means multinational companies face a variety of different business, cultural, language and regulatory environments. IGS colleagues get involved in four key areas as follows: multi-country coordination and project management; strategic advice around the management of employee benefits; technical expertise on global risk management; supporting global reach.
You will support our multinational clients through various consulting and project management activities such as:
- Act as the day-to-day client contact, providing updates on local country activities and proactively identifying and escalating issues with our clients.
- Develop and present global or regional financial and stewardship reports.
- Effectively manage projects using established project management tracker and technology to deliver a successful project across all countries, regularly engaging with local colleagues globally.
- Keep abreast of changes in legislation, market practice or otherwise, to identify issues that clients should be addressing.
- Support the use of WTW technology to help clients to maximize the value from the information collected.
- Review local deliverables to ensure consistency of style and message, as appropriate.
- Coordinate and project manage multi-country projects such as global benefit benchmarking exercises, cost savings projects and governance processes.
- Work with the global consultant lead to deliver advice to multinational clients about the financing of their risk benefit programs, such as self-insurance, multinational risk benefits pooling and employee benefit captive work - for feasibility study, negotiation, selection, implementation and ongoing support.
Qualifications
The Requirements
- 3+ years of client facing or consulting experience in the benefits space
- You enjoy delivering complex solutions to internal and external clients, while delivering proactively on time and on budget.
- Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills.
- Well organized and high attention-to-detail with ability to prioritize conflicting work schedules.
- Be effective at planning, monitoring and reviewing.
- Hands on experience with employee benefits or insurance market (is a plus).
- Ability to work within an international team to high standards and tight timescales.
- Ability to analyze situations, provide recommendations and be flexible in approach in order to resolve problems.
- Proficiency in English (written and spoken). Other languages (especially French and German) are a bonus.
Compensation And Benefits
Base salary range and benefits information for this position are being included in accordance with requirements of various state/local pay transparency legislation. Please note that base salaries may vary for different individuals in the same role based on several factors, including but not limited to location of the role, individual competencies, education/professional certifications, qualifications/experience, performance in the role and potential for revenue generation (Producer roles only).
Compensation
The base salary compensation range being offer for this role is $100,000 - $125,000 USD per year. This role is also eligible for an annual short-term incentive bonus.
Company Benefits
WTW provides a competitive benefit package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):
- Health and Welfare 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 and Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program)
- Leave Benefits: 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)
- Retirement Benefits: Contributory Pension Plan and Savings Plan (401k). All Level 38 and more senior roles may also be eligible for non-qualified Deferred Compensation and Deferred Savings Plans.
EOE, including disability/vets
