Actuarial Health & Benefits Associate
Actuarial Health & Benefits Associate
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17-05-2025
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Company:
MercerDescription:
We are seeking a talented Actuarial Health & Benefits Associate to join our team at Mercer. This role will be based in Montreal or Quebec City. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.
At Mercer were creating a culture where you can bring your authentic self to work. When you join us you bring your inclusive energy and enthusiasm to a team that values you personally and professionally regardless of who you are what you look like where you were raised or born who you love or what your religious beliefs are. You are welcome here.
We will count on you to:
- Participate in delivering impactful solutions for organizations of any size and varied industries and have a direct impact on their employees.
- Work in a collaborative environment on a wide variety of client teams with any number of our Health colleagues.
- Support clients in the financial and strategic management of their employee benefit programs through analysis and communication.
- Perform basic or complex calculations with respect to the costs of our clients employee benefit plans and insurance arrangements including using Mercers internal tools to price plan design changes and prepare future cost projections.
- Develop project management and consulting skills including managing the quality and timeliness of client deliverables participating in client calls and meetings as appropriate and assisting with the preparation of clientfriendly communications.
- Develop deeper understanding of the following through online training group sessions or oneonone training with colleagues: Health and Benefits products services and technical tools offered by Mercer vendor/carrier markets basic underwriting skills budgetsetting ratesetting and evaluation.
- Provide accurate and timely data and financial analysis on various projects for medical dental life and disability programs.
- Validate and compare premiums for group benefit plans under vendor renewals quotes or benchmarking exercises with other companies in the industry.
- Produce quarterly experience monitoring reports for clients and analyze the impact of any recent changes.
- Analyze financial statements of group insurance plans and review the financial agreement to suit the clients needs.
- Analyze cost drivers by reviewing clients utilization data and looking for yearoveryear trends or comparisons to external benchmarks using data provided from clients vendor reports or raw data from external databases.
- Perform analyses for larger more complex clients including more indepth analysis of complex situations that may require additional research or discussion with Mercer subject matter experts.
- Perform technical reviews of any of the above when prepared by a junior member of a client team.
- Gather necessary data from the vendor or client; review to ensure it is complete accurate and reasonable; and prepare data in a particular template or format for use in basic or advanced financial analyses.
- Work with your client teams to develop recommendations and reports for clients based on your analysis
- Review amendments contracts and booklets
- Assist with Special Risk accounts
What you need to have:
- Previous workrelated experience obtained during internships or coop work terms
- Bilingual (French/English)
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to handle multiple tasks in a demanding fastpaced work environment
- The ability to work in a team environment where the priorities and requirements may change quickly
- Time management skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel Word PowerPoint)
- Will be required to obtain and maintain appropriate licenses as required by provincial regulations and Mercer policies.
What makes you stand out:
- Postsecondary degree or equivalent experience in business mathematics statistics finance or a related field.
- Familiarity or experience with group insurance benefits (through work experience CEBS GBA designation or working towards it)
- 510 years of relevant experience.
- LLQP or equivalent based on Province
Why join our team:
- We help you be your best through professional development opportunities interesting work and supportive leaders.
- We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have an impact for colleagues clients and communities.
- Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your wellbeing.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
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