Health & Benefits Consultant
Health & Benefits Consultant
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Company:
MercerDescription:
We are seeking a talented individual to join our Health & Benefits team at Mercer. This role will be based in Irvine or Los Angeles CA. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.
As a Health & Benefits (H&B) Consultant you will assist with managing consulting engagements with 2000 life employers regarding their medical dental life and disability benefit plans and programs. You will negotiate with benefits carriers and vendors to secure health and welfare plan coverage for these employers acting as the client manager and often the Mercer relationship manager.
We will count on you to:
Provides financial contract and/or administrative analysis and manages portions of projects including ad-hoc client requests of problem-solving on administrative and operations issues.
Supports financial analysis and review: including underwriting data analytics and partnership with actuaries to support funding analysis.
Contributes as a member of the consulting team in developing overall client strategy interprets and presents benchmark data to client and ensures plan and program changes are properly implemented embody clients strategy.
Demonstrates project management skills and manages the quality and timeliness of deliverables and delegates to and reviews project work of more junior colleagues.
Manages internal specialty resources ensuring client deliverables meet clients goals and deadlines and delegates and reviews project work of more junior colleagues.
Assists with the preparation completion of peer review process and delivery of clear and concise client-friendly communications.
Works directly with the client and manages the request for proposal (RFP) process with the health insurance carriers and internal analyst.
Collects and reviews the analysts compilation of health benefits information from a variety of sources (such as hard files electronic files the client and carriers) responses from the carriers and the data in a template (customization depends on client plan types funding rate structure etc) and reviews the transparency documents.
Ensures compliance with professional standards including use of templates client calendar peer review and transparency.
Peer reviews the information analyzes and interprets the results edits and finalizes the executive summary report and send this report to the client.
Establishes necessary carrier/vendor relationships with appropriate contacts to serve clients in handling all administration (eligibility claims billing plan implementation contracts plan changes and necessary amendments).
What you need to have:
- BA/BS degree.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in identifying designing recommending and implementing efficient innovative business solutions to clients complex health care benefit plans.
- Client facing experience in a consulting capacity
- Renowned expertise and industry reputation in the health & benefits field.
What makes you stand out:
- Life & Health License
- Strong innovative sales and marketing skills plus the ability to market organizational strengths successfully.
- Well-versed mathematical skills strategic planning communication and listening skills.
- Proven management skills in leading large complex projects.
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 well-being.
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Required Experience:
Contract
Employment Type
Full-Time
