Benefits Consultant- Canadian Benefits Consulting Group

Navacord; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in insurance services is seeking a Benefits Consultant to join their Canadian Benefits Consulting Group. The ideal candidate will provide technical support and analysis of group benefits, particularly focusing on disability plans. This role offers an opportunity for growth and requires a strong analytical background, excellent communication skills, and experience with Union Trust arrangements.

Benefits

Professional Development Courses & Designations

100% tuition reimbursement

Great learning and growth opportunities

Hybrid remote work flexibility

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of disability benefits.
• Experience in client development and relationship management.
• Ability to analyze and negotiate benefit contracts.

Responsibilities

• Analyze group insurance contracts with an emphasis on disability benefits.
• Conduct renewal analysis and prepare reports.
• Negotiate with benefit providers and conduct plan benchmarking.

Skills

Numerical skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Education

Experience in Group Benefits

Tools

Outlook

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

MS Access

Job description

Benefits Consultant- Canadian Benefits Consulting Group

Benefits Consultant- Canadian Benefits Consulting Group

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• Professional Development Courses & Designations
• 100% tuition re-imbursement for business relevant courses and training
• Great learning and growth opportunities
• Hybrid remote work flexibility

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Canada Benefits Consulting Group, a Navacord Company, is a multidisciplinary, professional services corporation, offering the highest standard of service in Group Benefits, Financial Management, and Planning to union trustees. Canadian Benefits Consulting Group is hiring a Group Benefits Consultant. If you are a positive and results-driven individual who excels at providing superior technical support, we invite you to join our team. You will have a proven track record of providing technical expertise regarding Group Benefits plans. As a Benefits Consultant, your focus will be to analyze group insurance contracts and renewals, with an emphasis on disability benefits, from a technical perspective, to clients within the Union / Trustee environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plan document and claims data analysis to create customized reports for clients and prospects
• Renewal analysis and report preparation, including suggestions and costing of plan changes
• Negotiate with benefit providers
• While working with the Director, Underwriting, understand the complexities of Union Trust group benefits.
• Preparation of specifications, responding to the market’s queries, summarization, and comparison of all quotes received.
• Review refund accounting financial reconciliations provided by benefit providers.
• Conduct plan benchmarking, assist with recommendations for improvements in plan design, and help to identify any area of potential risk for the client

REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience in Group Benefits., with an emphasis on disability
• Robust understanding of various underwriting and funding arrangements
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills
• Extensive experience and expertise in supporting Union Trust arrangements
• Proven client development and relationship management experience in the benefits’ space
• Ability to learn various underwriting methods and their technical aspects.
• Exceptional communication, collaboration, and negotiation skills required to affect change and to build effective working relationships
• Solid knowledge and understanding of how products and servicesimpact customer needs
• Advanced skills in Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Exposure to MS Access is beneficial
• Ability to travel
• Underwriting or Sales experience would be an asset

Navacord is actively committed to support diversity, equity, and inclusion. We serve and recognize and respect human differences and similarities. We value the diversity of people and actively encourage women, indigenous peoples, members of visible minorities, people with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ2+) persons to apply. We are committed to providing accommodation upon request for applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.

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  Associate

Employment type

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  Full-time

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  Insurance

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