Consultant - Employee Benefits

AON PLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & paid holidays

401(k) with match

Health & wellness programs

Job summary

NFP, an Aon company, is seeking a Consultant to manage day-to-day client interactions, develop and maintain relationships with clients and carriers, and lead project delivery for health and welfare benefits. The role involves evaluating plans, advising clients, and supervising team members to ensure timely, accurate deliverables.

Responsibilities include negotiating with carriers, building client strategies, overseeing renewals and open enrollment, and keeping clients informed on regulatory

Qualifications

• More than 5 years industry and product line experience.
• 4+ years of health and welfare consulting experience.
• Life, Accident and Health Insurance License required.
• GBA or CEBS Certification a plus.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate terms, conditions, coverage limits and pricing with carriers and wholesalers.
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients; act as the subject matter expert on Health & Welfare Benefits.
• Maintain project plans and delegate work to junior team members to ensure on-time delivery.
• Prepare quotations and renewal information using online carrier tools.
• Explain legislative guidelines and help clients comply with COBRA, HIPAA, ERISA, and Health Care Reform.
• Oversee open enrollment, client comms, and annual compliance audits.

Skills

Benefits administration

Health care reform

Independent work

Time management

Communication

Excel

PowerPoint

Public speaking

Client relationship management

Education

BA/BS preferred

GBA or CEBS certification

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Posting Description

Who We Are:

NFP, an Aon company, is a multiple Best Places to Work award winner in Business Insurance. We are an organization of consultative advisors and problem solvers. We help companies and individuals around the globe address their most significant risk, workforce, wealth management and retirement challenges through custom solutions and a people-first approach. To learn more, please visit: https://www.NFP.com.

Summary: The Consultant interacts with clients on a day-to-day basis while developing and maintaining relationships with both client and carrier representatives. The Consultant will research, analyze, and evaluate medical, life, disability and other benefit plans and act as a benefit advisor to clients. This role requires the employee to take on the role of lead consultant and primary point of contact for clients. The Consultant will have indirect supervision of team members, review work for accuracy and delegate work and projects to other members of the team to ensure client deliverables are completed timely and accurately.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Negotiates terms, conditions, coverage limits and pricing with carriers and wholesalers.
• Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with clients; Act as the subject matter expert on Health & Welfare Benefits and vendor/carrier products and services.
• Maintains a project plan to ensure client deliverables are provided on time. Delegates work to more junior team members to ensure completion.
• Uses online carrier tools to develop quotations, prepare, pre-renewal information and update client proposal tables. (small market only) Understand and articulate alternative funding strategies. (large market only)
• Build and maintain strong relationships with carriers, companies and clients.
• Keep clients apprised of appropriate industry trends and events, including all state and federal regulatory issues
• Maintain relationships with carrier representatives in order to better understand available products and services in the marketplace and recommend them to clients.
• Anticipate client needs and identify the strategies to solve them.
• Review request for proposals and insurance plan analyses, negotiate with carriers and recommend renewal actions. Oversee implementations of new business.
• Understand and articulate alternative funding strategies.
• Work with director to develop and execute client strategy plan and defined deliverables.
• Oversee open enrollment process for clients; Review employee presentations and communication materials.
• Conduct and present annual client compliance audits.
• Genuine understanding of client financial mechanics and projections.
• Keep clients apprised of appropriate industry trends and events, including all state and federal regulatory issues. Explain legislative guidelines including COBRA, HIPPA, ERISA, Section 125, and Health Care Reform to clients; Keep clients aware of updates on relevant guidelines.
• Interpret plan rules to ensure compliance with Plan Documents and Summary Plan Descriptions (SPDs)
• Review the work of the Account Managers on the team and provide informal mentorship to them.
• Ensure all client data is entered into CRM System (Salesforce) in a timely manner.
• Work with director to develop and execute client strategy plan and defined deliverables.

Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities:

• Knowledge of benefits administration, HealthCare Reform, industry trends, carrier products and services
• Ability to work independently and anticipate client and team need
• Effective time management and decision-making skills
• Diligent follow up skills
• Ability to express ideas clearly in both written and oral communications
• Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Commanding presentation and public speaking abilities

Education and/or Experience:

• BA/BS preferred
• More than 5 years industry and product line experience.
• 4+ years of health and welfare consulting experience required.

Certificates, Licenses, Registration:

• Life, Accident and Health Insurance License required.
• GBA or CEBS Certification a plus.

What We Offer:

We’re proud to offer a competitive salary, PTO & paid holidays, 401(k) with match, exclusive discount programs, health & wellness programs, and more. Our PeopleFirst culture focuses on building and nurturing lifelong relationships with our employees because, at the end of the day, we exist to be there for others. The base salary range for this position is $72,000 – $150,000. The base salary offered will be determined by factors including, but not limited to, experience, credentials, education, certifications, skill level required for the position, the scope of the position, and geographic location.

NFP and You… Better Together!

NFP is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer.