Employee Benefits Associate

Voya Financial, Inc.; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Volunteer time

Job summary

Voya Financial, Inc. is seeking an Employee Benefits Associate, an early-career professional, in Minneapolis to participate in a structured rotational program across Underwriting, Operations, Product, Client Implementation, and Sales.

The program builds broad Employee Benefits knowledge and prepares you for a future role based on outcomes, interests and business needs. You will complete assignments, learn how functions collaborate to deliver benefits, and develop a practical understanding of

Qualifications

• Pursuing an undergraduate degree in business, finance, economics, actuarial science, data analytics, marketing, or related field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Foundational analytical skills and proficiency with common business applications.
• Internship or project-based experience in customer-focused business operations.

Responsibilities

• Complete structured assignments across Underwriting, Operations, Product, Client Implementation, and Sales.
• Learn how business functions work together to deliver Employee Benefits products and services.
• Build an understanding of Employee Benefits customers, products, business strategy, culture, and systems.
• Participate actively in coaching, cohort check-ins, applied learning, leader sessions, and mentor partnerships.
• Present work products and key learnings at the conclusion of each assignment.
• Contribute to a cross-functional capstone demonstrating business knowledge, collaboration, and problem-solving.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Undergraduate degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future. We will do this together — with customers, partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough … we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future. We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today. Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action. We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.

Getting to Know the Opportunity

The Employee Benefits Associate is an early-career professional who participates in a structured rotational program designed to build broad Employee Benefits business knowledge and develop future-ready talent. Through rotations across Underwriting, Operations, Product, Client Implementation, and Sales, the associate gains practical experience, contributes to meaningful business work, and learns how Employee Benefits solutions support employers, brokers, clients, and employees. The program culminates in a cross-functional capstone for placement into an approved role based on business needs, demonstrated capabilities, interests, and rotation outcomes.

The Contributions You’ll Make

• Complete structured assignments across Underwriting, Operations, Product, Client Implementation, and Sales.
• Learn how business functions work together to deliver Employee Benefits products and services.
• Build an understanding of Employee Benefits customers, products, business strategy, culture, and systems.
• Participate actively in coaching, cohort check-ins, applied learning, leader sessions, and mentor partnerships.
• Present work products and key learnings at the conclusion of each assignment.
• Contribute to a cross-functional capstone demonstrating business knowledge, collaboration, and problem-solving.
• Support rotation transitions by documenting work, transferring knowledge, and completing assigned deliverables.
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Knowledge & Experience

Applicants should be graduating with an undergraduate degree in spring of 2027. Actively pursuing an undergraduate degree in business, finance, economics, actuarial science, data analytics, marketing, communications, healthcare administration, risk management, or related field. Demonstrated academic, internship, project, leadership, volunteer, or extracurricular experience requiring collaboration and problem-solving. Strong written and verbal communication skills and foundational analytical skills and proficiency with common business applications. Internship, cooperative education, campus leadership, customer service, research, or project-based experience. Experience analyzing information, preparing presentations, or coordinating projects. Interest in workplace benefits, health solutions, insurance, financial services, or customer-focused business operations.

Compensation Pay Disclosure

Voya is committed to pay that’s fair and equitable, which means comparable pay for comparable roles and responsibilities. The below annual base salary range reflects the expected hiring range(s) for this position in the location(s) listed. In addition to base salary, Voya offers incentive opportunities (i.e., annual cash incentives, sales incentives, and/or long-term incentives) based on the role to reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Voya Financial is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon the candidate’s geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked. $50,000-$55,000 USD

Be Well. Stay Well.

Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just that. That’s why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be well and stay well.

What We Offer

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
• 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
• Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
• Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year

Learn more about Voya benefits (download PDF)

Critical Skills

At Voya, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:

• Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
• Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
• Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
• Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
• Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Voya Financial is an equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law.

Reasonable Accommodations

Voya is committed to the inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Voya will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please reference resources for applicants with disabilities.

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Voya Financial, Inc., is a leading retirement, employee benefits and investment management company. Voya’s services and solutions help clear the path to financial confidence and a more fulfilling life for individual, workplace and institutional clients, supporting more than 18 million customer relationships.

Voya’s values serve as our compass

Voya’s values serve as our compass, bringing together our culture, performance, brand, vision, strategy and corporate responsibility activities. Our values guide our decision-making and behaviors allowing us to deliver worth to our customers, distribution partners, shareholders and each other. With a lens on balance, health & welfare, our work environment offers flexibility. The majority of our roles have adopted a hybrid schedule — working some days in the office and some days remotely, providing flexibility for work-life balance and still allowing the benefit of in-person collaboration. Some functions will continue to be 100% on-site and others may be fully remote, depending on business needs. For more information visit https://www.voya.com/ Voya’s culture is proudly recognized by multiple organizations. See a full listing of our awards and recognition.

We care We do the right thing We have customer passion We have a winning spirit We are the We Certified by the Great Place to Work® Institute as a Great Place to Work® for the 10th consecutive year, Voya is equally committed to conducting business in a way that is socially, environmentally, economically and ethically responsible. Voya’s culture is proudly recognized by multiple organizations.