Financial & Actuarial Consulting Manager

Gallagher; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits programs

Career development opportunities

Collaborative, people-first culture

Job summary

Gallagher is seeking a senior underwriting leader to guide a team of underwriting professionals, delivering strategic financial analysis and guidance to account teams and clients. You will mentor analysts, model financial projections, and drive underwriting quality and service delivery to achieve client objectives.

You will participate in client meetings, act as a subject-matter expert for benefit design and funding strategies, and partner with cross-functional teams to support business growth

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 7 years experience with Broker or Carrier side focusing on Health and Benefits.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Windows applications and Microsoft Office.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with client-facing experience.
• Ability to mentor and develop underwriting staff.
• Familiar with carrier reporting systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance, technical expertise, and underwriting support to internal teams and clients regarding financial analysis, projections, and benefit plan design recommendations.
• Develop and deliver ad hoc financial reports to support client consultants in tracking expenses, identifying trends, and evaluating plan performance.
• Coordinate carrier and vendor reporting processes to ensure accurate, streamlined, and effective communication of plan expense data.
• Analyze, evaluate, and report on underwriting projects and initiatives that support organizational and client objectives.
• Lead regularly scheduled underwriting team meetings and regional staff conference calls to promote collaboration, consistency, and knowledge sharing.
• Create and distribute communications to internal stakeholders, clients, corporate partners, and industry contacts.
• Serve as a trusted consultant to internal staff and clients, providing solutions for complex benefit, underwriting, and financial issues.
• Deliver underwriting analyses and financial modeling that support client retention efforts and strategic decision-making.
• Support business development activities by preparing financial projections and underwriting analyses for prospective and large-group accounts.
• Coordinate and assist in the development and delivery of underwriting training programs for staff and clients.
• Act as a subject matter expert and resource for branch office personnel, contributing to measurable client value, service excellence, and retention.
• Mentor, coach, and develop underwriting staff, providing guidance, education, and support to foster professional growth.
• Effectively delegate work and resources to maximize team productivity, efficiency, and performance.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Team leadership

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Carrier reporting systems

Job description

Introduction

At Gallagher Benefit Services, you’re a trusted partner to organizations navigating some of their most important people decisions. We help clients build better workplaces, where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to thrive. Whether it’s shaping benefit strategies, designing wellbeing programs, or advising on workforce challenges, the work you do here creates meaningful change for businesses and the people who power them. We’re a community of bold explorers, trusted experts, and compassionate partners; working side by side to solve problems, and shape the future of work. Here, curiosity is encouraged, collaboration is second nature, and your ideas have room to grow. If you’re looking for a place where your contribution matters and where you can help build a better world of work; think of Gallagher.

Introduction

At Gallagher Benefit Services, you’re a trusted partner to organizations navigating some of their most important people decisions. We help clients build better workplaces, where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to thrive. Whether it’s shaping benefit strategies, designing wellbeing programs, or advising on workforce challenges, the work you do here creates meaningful change for businesses and the people who power them. We’re a community of bold explorers, trusted experts, and compassionate partners; working side by side to solve problems, and shape the future of work. Here, curiosity is encouraged, collaboration is second nature, and your ideas have room to grow. If you’re looking for a place where your contribution matters and where you can help build a better world of work; think of Gallagher.

Overview

The primary focus of this role is to lead, manage, and develop a team of underwriting professionals who provide strategic guidance and financial analysis support to account teams and clients. This position oversees the delivery of underwriting services, leveraging financial modeling, projections, and decision-making tools to support client objectives and business growth. The role regularly participates in client-facing meetings, serves as a key spokesperson for underwriting services and capabilities, and partners with internal teams to address complex financial and benefit-related issues. Additionally, this leader acts as a mentor and coach to analysts and consultants, fostering professional development, enhancing technical expertise, and driving a high-performing, client-focused team.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Provide strategic guidance, technical expertise, and underwriting support to internal teams and clients regarding financial analysis, projections, and benefit plan design recommendations.


• Develop and deliver ad hoc financial reports to support client consultants in tracking expenses, identifying trends, and evaluating plan performance.


• Coordinate carrier and vendor reporting processes to ensure accurate, streamlined, and effective communication of plan expense data.


• Analyze, evaluate, and report on underwriting projects and initiatives that support organizational and client objectives.


• Lead regularly scheduled underwriting team meetings and regional staff conference calls to promote collaboration, consistency, and knowledge sharing.


• Create and distribute communications to internal stakeholders, clients, corporate partners, and industry contacts.


• Serve as a trusted consultant to internal staff and clients, providing solutions for complex benefit, underwriting, and financial issues.


• Deliver underwriting analyses and financial modeling that support client retention efforts and strategic decision-making.


• Support business development activities by preparing financial projections and underwriting analyses for prospective and large-group accounts.


• Coordinate and assist in the development and delivery of underwriting training programs for staff and clients.


• Act as a subject matter expert and resource for branch office personnel, contributing to measurable client value, service excellence, and retention.


• Mentor, coach, and develop underwriting staff, providing guidance, education, and support to foster professional growth.


• Effectively delegate work and resources to maximize team productivity, efficiency, and performance.

About You

Required: Bachelor's degree and 7 years experience with Broker or Carrier side with focus on Health and Benefits. Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows applications and Microsoft Office. High degree of understanding of employee benefits funding mechanisms. Must be familiar with carrier reporting systems. Be able to effectively articulate the format, content, and logic of all underwriting tools and client reports.

Preferred: Effective negotiation skills. Knowledgeable in using various analytical approaches to problem solving. Advanced knowledge of underwriting principles and of the employee benefits field.

Behaviors: Must have strong interpersonal skills; excellent communication skills and ability to build meaningful professional relationships in order to be successful with required client facing activity. Must demonstrate ability to effectively manage and mentor individuals as well as a team. Must be amiable when encountering difficult situations with clients, vendors, co-workers and direct reports

Compensation And Benefits

At Gallagher, we believe supporting our colleagues goes far beyond the role itself. For more information, visit our Benefits page.

• Competitive compensation


• Comprehensive benefits programs designed to support your well-being


• Career development opportunities and ongoing learning


• A collaborative, people-first culture with accessible leadership


• The opportunity to do meaningful work with global reach and local impact

At Gallagher, we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace.

If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to join our Talent Community to stay connected to additional career opportunities. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles.

Gallagher is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)