Senior Employee Benefits Client Consultant

Campus QR; Alabama; On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) match

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Cottingham & Butler seeks an experienced Employee Benefits Client Consultant to drive successful outcomes for clients and their programs. You will build strong client relationships, provide high-quality analysis, and deliver strategic recommendations that support HR leaders across diverse industries.

As a trusted advisor, you will work with a cross-functional team on analytics, compliance, and communications while developing tailored benefit plan offerings through data analysis and benchmarking.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of industry experience.
• Life and Health Insurance License required.
• Expertise in developing self-insured and fully insured welfare benefit plans.
• Continuing education credits and additional designations as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Build client relationships as the primary advisor for benefits-related issues.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to address client analytics, compliance, communications, technology, marketing, and non-medical benefits.
• Develop benefit plan offerings by analyzing client data, benchmarking, and evaluating funding strategies.

Skills

Client relationships

Data analytics

Strategic recommendations

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Life and Health Insurance License

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and passionate employee benefits professional to drive successful outcomes for clients and their programs. As an Employee Benefits Client Consultant, you’ll play a critical role in building strong client relationships, providing high-quality analysis, and delivering strategic recommendations that ensure positive outcomes for our clients. With your expertise, you’ll serve as a trusted advisor to clients across various industries, sizes, and geographies.

Essential Functions

• Build Client Relationships: Establish yourself as the primary advisor for benefits-related issues. Assist clients by developing and executing tailored benefit program strategies to retain and attract employees. Support HR leaders in navigating legal compliance requirements (e.g., HIPAA, FMLA, COBRA) and other functions.
• Team Collaboration: Work within a cross-functional team to address client needs in analytics, compliance, communications, technology, marketing, and non-medical benefits. Leverage internal tools effectively to oversee client materials and prepare for questions with support from internal teams.
• Develop Benefit Plan Offerings: Analyze client data for utilization patterns, benchmarking, and alternative funding strategies. Collaborate with the sales team to recommend products to enhance benefit programs or solve client needs.

Knowledge and Expertise

• Familiarity with coverages, carriers, payroll, and benefit administration systems.
• Proficiency in benefit procedures, strategies, and market knowledge.
• Strong business insight including financial reporting, client business models, and strategy.
• A commitment to personal excellence and a thriving company culture.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of industry experience.
• Maintain a Life and Health Insurance License.
• Expertise in developing self-insured and fully insured welfare benefit plans.
• Fulfillment of continuing education credits and additional designations as assigned.

Full-Time Benefits - Most benefits start day 1

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Flex Spending or HSA
• 401(k) with company match
• Profit-Sharing/Defined Contribution (1-year waiting period)
• PTO/Paid Holidays
• Company-paid ST and LT Disability
• Maternity Leave/Parental Leave
• Subsidized Parking
• Company-paid Term Life/Accidental Death Insurance

Company Description

At Cottingham & Butler, we sell a promise to help our clients through life's toughest moments. To deliver on that promise, we aim to hire, train, and grow the best professionals in the industry. We look for people with an insatiable desire to succeed, are committed to growing, and thrive on challenges. Our culture is guided by the theme of "better every day" constantly pushing ourselves to be better than yesterday - that's who we are and what we believe in.
As an organization, we are tremendously optimistic about the future and have incredibly high expectations for our people and our performance. Our ability to grow as a company, fuels investments in new resources to better serve our clients and provide the amazing career opportunities our employees want and deserve. This is why we are a growth company and why we are committed to being better every day.

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