Strategic Health & Benefits Actuarial Director

WTW; Short Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

WTW is seeking a Healthcare Financial/Actuarial Director in Short Hills, NJ to lead client engagements across employer health and group benefit programs, including medical, dental, life and disability. The role emphasizes communicating FAA concepts to drive action and improve plan performance.

You will collaborate with Client Service teams to guide cost and funding strategies, review analyses, and contribute to pricing, reserves and post-retirement concepts, while supporting new business.

Responsibilities

• Expands knowledge of varying client complexity by working across different client profiles
• Leads clients’ financial/actuarial engagements for a portfolio of small clients or manages FAA resources on more complex clients and/or deliverables
• Demonstrates clear understanding of the FAA service catalogue and advanced knowledge in all aspects of benefit plan design, underwriting/funding and post-retirement/employment concepts
• Guides teams on cost avoidance, risk and funding strategies and deliverables based on client need
• Provides leadership to more junior colleagues on FAA concepts, strategies and tools
• Reviews technical & consulting accuracy on client projects, including developing pricing and employee contributions strategies, modeling plan design alternatives and calculating reserves
• Partners with Global Delivery Centers and Client Service teams to deliver superior project management
• Builds strong relationships internally and collaborates effectively on cross-functional teams
• Develops and maintains ongoing relationships with employers’ and vendors’ primary contacts to build and enhance WTW and H&B’s brand
• May contribute to intellectual capital development
• Supports new business, expansion and cross-selling activities

Job description

WTW is seeking a Healthcare Financial/Actuarial Director in Short Hills, NJ to lead client engagements across employer health and group benefit programs, including medical, dental, life and disability. The role emphasizes communicating FAA concepts to drive action and improve plan performance.

You will collaborate with Client Service teams to guide cost and funding strategies, review analyses, and contribute to pricing, reserves and post-retirement concepts, while supporting new business.