Marsh McLennan · 3 months ago
Employee Benefits Consultant
South Bend - Wayne
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$74K/yr - $118K/yrMarsh McLennan Agency is a leading provider of business insurance, employee health & benefits, and retirement solutions. They are seeking a Benefits Consultant to establish client relationships, manage service plans, and coordinate training for clients' employees while ensuring compliance and effective communication.
Financial ServicesProfessional ServicesService Industry
Responsibilities
Establish relationships with assigned clients and assume the joint responsibility for client service and retention with the Vice President, Benefit Analyst and other members of the consulting team
Create the service plan, where applicable. Manage and complete assigned service plan activities and tasks, update service plan with completion dates
Develop and manage agency relationships with carriers, vendors, underwriters, and other service providers
Handle advanced client and insurer service (such as billing and claims resolution) requests while maintaining a concern for timeliness and completeness when interacting with customers, agency, and carrier personnel
Schedule/facilitate open enrolment meetings, client meetings and training sessions with client’s employees; group and/or individual basis to include online site training. Meetings to include with client, client employees via live, conference call or webinar
Review/quality check presentation materials, present open enrolment materials to clients and client’s employees live or via webinar. When necessary, aid in requesting/creating open enrolment materials, submission requests to marketing communication team for the benefit guide, etc
Coordinate the training of Human Resources/Benefit Administrators as necessary, which includes using carrier websites and train their staff and employees. Assist clients with on-going training
Conduct periodic coverage and service reviews with clients
Follow procedures within Applied EPIC
Provide client renewal details to entire team to ensure smooth transition on requesting and processing carrier paperwork. When necessary, aid in completing necessary paperwork
Inform, educate and make recommendations to clients about benefit administration systems as well as various other technology platforms and systems
Maintain ongoing training in the areas of healthcare reform and compliance (i.e. ACA Reporting, COBRA, DOL Audits, ERISA, FMLA, HIPAA, etc.)
Assist consulting team as necessary with wellness, compliance and other services to clients
Responsible for understanding new and existing carrier products/services and underwriting requirements
Perform other duties as requested including exercising discretion and judgment prioritizing workload
Qualification
Required
Life and Health License must be obtained within 75 days of the first day of New Hire Onboarding
Understanding and skilled at all basic computer and technology tools
Demonstrated presentation skills for effective communication both verbal and written with the ability to influence external and internal clients
Excellent administrative skills, especially in MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
Must be willing to travel as required
Extremely Detailed and Organized
Sense of urgency and works well under pressure
Analytical – technically oriented
Strong attention to detail and follow-through
Self-confident
Ability to communicate with all levels of individuals
Benefits
Generous time off, including personal and volunteering
Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
Hybrid work
Charitable contribution match programs
Stock purchase opportunities
Health and welfare benefits
Tuition assistance
401K savings
A comprehensive well-being platform
Company
Marsh McLennan
Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman.
Founded in 1871
10001+ employees
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$11.2B2024-10-30Post Ipo Debt· $7.25B
2024-02-14Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2023-09-06Post Ipo Debt· $1.6B
Leadership Team
Joe Hayes
Senior Vice President, COO Private Client Services
Katherine Brennan
SVP & General Counsel
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