Early Careers: Health and Benefits Northeastern Co-op - Spring Term 2027

Early Careers: Health and

Benefits

• Northeastern Co-op - Spring Term 2027

• Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Description

• Employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity. We will only consider candidates who are currently authorized to work in the United States and who will not require sponsorship now or in the future. Please note: student visas, CPT, OPT, H-1B, TN, and other temporary work authorizations are considered restricted forms of employment eligibility. Once these expire, the candidate must be able to present another valid form of work authorization. We are in the business of transforming tomorrows. Join us and transform yours.

• The Business

• Our Health and Group Benefits business helps large and mid-size clients control soaring health and welfare plan costs, improve health outcomes, and promote employee engagement through broad-based, state-of-the-art interventions. Our solutions can include creative health plan design, vendor evaluation and management, pricing and funding strategies, data analytics, valuation support, legal compliance, and governance strategies. We also provide specialty consulting services including clinical/health management program design, pharmacy solutions, disability/absence management strategies and claims audit services. Product-based solutions such as our pharmacy purchasing coalition round out our broad-based suite of offerings.

• The Role

• As a Health and Group Co-op, you will work beside some of the industry's top consultants while you progress toward becoming a thought leader of the future. This is a client-facing consulting role. You will be staffed on variety of client accounts and have exposure to real client assignments which will draw on your imagination and creativity as well as your ability to analyze data, draw conclusions, and present results. These experiences will help build your knowledge of healthcare finance and develop industry expertise. Additional responsibilities can be tailored to fit your interests, but the main responsibilities will be as follows: project-manage strategic projects to support consultants’ day-to-day client service; collaborate with internal subject matter experts (pharmacy, wellbeing, disability and leave, compliance, etc.) to respond to client questions in an effective and timely manner; learn about the different health products and programs offered by various health and benefit vendors; evaluate and compare vendor products, services, and contracts; design, distribute, and evaluate responses to surveys and RFPs; partner with consultants to perform financial analyses including developing pricing and employee contributions strategies, modelling plan design alternatives and calculating claims reserves; work collaboratively and build relationships with internal colleagues, clients, and vendor partners.

Qualifications

Requirements

• Must be part of the Northeastern University co-op program; progress toward a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in health science, public health, health management, finance, business administration, consulting, or actuarial science with a minimum overall GPA of 3.25; work experience that demonstrates strong client service skills; excellent oral and written communication skills; passion for solving problems and sharing solutions that exceed the standards of the client; ability to take initiative, stay organized, and work independently, but also work with multiple teams in a highly collaborative environment; excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel; hybrid role with 2-3 days per week in-office encouraged; undergraduate applicants must be 2nd or 3rd co-op candidates, or have comparable internship experience; graduation date between May 2027 through May 2028; able to work legally in the United States indefinitely and without visa sponsorship.

Compensation

The hourly rate being offered for this role is 27-30/hr USD. This role is also eligible for overtime.

Benefits

• Retirement; Contributory Pension Plan and Savings Plan (401k). EOE, including disability/vets