Health & Benefits Consulting Associate Manager

About the Role As an Associate Manager you will contribute to a wide variety of complex analyses and projects involving the design, measurement, analysis, and project management of the full spectrum of employer health and group benefit programs. You will interface with carriers/vendors and client teams, help prepare client deliverables, and ensure quality standards are met. What You'll Do

• Act as an active member on multiple employer client teams providing project management, financial analyses, outputs and client deliverables across a region.
• Provide direction on benefit plan analysis, design, cost avoidance, risk and funding strategies.
• Contribute to carrier/vendor financial reviews for clients.
• Complete and/or review technical & consulting accuracy on client projects, including but not limited to developing pricing and employee contributions strategies, modelling plan design alternatives and calculating reserves.
• Conduct and/or deliver accurate and reliable claim reporting and financial modeling to client teams to support client decisions.
• Partner with Global Delivery Centers and Client Service teams to review work and deliver superior project management.
• Understand client’s needs and can identify products and services to support needs.
• Understand of, and ability to, effectively articulate carrier specific strengths and weaknesses.
• Identify target carriers/vendors and design/distribute bid requests (RFP); manage follow-up questions/request from the carriers/vendors.
• Collect, summarize and analyze proposal findings; make recommendations for finalist carriers.
• Manage placement (renewal/marketing) deliverables for WTW clients with a strict adherence to stated deadlines.
• Support communication efforts to clients (renewal / stewardship meetings, etc.) relative to placement.
• Communicates complex financial results to effectively drive client action.
• Build strong relationships internally and collaborate effectively on cross-functional teams.
• Ongoing support of Finance, Operations and Global Delivery Centres, providing directions for revenue recognition and ensuring accurate attribution of all funds received. What We're Looking For
• Experience as an active member on client teams with project management and financial analysis capabilities.
• Ability to analyze benefit plan design, cost avoidance, risk and funding strategies.
• Experience with carrier/vendor financial reviews and pricing/contribution modeling.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to deliver accurate financial modeling and reporting to clients.
• Excellent communication skills to articulate complex financial results and recommendations.
• Proven ability to build relationships and collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams and external partners.
• Familiarity with global delivery centers and client service dynamics is a plus.
• Ability to identify product/services options to meet client needs.
• Comfortable with bid processes (RFPs) and evaluating proposals.
• Self-driven with strong organizational skills and deadline adherence. Compensation & Benefits
• Salary and benefits information not disclosed in the posting.