Senior H&B Consulting Analyst

Company:

Mercer

Description:

What can you expect?

• We are looking for a consulting Analyst with strong leadership skills who works independently and has excellent client communication & project management.
• Participate as a member of the consulting team in developing overall client strategy.
• Support senior consultants in managing client accounts, researching, analyzing, and evaluating health and non-health employee benefits plans and programs.

We will count on you to:

• Support Marketing and Renewal of all health and non-health employee benefit plans and programs
• Research, analyze, and evaluate medical, dental, life and disability benefits plans and programs for employers of all size and industry segments. This may involve developing client strategy, interfacing directly with clients and developing vendor relationships.
• Understand health and benefits products, services and tools including vendor/carrier markets, including developing relationships with vendors in order to understand and compare products and services being offered and recommend solutions to clients.
• Comprehend more advanced underwriting and financial skills, health & benefit products, services and technical tools, and Mercer intranet resources by participating in training courses, online learning, or through learning from more experienced colleagues.
• Provide financial, contract and/or administrative analysis, and manage portions of projects, including reviewing the work of lower level analysts.
• Manage ad-hoc client requests including problem solving on administrative and operations issues.
• Interpret benchmark data and present to client.

What you need to have?

• BA/BS or equivalent experience.
• At least 2 years of industry related experience.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks in a demanding work environment.
• Knowledge of MS Office Tools (Excel, PowerPoint).

What makes you stand out?

• Ability to partner and lead teams to deliver project objectives; ability to work independently and on a team.
• Capable of performing data analysis (example includes but is not limited to review claims and utilization data and look for trends and patterns); may involve use of the underwriting model to develop self-funded claims projections, rate setting and employee cost sharing.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; strong oral and written communication skills.

Mercer is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Mercer, visit mercer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting reasonableaccommodations@marsh.com.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

The applicable base salary range for this role is $54,000 to $108,000.

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.