Job Details
Description:
Health & Protection Consultant - Chichester or London
What can you expect:
This position is ideally suited for a candidate who has a desire to become a client facing consultant with the focus on both Healthcare and Protection.
What's in it for you?
We offer and embrace a hybrid working model that nurtures a collaborative working environment in the office 3 days per week allowing 2 days per week to be spent working on a remote basis.
Good work life balance with a competitive salary
Comprehensive benefits programs including: excellent pension contributions, private health insurance, tuition assistance, pension, employee assistance program, career mobility, employee network groups, volunteer opportunities, and other programs
25 days’ holiday with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year
We will count on you to:
Assist the consulting team in gathering, organizing, entering and analyzing data using Excel spreadsheets to be used for various client projects.
Involves increased focus on analysis of results and managing portions of projects; reviews the work of junior analysts.
Gathers utilization or rate data from the vendors via a Request for Proposal (RFP); interpret the meaning of the data and summarize the responses from the RFP in Excel or PowerPoint format for presentation to the client.
Develop cost projections and evaluation of vendor renewal workups; results are used as part of client meetings.
Demonstrate project management and consulting skills such as managing the quality and timeliness of client deliverables; helps to develop budget and billing reports; participates in calls and meetings as appropriate; assists with the preparation and delivery of clear and concise communications and resolves most claim issues but can escalate more complex issues to senior consultants as needed.
Gather design data from the client and current vendors needed for analyzing the impact of a client's consolidation and/or marketing of its healthcare plans; typically involves organizing plan design details and costs in Excel for further analysis by the team; responsibilities also include checking data for reasonableness and follow-up with vendors regarding missing or inaccurate data.
Learn the basics of products, services and tools - gain an understanding of vendor/carrier markets, basic underwriting and financial skills, products, services and technical tools, and intranet resources and participates in training courses, online learning, or through learning from more experienced colleagues.
What you need to have:
Ideally GR1 and / or IF7 qualified with experience in group risk and / or healthcare insurance
Broker Licenses Required - Any
What makes you stand out:
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Attention to detail and strong organisational skills
Self-driven and motivated
A desire to provide exceptional customer service
Mercer
