Senior Health Benefits Consultant, Human Resources, Phoenix

The Opportunity : The Senior Health Consultant is integral to supporting the delivery of a broad and diverse range of group health benefits consulting services to our clients. This role offers visibility, client interaction, and the opportunity to learn about the emerging areas of the health benefits field through participation in special projects.The Role : As a Senior Health Consultant, you will work collaboratively with Client Relationship Managers (CRMs) and other health group team members to provide analysis, health and benefit consultative support. This includes employee benefit offerings for Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Stop Loss and Life Insurance, as well as wellness and clinical programs. Consultants perform at a high level of proficiency doing analytical work, as well as interacting with our clients and vendors. In addition, the consultant will collaborate with peers on financial analyses and other projects.Responsibilities include, but are not limited to :Manage vendor procurement assignments (RFPs) on behalf of our clients, within budgets;Analyze each vendor’s response from both a quantitative and qualitative perspective;Develop familiarity with unique vendor programs and how they vary from their competition;Interact with CRMs in establishing the scope for new projects;Support CRMs with presentations to clients;Collaborate with our Medical Director and Clinical team on clinical and wellness programs for our clients;Work with and analyze complex data to include demography, claims experience, financial performance, cost-effectiveness, budget projections, renewal analysis, health delivery system and / or other benefits related issues;Work on ad hoc reports and projects;Prepare reports and memoranda communicating results of analysis to consultants and client;Review work completed by other health benefit analysts for accuracy, completeness and quality.Key Requirements :Bachelor’s degree plus 9 + years of health benefits, managed care, and / or underwriting experience. More extensive work experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor’s degree;Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal);Proficiency with the Microsoft Office software suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) is required;Strong project management skills required, combined with the ability to succeed in fast paced environment managing multiple conflicting deadlines;Candidates with advanced Excel capabilities including VBA programming are preferred;Demonstrated project management experience / skills;Demonstrated skills as an effective communicator (oral / written);Collaborative work ethic.