Benefit Analyst

The Opportunity:

Reporting to the Client Market & Data Consultant Team Leader, the Benefit Analyst will enhance the client experience by providing support to the internal team. S/He will develop skills, industry knowledge and relationships by meeting or surpassing the service expectations of clients, prospective clients, agency and company personnel.

Are You A Match?

The Benefit Analyst needs to have exceptional communication skills, effective problem-solving skills, and the ability to effectively multi-task. Managing internal and external requests, prioritizing projects, and working with tight deadlines are all essential to success in this role. Working knowledge of BenefitPoint is a plus.

In This Role You Will Execute On:

New business opportunities and current book of business renewals including preparing and sending out RFPs, reviewing, analyzing, and summarizing quotes, and proposal preparation where applicable.

Assisting with preparation of various client presentations and deliverables.

Discipline in 100% documentation of services provided in BenefitPoint.

Timely response and follow-up with carrier partners as well as internal team of all client renewals out to market.

Assist in the running and distributing of client reports.

Primary focus on fully insured, self-funded, level-funded business segment.

Exercises discretion and independent judgement when developing a marketing strategy, analyzing data for areas of risk or concern and presenting solutions.

Provide Service Team with a strategy, including time expectations, as it pertains to analysis and marketing efforts

Provide direction to team on data gathering

Experience with alternate medical funding (e.g., self-funding, minimum premium, captive)

Creating RFP for marketing

Provide a higher level marketing analysis for renewal meeting, including financial analysis

Acting as mentor or trainer for others

Calculating loss ratios and premium increases

Review client demographics/offerings for a “best fit” of Hylant analytic tools and run through analysis of appropriate tools

Retrieving and Updating Client experience reports, including basic identification of trends

Leading rate negotiations with carriers

Identifying issues/gaps in coverage

Reviewing benefit offerings for account rounding opportunities

Building and maintaining Carrier/Administrator contact relationships, including coordinating marketing meetings as necessary

Overseeing implementations as needed

Documentation of all activities in BenefitPoint

Attending Client meetings as required

In This Role You Will Need:

Demonstrate problem-solving skills; including research capabilities

2-3 years' prior experience in employee benefits or benefits systems

Excellent communication skills; including listening, speaking and writing

Represent Hylant core values (Family, Hard Work, Honesty, Respect, Empathy) and follow protocols

Ability to organize, plan and prioritize with effective results

Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Team player

Open to constructive criticism and ideas

Detail-oriented and accurate on finished products

Why Hylant?

A multi-year recipient of Best Places to Work in Insurance, Hylant is a full-service insurance brokerage with over 20 offices in seven states. And since the founding of our family-owned business over 85 years ago, we made a promise to strengthen and protect the businesses, employees and communities of our client family by embracing them as our own. We’re more than an insurance brokerage firm and you’re more than a client, employee or neighbor. You’re family. And that’s just the way we treat you.

Hylant is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, marital status, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, Veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. Hylant participates in E-Verify.

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