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Description and Requirements
General Description: Responsible for analyzing information and creating financial deliverables for clients with less complex benefit programs. **This position offers a hybrid schedule. The employee must be willing and able to work in one of our Corporate offices in MD, PA, VA or WV as needed (typically 3 to 5 days per month)**
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for financial analytics for predominantly fully insured clients. Some clients may be self-funded. Typical client size is 100 to 250 lives.
• Prepare standard analyses with minimal customization. Analyses may include:
• Market review analysis
• Renewal rate and funding projections and modeling
• Analysis of claims utilization
• Rate and Contribution analysis
• Claims experience reports
• Benchmarking
• Financial funding analysis with guidance
• Develop alternative strategies, plan modeling, and cost reduction opportunities.
• Perform technical analysis of group insurance contracts and financial arrangements.
• Serve as primary contact with insurance carriers for marketing coverage for new business quotes and renewal. Includes requesting quotes, evaluating options, and conducting fact-based negotiation of rates and benefit features.
• Develop and maintain excellent carrier relationships.
• Analyze claims experience data. With guidance identify financial performance conclusions.
• Write client facing Executive Summaries that provides observations and findings. With guidance, recommend solutions and next steps.
• Prepare carrier and client written correspondence. Includes carrier renewal confirmation letters and client renewal letters.
• Participate in the peer review process, primarily as the reviewed party. May also act as a reviewer, predominantly for Associate Analyst I and Analyst II work. Receive assistance and guidance from Benefit Analyst Team mentors.
• With guidance, use analytic tools.
• Keep current on industry information, technology, and trends.
• Successfully maintain and service a full book of business.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• 1 year + experience in employee benefits or related field.
• High School Graduate. College degree preferred.
• Must hold (or be willing to obtain within 30 days of hire) a state Life & Disability insurance license.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment with minimal instruction.
• Ability to manage and negotiate multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Comfortable with internet-based programs and Microsoft Office products.
• Ability to carry out complex tasks with many concrete and abstract variables.
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.
- Recognized as one of Insurance Business America’s Top Insurance Employers for the seventh consecutive year (2018-2024).
- Named to Business Insurance’s annual list of the Best Places to Work in Insurance five years in a row (2020-2024).
- Named to Fortune’s 2024 Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance list.
- Honored by Glassdoor as a Best-Led Company in the U.S. in 2024.
- Recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024
Visit our Awards and Accolades page for a complete list of our latest industry awards and recognitions!
USI is committed to providing a full-suite of competitive benefits for our growing population and its diverse needs. We offer a wide range of health, welfare and financial benefits including medical, wellness, dental and vision, 401(k), flexible spending and health savings accounts, short and long-term disability, life insurance and other unique employer-sponsored and voluntary programs. USI also offers a generous paid time off policy, paid family leave benefit as well as paid holiday time.