Senior Life, Absence Disability Consultant

Company:

Mercer

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Life, Absence and Disability team at Mercer. This role can be based in one of our cities in which we have a Mercer office location. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

This role provides many aspects of expertise and support specific to evaluating, shaping, and designing absence, paid time off, disability, and life programs. You will work in a team environment and contribute to overall client health and productivity strategies.

We will count on you to:

• Lead complex client engagements, including managing overall service delivery, strategy, financial evaluations, plan design, renewal, business placement, benchmarking, and other studies.
• Assist in the development of sophisticated benefits design and renewal strategies while driving the development of tools and solutions to address complex client issues.
• Determine the full scope of services provided to the client and set roles/responsibilities within the client team.
• Be accountable for revenue/profitability for client accounts and projects.
• Generate sales by expanding revenues from existing clients and by leading prospecting efforts with new clients.
• Establish effective carrier/vendor relationships to serve clients in benefits procurement and administration (eligibility, claims, billing, plan implementation, contracts, plan changes, and necessary amendments).
• Provide mentoring and coaching to direct reports and project team members.
• Delegate effectively to provide developmental opportunities to team members.

What you need to have:

• BA or BS.
• Minimum 8 years of Life, Absence, and Disability Insurance experience.
• Experience managing a team and people management.
• Experience with building and executing strategy within the client team.
• Strong client-facing skills within a consulting environment.
• Strong communication skills – ability to deliver positive and negative messages, along with project transparency.
• State Life/Health license.

What makes you stand out:

• Strong understanding of absence management plan provisions, underwriting, contracts, and/or risk management.

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work, and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have an impact for colleagues, clients, and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan 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@mmc.com.

Marsh McLennan 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 McLennan 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 $115,200 to $230,400.

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.

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