Description
The Opportunity:
Are you ready to take your expertise in health insurance, benefits consulting or actuarial analysis to the next level? As an Associate Consultant – Employee Health Benefits, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering strategic employee health insurance benefits consulting services to our clients. This mid-level position offers the perfect blend of analytical work, client interaction, and professional growth opportunities.
You’ll work closely with senior consultants and client team leaders to design, analyze, and implement innovative employee health insurance benefit strategies. This is a highly visible role that requires strong analytical skills, professional writing ability, and a consultative mindset.
Industry Expertise:
- Strong understanding of employee health insurance benefits, including plan design and funding arrangements.
- Familiarity with health insurance industry terminology.
- Ability to interpret and analyze health benefit plan descriptions.
- Experience interacting with health insurance carrier representatives.
- Direct involvement in the analysis, design, and implementation of a broad range of health insurance benefit programs.
- Proven success in client-facing roles and contributing to project delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze complex health insurance plan data, including claims experience, renewal projections, and financial performance.
- Prepare client-ready reports, presentations, and recommendations that drive strategic decisions.
- Serve as a technical resource and secondary consultant for select clients.
- Manage project delivery—planning, budgeting, and ensuring timely execution.
- Contribute to practice development initiatives and process improvements.
- Support business development efforts, including proposal creation and opportunity identification.
- Mentor junior team members and foster a culture of opportunity, development and community.
Requirements
Requirements:
- Experience: 4+ years in any one of the following areas: health benefits consulting, health insurance, or health actuarial analysis.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., mathematics, actuarial science).
Technical & Analytical Skills
- Ability to analyze complex health plan data, including financial performance, claims experience, and renewal projections.
- Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and quantitative analysis skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Communication & Collaboration
- Excellent professional writing skills, with the ability to produce client-ready reports and presentations.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills to engage a diverse audience of colleagues and clients.
About Segal and its Total Rewards Program…
Segal is a privately owned, leading North American employee benefit, human resources, and investment management consulting firm with over 80 years of history providing trusted advice that improves lives. Clients include public and private corporations, multiemployer trust funds, public sector entities, higher education institutions, institutional advisors, among many others.
Segal’s total rewards are part of what makes Segal a special place to work. The current salary range for this position is $84,000 to $105,000 plus opportunity for a discretionary performance bonus based on company profitability and employee performance. In addition, Segal offers a comprehensive suite of benefits to include a non-contributory defined benefit pension plan, matching and discretionary contributions to a 401(k)-profit sharing plan, medical and prescription benefits including contributions to a health savings account for eligible employees, dental benefits, life insurance, disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness benefit reimbursements and rewards, and professional credential and tuition reimbursement. Segal also provides comprehensive paid time off including holidays, vacation days, sick leave, paid family leave and sabbaticals.
Join Segal:
If your qualifications align closely with what we have described, we encourage you to apply. Your unique background and skills matter because at Segal, we believe that different experiences and perspectives drive innovation and excellence. We are committed to creating a fair and transparent hiring process and all hiring decisions will be merit-driven. If you require accommodation during the interview, please let us know. Thank you for considering Segal. We are excited to learn more about you!
Please Apply: Segal is the right size, the right organization and…the right move for you!
