Senior Account Manager - Employee Benefits
Our client, located in Cincinnati, OH, is an Insurance agency who believes that today is an opportunity to help their customers prepare for life's unexpected events. It's what they do, what their proud of it, and they want you to be part of it!
What we offer:
Our client offers workplace flexibility with an opportunity to work from home after 90 days of employment (hybrid). They offer competitive base compensation with an opportunity to earn commissions and year end bonusing. Benefits include paid time off, paid holidays, multiple medical options, dental, vision, life, disability, other workplace voluntary plans, retirement plans with a match, flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts (waiting periods apply).
About being a Senior Account Manager – Employee Benefits:
As a Senior Account Manager, you will work closely with producers, clients, carriers and other internal team members in order to manage the servicing, marketing, growth and retention of an assigned book of business. You will also be a team leads/SME to 4 other Account Managers in the department.
Job Highlights:
- Manage a complex book of business that consists of various funding methods
- Develop and maintain relationships with clients, carriers and internal team
- Analyze, market and recommend client employee benefit coverages
- Evaluate and negotiate carrier and vendor quotes and contracts on behalf of clients
- Promote growth of existing book through account rounding
- Create renewal proposals and presentation materials
- Educate and advise clients by conducting mid-year, renewal and employee open enrollment meetings
- Manage benefit implementations and open enrollment processes
- Maintain a broad knowledge base of carrier and vendor underwriting and product guidelines
- Point of knowledge for internal team members
- Stay abreast of current market conditions and industry compliance issues
- Provide elevated claims, eligibility, billing and other benefit service
- Manage client files and ensure proper documentation
- Other duties, as needed
Requirements:
- Health and Life License
- 5+ years of Employee Benefits Account Management
- CEBS Preferred
- Strategic and analytical thinking skills with the ability to align solutions with client business needs
- Ability to mentor and provide guidance to less experienced team members
- Proven knowledge with alternate funding methods
- Organize, prioritize and keep multiple projects moving at the same time, seeing all through to completion