Account Manager - Employee Benefits

Introduction

At Gallagher Benefit Services, you’re a trusted partner to organizations navigating some of their most important people decisions. We help clients build better workplaces, where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to thrive. Whether it’s shaping benefit strategies, designing wellbeing programs, or advising on workforce challenges, the work you do here creates meaningful change for businesses and the people who power them. We’re a community of bold explorers, trusted experts, and compassionate partners; working side by side to solve problems, and shape the future of work. Here, curiosity is encouraged, collaboration is second nature, and your ideas have room to grow. If you’re looking for a place where your contribution matters and where you can help build a better world of work; think of Gallagher.
Overview

Gallagher is a leading global insurance brokerage that prides itself on delivering more than insurance expertise. Our teams provide the highest level of service, tailored solutions, and forward-thinking risk management strategies that truly set us apart. With a culture based on integrity, collaboration, and technical excellence, we are proud to offer our clients, and our employees, the very best in the insurance industry. As part of the Gallagher team, you will be delivering more than policies; you will provide proactive risk management consulting, innovative solutions, and an unmatched level of client service.

Our Benefits Team in Denver, CO is seeking a Senior Employee Benefits Account Manager to provide exceptional service to a diverse book of business of middle to large market groups!

The Senior Account Manager is responsible for providing comprehensive account support to a client or group of clients in partnership with the Account Executive. The Senior Account Manager has strong product knowledge and is familiar with products offered by carriers. In addition, the Senior Account Manager acts as a mentor and leader for more junior team members. Over time, the autonomy of the Senior Account Manager should increase as advanced knowledge and proficiency develops.

How you'll make an impact

• Client Support
  • First point of contact on accounts; supports in delivering service to book of business.
  • Provides renewal and proposal presentations for delivery to clients including regulatory information for compliance and enrollment guidelines.
  • Guides clients through the renewal process, which may include requesting renewal exposures, submitting requests to carriers based on renewal timetable.
• Account Management
  • Reviews and supports in enrollment, benchmarking, financial and utilization data based on financial review standards.
  • Identifies opportunities for adding other lines of coverage or services.
  • Processes or oversees process of change request, certificates of insurance, account summaries, proposals, policies, and account balance status as needed.
• Insurance Expertise
  • Maintains relationships with internal and external business partners and carriers.
  • Responsible for analyzing market trends and advising clients on changes to policies.
  • May be responsible for assisting Producers with marketing campaigns
  • Seeks opportunities to increase knowledge of insurance contracts, carrier underwriting guidelines, and coverage options.
• Leadership
  • Provides mentoring and guidance to junior team members, such as Account Coordinators.
    
    
• Other duties as assigned.

About You

• Required: Bachelor's degree with 3+ years client service and/or claims management experience
  -OR-
  High School degree/GED with 8+ years client service and/or claims management experience.
• Life and Health Producer's License.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Appropriate licensing as required.

Preferred:

• Group Benefits Insurance knowledge and managing client relationships.
• Self-funded group arrangements.
• Solid financial acumen.

Behaviors:

• Proficient in using technology as a tool to maximize productivity and quality.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Comfortably engages others in consultative discussion.
• Effectively manages/balances multiple and sometimes competing priorities.
• Works in a self-directed manner.

Compensation and benefits

We offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package. The base salary range represents the anticipated low end and high end of the range for this position. The actual compensation will be influenced by a wide range of factors including, but not limited to previous experience, education, pay market/geography, complexity or scope, specialized skill set, lines of business/practice area, supply/demand, and scheduled hours. On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
• Life and accident insurance
• 401(K) and Roth options
• Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
• Educational expense reimbursement
• Paid parental leave

Other benefits include:

• Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
• Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
• Training programs
• Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
• Charitable matching gift program
• And more...

**The benefits summary above applies to fulltime positions. If you are not applying for a fulltime position, details about benefits will be provided during the selection process.

We value inclusion and diversity

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Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.