Account Manager, Employee Benefits

Employee Benefits Account Manager

**This is a hybrid role, requiring three days per week in the office.**

HUB International is a leading global insurance broker, offering a comprehensive range of property, casualty, risk management, life and health, employee benefits, investment, and wealth management solutions. With more than 650 offices and over 22,000 employees across North America, we are committed to helping individuals and businesses evaluate and manage their risks and insurance needs with personalized service, while our dedicated team delivers expert guidance and tailored solutions to ensure superior customer experience and lasting value for our clients.

Primary Role:

The Employee Benefits Account Manager works collaboratively with the Producer, Consultant, Account Executive and Account Administrator managing a book of business. Coordinates and provides day-to-day service for employee benefits clients by maintaining client relationships, supporting client retention, maintaining strong carrier relationships and understanding client needs. Serves as day-to-day contact and provides resolution for client questions and issues.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages routine client requests, builds and maintains client relationships, helps support client retention, maintains strong carrier relationships, and understands client needs
• Manages projects in concert with the client including, but not limited to, all vendor implementation
• Provides benchmarking reports to client (annually, quarterly, or monthly)
• Manages claims and coverage issue resolution for clients' employees when elevated from HR, understands when to escalate complex issues
• Provides assistance with clients' billing and eligibility audits, and on occasion may conduct these audits for clients independently if not handled or escalated by Account Administrator
• Advises and guides clients in compliance matters and sends monthly reports to client as needed
• Facilitates preparation of open enrollment (OE) packets including SBCs and disclosure notices, when not completed by Account Administrator
• Creates employee benefit booklets, when not completed by Account Administrator
• If there is no Senior Account Manager or Account Executive on the team, develops open enrollment presentations and conducts benefits presentations and/or records presentations for employees and HR Managers
• Orders supplies from carriers, and reviews for accuracy
• Manages new carrier, plan or vendor implementation including benefits administration system build-out and project management
• Installs and regularly updates client specific data in BenefitPoint
• Performs contract review and facilitates preparation of SPD Wraps, Cafeteria and POP Plan documents
• Facilitates 5500 preparation
• Prepares master group files, client contact sheet, and maintains carrier files
• Handles Renewal Prep
• Assists in the RFP process as needed, such as proposal development including preparing census, entering and updating pivotal information as needed, on-line quoting, and Marketing a group when requested
• Provide mentorship with Account Administrator/ Plan Analyst were applicable
• Coordinates client contact changes with Producer/Account Executive
• Organizes client meetings with other team members
• Makes sure the client is aware of the resources that HUB offers
• Attends industry related continuing education training and courses
• Must follow HUB Broker Standards

Key Competencies:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Teamwork – Supports all organizational departments in a collaborative effort for everyone to succeed.
• Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.
• Initiative – Volunteers readily; Undertakes self-development activities; Seeks increased responsibilities; Takes independent actions and calculated risks; Looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; Asks for and offers help when needed.
• Quality Management – Demonstrates attention to detail.
• Project Management – Ability to lead and contribute team and adhere to deadlines

Qualification Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Experience and Education

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• High school diploma or equivalent required
• At least 3-5 years of related experience working as an Account Manager or Account Representative in the employee benefit arena (equivalent combination of education and experience is acceptable).
• Client facing experience required
• L&H License required or must be able to obtain within 120 days of hire

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision. Some travel required by car to meet with clients and other outside events.

Other Requirements:

Must hold a valid Driver's License

Dependable transportation

Public Speaking/Language Skills:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively customers and teammates.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish a big plus.

Math Skills:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Computer Skills:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word and Power Point; follow guidelines on working in BMS (BenefitPoint) for premium efficiency with your team.