Senior Benefits Consultant, National Accounts

There are many reasons why EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has become one of the fastest-growing firms in the insurance industry. Fueled and driven by capable, committed people who share common beliefs and values and “bring it” every day, EPIC is always looking for people who have “the right stuff” – people who know what they want and aren’t afraid to make it happen.

Headquartered in New York City and founded in 2007, our company has over 4,000 employees nationwide. With locations spread out across the U.S., our local market knowledge and industry expertise helps support our clients' regional and global needs. We have grown very quickly since our founding, and we continue to see growth and success thanks to our hard-working and growth-minded employees.

Our core values are:
Owner mindset, Inspire trust, Think big, and Drive results. If these values and growth align with what you're looking for in your next career? Then consider joining our amazing team!

This hybrid role can be located at any US-based Epic Insurance Brokers office.

The Senior Consultant will be primarily responsible for:

• Client satisfaction, overall service delivery and relationship management,
• Develop and present innovative and customized strategy solutions that optimize complex client’s benefit programs and services
• Support of business development opportunities
• Mentoring Consultants and Associate Consultants

This includes vendor management for Health & Welfare vendors, leveraging data and analytics to develop short and long-term strategies, identification of actionable cost containment and quality improvement solutions, procurement project management, RFP management and implementation of vendors, products and services, and measurement and reporting on program outcomes.

• Support development and execution benefit program strategic initiatives for large, self-funded, complex clients
• Develop and implement cost containment strategies for medical, prescription drug and disability programs
• Evaluate services to optimize claim and utilization trends across the employee benefit ecosystem
• Conduct opportunity analysis to identify critical strategic initiatives
• Organize, develop content, and facilitate meetings with clients
• Communicate industry trends, benchmarks, emerging products and innovative vendors to clients
• Contribute to the process improvement and development of new internal strategic initiatives by ongoing collaboration with team members
• Evaluate emerging local, state, and federal legislative changes to identify and advise clients of potential impact to their organization

• Serve as lead relationship manager and primary contact for clients and their respective vendors
• Act as project manager for all client initiatives, compliance deadlines, communication and annual benefit program deliverables
• Work with the client and actuarial teams to ensure all client deliverables are executed timely and accurately
• Develop and manage the annual calendar of key milestones and compliance deadlines
• Proactively communicate relevant local, state, and federal regulatory updates along with steps for adherence and potential collaboration with client’s vendors to ensure compliance
• Ongoing review and negotiation of vendor contracts and renewals
• Ongoing review of plan documents, summary plan descriptions and SBCs (Summary of Benefits and Coverage)
• Project management, procurement and implementation for benefit programs including but not limited to preparation, management, analysis, and subsequent presentation of all Request for Proposals for self-funded and fully insured benefit programs
• Analyze health and welfare benefit plans through competitive benchmarking and valuation modeling
• Manage escalated claim issue resolution
• Oversee 5500 filings
• Assist in proofing, managing and delivering communication materials for annual enrollment and/or benefit related activities
• Maintain key documents and data in corporate files
• Perform special projects as assigned
• Present financial reports or other analyses, as needed
• Determine client report content with Client Team

• Participate in new business…