About the Role
This role involves performing financial analysis, managing underwriting support, and collaborating with teams to present financial data and strategies to clients. The position requires a strong understanding of employee benefits, risk assessment, and carrier negotiations.
Responsibilities
- Project client claim data to develop budgets, calculate client rates, benefit costs, and IBNR reserves
- Review experience reporting for accuracy
- Collaborate with consultants and account teams to prepare and deliver client financial presentations
- Assess complex client risk, understanding the strategic implications of the competitive carrier/product marketplace, and make sound underwriting-based assumptions
- Manage and oversight of underwriting support team
- Renew and market carriers for assigned book of business
- Analyze and negotiate annual renewals and proposals from carriers for accuracy and financial reasonableness
- Submit coverage specifications and obtain quotes from potential carriers
- Analyze client demographics and other data to determine risk and appropriate carrier product solutions
- Assist with product/service quality improvement initiatives as needed
- Assist service team in educating clients regarding utilization, carrier reports, and third-party vendor applications used to view claims and financial data
- Educate service team regarding experience reporting, utilization, carrier reports, self-funding options, etc.
Requirements
- Advanced knowledge of coverages and services regarding employee benefits
- Advanced knowledge of navigating the Internet and various Microsoft Office programs (Windows, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
- Strong attention to detail and time management abilities
- Strong ability to multi-task and assign priorities
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently both with and without direct supervision
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a team environment as well as independently
- Good interpersonal communication skills
- Must have advanced working knowledge of a variety of Microsoft Office computer software applications (Windows, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to juggle multiple competing tasks and demands
- Must have a high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations
- Must be comfortable presenting analysis directly to clients
Skills
- Financial analysis
- Budgeting
- Rate calculation
- Benefit cost analysis
- IBNR reserve calculation
- Experience reporting review
- Client financial presentations
- Risk assessment
- Underwriting
- Carrier renewal and marketing
- Negotiation
- Coverage specification submission
- Quote acquisition
- Data analysis
- Product/service improvement
- Client education
- Service team education
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Internet navigation
Experience Level
- Minimum of five years’ experience performing financial analysis at a benefits consulting or brokerage firm, or comparable experience with an insurance carrier, or TPA
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Life and Health License
- Valid Driver License
Salary/Compensations
- Salary is based on background and experience.
Benefits
- Full medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- Paid vacation
- Sick leave
- 401k match
- Annual bonus potential
- Generous Paid Time off
- Managed PTO for salaried/exempt employees (personal time off without accruals or caps)
- 22 PTO days starting out for hourly/non-exempt employees
- 12 company-observed paid holidays
- 4 early-close days
- Paid parental leave, pregnancy disability and bonding leave, and organ donor/bone marrow donor leave
- Employee referral bonus program of $1,500 per hired referral
- Employee recognition programs
- Employee Resource Groups (Women’s Coalition, EPIC Veterans Group)
- Professional growth & development (Mentorship Program, Tuition Reimbursement Program, Leadership Development)
- Pet Insurance
- Identity Theft & Fraud Protection Coverage
- Legal Planning
- Family Planning
- Menopause & Midlife Support
- 401(k) matching
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Wellness & employee assistance programs
About the Company
- EPIC has over 60 offices and 3,000 employees nationwide and is growing.
- EPIC fosters a 50/50 culture between producers and the rest of the business, supporting collaboration, teamwork, and an inclusive work environment.
- EPIC Gives Back – Some of our charitable efforts include Donation Connection, Employee Assistance Fund, and People First Foundation.
- We’re in the top 10 of property/casualty agencies according to “Insurance Journal”.
- To learn more about EPIC, visit our Careers Page: https://www.epicbrokers.com/about/epic-careers/.
Equal Opportunity
- EPIC embraces diversity in all its various forms—whether it be diversity of thought, background, race, religion, gender, skills or experience.
- We are committed to fostering a work community where every colleague feels welcomed, valued, respected and heard.
- It is our belief that diversity drives innovation and that creating an environment where every employee feels included and empowered, helps us to deliver the best outcome to our clients.
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