Senior Health & Benefits Consultant

Company:

Mercer

Description:

Mercer has an exciting opportunity available for an experienced Senior Health & Benefits (H&B) Consultant in Toronto. This position is hybrid and will require minimum of 3 days per week in the office.

What can you expect?

The Senior Health Consultant will lead consulting engagements with 500+ life employers regarding their medical, dental, life, disability benefit plans and programs. This role will also negotiate with benefits carriers and vendors to secure health and welfare plan coverage for these employers. As Senior Consultant, you will lead business development opportunities and set business development strategy and tactics for the Toronto Market.

We will count on you to:

• Lead complex consulting engagements with over 500+ employer clients, focusing on medical, dental, life, and disability benefit plans and programs.
• Negotiate with benefits carriers and vendors to secure optimal health and welfare plan coverage.
• Drive business development efforts, set strategic direction, and identify new opportunities within the Toronto market.
• Develop innovative benefits design and renewal strategies, and create tools to address complex client challenges.
• Communicate industry trends and Mercer's position effectively to clients, ensuring high-quality service delivery and client satisfaction.

What you need to have:

• BA/BS degree.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in health & benefits consulting, with a proven track record of designing and implementing complex solutions.
• Renowned expertise and a strong industry reputation in the health & benefits field.
• Demonstrated management skills in leading large, complex projects.

What makes you stand out:

• Strong sales and marketing skills, with the ability to promote organizational strengths successfully.
• Superior analytical, strategic planning, and communication skills.
• Ability to foster a collaborative, inclusive environment and work effectively within a dynamic team.

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, Marsh McLennan will provide a reasonable accommodation to employees and prospective employees to the point of undue hardship upon request and as required in respect of the individual’s particular restrictions and limitations. If you require a specific accommodation because of a disability or medical need, please contact reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.