Sr. Account Manager - Employee Benefits

Columbus, OH, United States

We’re a seven-time Best Places to Work award winner in Business Insurance who has earned the 5-Star Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) award from Insurance Business magazine. We are also recognized as an Elite Agency award winner and named as a Top Employee Benefits Firm. We are a leading Insurance Broker and Consultant that provides Employee Benefits, Property & Casualty, and Retirement and Individual Private Client solutions to help our clients reach and realize their goals because we believe business is personal. Our personal commitment to our team and our clients has created long-lasting and successful relationships across our growing 300+ nationwide offices and 17 international locations. To learn more, please visit: https://www.NFP.com.

Summary: The Senior Account Manager is responsible for working with Advisors and Account Executives to service client accounts. The position requires supporting them in day to day account management for a specific set of clients and entails a great deal of verbal, electronic and other written communications. The Senior Account Manager will have responsibility for managing the renewal and marketing process from start to finish, in conjunction with the Account Executives and Advisors. In addition, this person prepares materials for presentations and communications and assists team members with day-to-day client servicing. At this level, the Senior Account Manager leads open enrollment presentations and manages the OE communication process and takes an active speaking role in client meetings. While in this role, this person should be maintaining relationships with clients and carrier contacts and working proactively to effectively and efficiently deliver services to clients. Some Senior Account Managers may be responsible to manage their own block of business, depending on group size.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Works proactively to maintain relationships with carrier and client contacts. Takes significant role in meetings and on calls. Communicates directly with clients and vendors.

The Senior Account Manager will have responsibility for managing the renewal and marketing process from start to finish, in conjunction with the Account Executives and Advisors.

Reviews, benefit plan summaries, and carrier source documents for accuracy. Understands more difficult and complex regulatory language and rules.

May have an assigned book of business.

May serve as a mentor to more junior team members, trains more junior team members.

Develops and maintains ongoing relationships with clients and their employees. Communicates directly with them and relies on a growing knowledge of the details of various insurance coverages.

Develops relationships with carrier representatives in order to better understand available products and services in the marketplace and recommend them to clients

Acts as the subject matter expert on benefits and vendor/carrier products and services. Gets assistance on complex situations or products from more senior team members

Begin to anticipate client needs, works with Account Executives / Advisors to resolve.

Reviews request for proposals and insurance plan analyses, negotiate with carriers and recommend renewal actions.

Drafts client presentations in collaboration with Account Executives or Advisors; takes active role in client meetings

Update benefit guides, ensure client resources and communications are up to date following open enrollment or coverage change

Prepare document and data for annual client compliance audits to be presented by Account Executive, may take active role in presentation

Attend to client requests including product or vendor service or performance challenges

Ensure 5500 form is filed and completed in a timely manner

May provide updates to clients regarding appropriate industry trends and events, including all state and federal regulatory issues

Understands and articulates alternative funding strategies.

Proactive client service support in conjunction with the account management team

Oversees client projects such as implementation of new business, open enrollment process, non-discrimination testing, etc.

Interprets plan rules to ensure compliance with Plan Documents and Summary Plan Descriptions

Provides informal leadership and training to more junior team members, based on experience, without official supervisory responsibility.

Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities:

Knowledge of benefits administration, HealthCare Reform, industry trends, carrier products and services

Ability to work independently and anticipate client and team needs

Effective time management and decision making skills

Diligent follow up skills

Ability to express ideas clearly in both written and oral communications

Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills

Commanding presentation and public speaking abilities

Education and/or Experience:

BA/BS preferred

Typically more than five years industry and product line experience

Certificates, Licenses, Registration:

Life, Accident and Health Insurance License required.

Physical Demand: 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. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

What We Offer

NFP is proud to offer a competitive salary, PTO & paid holidays, 401(k) with match, exclusive discount programs, health & wellness programs, and more. Our PeopleFirst culture focuses on building and nurturing lifelong relationships with our employees because, at the end of the day, we exist to be there for others.

The base salary range for this position is $58,000 - $100,000 . The base salary offered will be determined by factors including, but not limited to, experience, credentials, education, certifications, skill level required for the position, the scope of the position, and geographic location. Actual base salary offered will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

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NFP is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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