Company:

Mercer

Description:

Mercer is seeking candidates for an exciting opportunity in our Group Risk Benefits Consulting Team. The successful candidate will join an existing team of group risk analysts and consultants in delivering consulting and broking solutions around Group Life and Group Disability cover to some of Ireland's most prominent and well known employers.

Specific experience with group risk benefits is highly desirable, as is consulting experience. The role will offer the opportunity to work on some of our key corporate clients (both domestic and multinational) and with the Irish group risk insurance market.

What can you expect:

The Group Risk Consulting Team operates across our Dublin and Cork offices (with work from home permitted up to 2 days per week). We deliver group risk consulting and broking services for our clients and their employees. You will work as part of an overall Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) team that also contains, alongside the Group Risk area, consultants that assist clients with Group Medical and Mobility benefit solutions. The MMB team is currently made up of 14 consultants and analysts, delivering solutions to a portfolio of Irish and international clients. The role involves assisting clients in putting in place, monitoring and reviewing employee group risk arrangements, along with providing ad hoc consulting on issues affecting their group risk benefit plans.

This role within the team is intended for a candidate with consulting experience and the qualifications required to consult with clients on their group risk benefits from Day 1. You will need to understand our clients’ needs and develop solutions, efficiently and in line with all regulatory and compliance requirements.

We will rely on you to:

Work with clients to review their Group Risk programmes/needs and to advise on and implement new programmes.
Provide value-added consulting expertise to a wide variety of clients in Ireland.
Lead projects and ensure the progress of project teams against established objectives, budgets and timelines.
Prepare client presentations and reports that will be presented to senior compensation and benefit stakeholders, senior-level executives, and/or management.
Assist in the provision of ad hoc group risk consulting advice to clients and Mercer colleagues.
Deliver new business.
Manage relationships with clients.
Deliver and maintain professional and ethical standards of service to all business partners.
Work to agreed Service Level Agreements at all times.
Maintain and cultivate relationships with insurers to achieve best client service and innovative solutions for clients.

What you will need to have:

Consulting experience
Full QFA qualification, or equivalent enabling compliant consulting on group risk benefits
Knowledge of corporate client group risk benefits design
Demonstrated success in employee benefits environment
Strong commercial awareness and understanding of the Irish employee benefit landscape
Excellent analytical skills, including the use of Microsoft Excel for statistical analysis
Ability to guide project teams and collaborate with others to deliver to clients
Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions
Ability to work within a team environment as a team player and a flexible approach to work
Acceptance of need for involvement in day to day work
Record of achieving results

What makes you stand out:

Strong client focus
Hard working, proactive and flexible in your approach to business with excellent problem solving, organisational and analytical skills
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Experience in a consultancy/insurance provider firm
Strong technical knowledge of the group risk market and group risk offerings available to employers in Ireland

Why join our team:

We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can collaborate with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities.

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, Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable support to any candidate with a disability/health condition to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. We welcome candidates to contact us at reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com to discuss any specific needs.

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.

Group Risk Benefits Consultant

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