Benefits Analyst jobs in New York

COMPANY OVERVIEW

U.S. Retirement & Benefits Partners (USRBP) is one of the largest independently owned insurance brokerage firms in the country providing a full range of employee benefits, compliance, and HR consulting services, along with retirement solutions for both the private and public sectors. The business was formed in 2008 and today serves over three million participants nationally in the K-12, Corporate and Government markets. For more information about USRBP, please visit our website: www.usrbpartners.com.

Our benefits division, U.S. Employee Benefits Services Group (USEBSG), provides an array of employee benefit solutions that include plan design, core and voluntary products, online enrollment, plan administration, third party administration, specialty health plans, and HR compliance through our Partner Firms.

USRBP is hiring for a Health and Wellness Analyst for our Partner Firm, U.S. Employee Benefits Services Group located in Rochester, New York.

Position Summary

The Health and Wellness Analyst works collaboratively as part of a dedicated consulting team to deliver wholistic service to USRBP’s clients. The Analyst will manage the analytics, insights, reporting, and communication of plan utilization to clients and stakeholders. The ideal candidate has a strong background in health-insurance related analytics and a proven track record of mining data to deliver impactful insights.

The Analyst directly contributes to key business outcomes such as client retention, client satisfaction, enhancing USRBP’s value to our clients and prospects, and fostering a culture of performance and continuous improvement. This position reports to the Director of Operations and Finance.

Primary Functions:

• Identifies, analyzes, interprets, and validates healthcare data metrics, trends, and patterns.
• Prepares reports on a recurring schedule to effectively communicate claims utilization trends.
• Prepares dashboard reports that bring together multiple data sources to generate insights and inform business decisions.
• Conducts ad hoc analysis to identify key insights, drive benefits optimization, and identify opportunities for client risk management.
• Present claims utilization to clients; distill disparate reports into concise narratives.
• Access reporting systems from multiple vendors with unique interfaces and synthesize their output to develop standard client reporting packages.
• Manage relationships with carrier data reporting teams; regularly request ad hoc and non-standard reports to ensure client reporting deadlines are met.
• Create future claims projections and renewal modeling using underwriting standards and tools.
• Analyze fully insured plans and renewals to identify opportunities for claims mitigation and to ensure proper application of underwriting practices.
• Track Incurred but not Reported claims for self-funded for self-funded clients and prepare reserve estimates for budgeting purposes.
• Develop best practices and champion data standards internally and externally.

Skills and Abilities:

• 2 years of data analytics experience.
• Employee benefits experience, preferred.
• B.S. in Mathematics, Accounting, Statistics, or similar field a plus.
• Strong analytics skills with the ability to collect, organize, and disseminate significant amounts of data with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to fluidly utilize Microsoft Excel and strong proficiency in remaining Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Access).
• Familiarly with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, etc. a plus.
• Ability to present virtually and in person in front of key decision makers.
• Strong time management skills required.
• Keep informed about industry trends, technology, and the evolving world of employee benefits.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment.