Lead Compliance Consultant - Employee Benefits

At Alliant Insurance Services, we thrive on creating employee benefits solutions built on the idea that health makes growth possible. As top tier professionals dedicated to solving our clients' health and welfare insurance challenges, Alliant team members deliver an unrivaled depth of service, and our unique approach enables us to help clients stay resilient and turn change into opportunity. This position is a chance to join a dynamic, expanding company with prospects for individual and career growth.

As one of the 5 largest insurance brokerage firms in the U.S., Alliant provides property and casualty, workers' compensation, employee benefits, surety, and financial products and services to clients nationwide.

More information is available at www.alliant.com.

SUMMARY

Responsible for providing technical employee benefits related compliance guidance to external employee benefits clients and internal employee benefits staff. Provides consistent strategic support to Alliant Employee Benefits National Operations. Leads team members.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for strategic decision making about compliance content development and deployment.

Uses independent judgment to respond to difficult client and account team situations

Develop subject matter expertise and responsibility for supporting the team, and acts as a subject matter expert during staff trainings.

Leads and may supervise team members, delegates and monitors work, handles escalated inquiries, conducts staff training and fields questions.

Timely develops content addressing new compliance legislation on behalf of the national Compliance team for distribution internally and to clients in a straightforward, practical way; includes educational webinars, seminars, alerts, white papers, checklists, frequently asked questions (FAQs) etc.; includes review and ability to understand and summarize regulatory source material.

Partners with other members of the Compliance team to ensure Compliance portal content is current
Partners with brokers, managing directors, and service teams on key accounts; includes attending meetings and participating in conference calls per established national Compliance engagement protocol.

Engages with local operational lead to assess local client compliance needs and account team training needs.

Contributes significantly in developing Compliance content for the national Compliance team, for client distribution and to educate staff on compliance issues that ensures competence.

Provides timely daily compliance question and answer support for local Alliant employee benefits practice based on regional or office assignments in a timely manner; ensures issues are triaged and addressed per established national Compliance engagement protocol.

Contributes in developing processes and a templates library to support client service teams, updating them as needed.

Participates in prospect meetings per established National Compliance engagement protocol to present
Alliant Compliance capabilities.

Performs all duties in accordance with all company policies and procedures, and all federal, state and local laws, wherein the Company operates.

Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Eight (8) or more years of related work experience in the employee benefits and compliance areas

Experience drafting white papers on benefits compliance issues and written legal analysis

Experience in public speaking, including developing and delivering benefits compliance training content

ATT-JD - Attorney

Active State Bar License

SKILLS

Command of employee benefits laws and regulations that includes a practical understanding of how they relate to benefit program administration with specific knowledge of the ACA, ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA and
Medicare

Understanding of regulatory agencies and rulemaking processes that can impact employee benefits

Basic understanding of leaves of absence and time off policy requirements

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex topics in a
practical way and provide practical answers to client questions

Excellent problem solving, organizational and prioritization skills

Ability to meet deadlines and timely deliver content in keeping with established processes

Ability to lead or take direction, as appropriate

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We are proud to provide comprehensive, high quality employee programs to meet employees' needs now and in the future, including a very competitive financial package. We encourage you to explore what we have to offer.

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Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on their qualifications and ability without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, age, genetic information, or status as a protected veteran, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including California law.

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