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We were founded over 30 years ago on a simple principle: to help our clients succeed by innovating, serving, and supporting their Human Resources, Employee Benefits, and Payroll needs. As a results-driven organization, we hold ourselves accountable for our promises and we celebrate the successes of our clients. We live by a set of shared values that drive everything we do, and we are known for our high-integrity approach to building relationships with our clients and partners.\nPosition Summary:\nThe Benefits Analyst is a hybrid role on Melita's Benefits Analysis (Benefits Marketing) team that combines hands-on client advisory work with the financial and underwriting analysis behind it. You are the person who both builds the numbers and explains them: projecting renewal costs, evaluating carrier proposals, modeling plan and contribution changes, benchmarking against the market, and then presenting clear, well-reasoned recommendations to small and mid-sized business clients.\nThis is not a sales role. It is, however, a critical position in the client relationship, so the ideal candidate pairs strong analytical ability and deep employee benefits knowledge with the interpersonal and relationship-building skills to advise decision-makers with confidence. You will report to the Director of Benefits Analysis.\nCore Responsibilities:\nClient Advisory and Presentation\nAnalyze and present proposals for a full range of benefit plans and options, including medical, dental, vision, disability, group life, and voluntary benefits, to small and mid-sized business clients.\nAdvise and guide clients on benefits package design and employee contribution strategy, aligning recommendations with competitive benchmarks and each company's goals, culture, and budget.\nLead client renewal presentations and plan-change discussions, translating complex financial and benefits concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-technical audiences.\nBenefits Analysis and Underwriting\nOwn the analysis behind each client's renewal: budget and renewal projections, rate development, rate-tier and contribution analysis, and plan-change modeling and pricing.\nBenchmark plan designs, contributions, and costs against market data to support your recommendations.\nProduce disruption, network-discount, administration-fee, and fully insured rate analyses when evaluating alternatives.\nFor level-funded and self-funded arrangements where applicable, develop claim projections and IBNR reserve estimates and interpret experience reporting.\nMaintain clean, well-documented analytical files that another analyst can pick up and understand.\nRFP and Carrier Marketing\nBuild and run RFPs to insurance carriers and general agency partners, soliciting renewal and alternative quotes for each line of coverage.\nReview and validate the quotes that come back, then assemble the annual renewal proposal that the client decision rests on.\nManage relationships with carrier and GA partners to ensure Melita is well-supported, well-informed, and receiving competitive options for our clients.\nRenewal-to-Open-Enrollment Handoff\nWork closely with the internal Benefits Support team to drive timely annual renewal decisions and deliver a clean handoff, giving the support team ample 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