Client Manager - Group
Listed on 2026-01-27
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Management
Business Management, Client Relationship Manager, Business Analyst
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Would you like to take ownership in a dynamic, high-growth business that truly walks the talk?
Oswald Companies seeks goal-driven professionals ready to take their career to the next level.
Job Summary
The Client Manager will be responsible for providing quality client management of client relationships by anticipating client needs and questions, performing research to ensure the client’s employee benefits program supports their financial and organizational goals, and providing renewal management with oversight, guidance, and input from other senior members of the team. This also includes growth on the current book of business, an understanding of the client’s business, and a minimum of 95% retention and client satisfaction rating.
Essential Functions
Quality, Client Service & Expertise
- Proficiently manage the client service cycle, monitor time frames and meet renewal deadlines.
- With oversight, guidance and input from the CE/Producer:
- Participate in annual meeting planning by completing pertinent portions of the report and conducting research.
- Retain and develop accounts by:
- Preparing and writing proposals, and providing quote comparisons.
- Performing program benchmarking/demographic analysis, analysis of claims utilization data, financial underwriting review, and cost projection reporting.
- Providing additional resources for the client as needed.
- Market renewal and new lines of coverage including:
- Creating coverage specifications.
- Analyzing quotes received from carriers.
- Negotiating with carriers.
- Creating and presenting the coverage analysis.
- Review policy coverage and identify cross-selling and additional revenue opportunities.
- Develop a thorough understanding of client business, their policies, practices and industries.
- Understand and guide clients through the initial objective setting process.
- Analyze data to draw conclusions and recommend findings to client.
- Respond to client needs and questions, making sound recommendations on a day-to-day basis.
- Produce high quality work and remain informed on technical and professional standards by attending company-sponsored and industry educational activities, to include webinars/seminars and conferences.
- Ensure legislative, regulatory and technical developments are appropriately communicated to clients.
- Service clients in accordance with PAR E&O professional service standards by complying with all E&O Plus, legal and regulatory requirements.
- Achieve a minimum rating of 90% from E&O Plus audits on all accounts.
- Functional understanding of EPIC and update accordingly.
- Ensures adequate time for peer review of all client work including calculations, reports and presentations for accuracy prior to client delivery.
Even though this position does not manage people, the Client Manager must be able to perform the following:
- Delegate appropriately and provide development opportunities for co-workers.
- Display professional, social and teamwork skills
- Work well within a team and possess a positive attitude
- Manage and meet expectations of co-workers and clients.
- Possess good oral and written communication skills both internally and externally.
- Participate in internal and external networking activities.
- Manage projects to meet deliverable deadlines and meet expectations.
- Remain up-to-date and current on all tasks.
- Possess awareness of firm’s service capabilities to generate ideas and solutions for clients and cross selling opportunities.
Minimum Education /Abilities/Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Risk Management, Analytics or other related field is preferred; high school diploma or GED, in concert with industry experience, in lieu of an associate’s or bachelor’s degree is necessary.
- 3 – 5 years’ employee benefits experience handling medium accounts at a high level of responsibility.
- Exhibits executive presence, and has strong rapport-building/interpersonal skills for positive interaction with customers and co-workers.
- Exercises sound judgment and…
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