Senior Health & Benefits Consulting Attorney

Senior Health & Benefits Consulting Attorney

Senior Health & Benefits Consulting Attorney role at Mercer. This hybrid role requires working at least three days a week in the office and is based in any Mercer Central zone office.

The Senior Health & Benefits Consulting Attorney will join a highly-skilled, cohesive team of lawyers and technical experts who analyze health and welfare benefit plan legislation, regulations, subregulatory guidance, and judicial decisions and provide guidance and practical next steps for compliance or mitigation to our clients.

Responsibilities

• Develop market-differentiating advice, insights, and solutions related to health and welfare plan compliance.
• Analyze key policy, legislative and legal developments and issues, and share advice, insights and solutions with internal and external clients.
• Draft legal documents including plan documents, summary plan descriptions, and compliance notices and disclosures for plan participants and beneficiaries.
• Act as legal / technical expert providing compliance consulting, insights and solutions to clients and consultants on unique legal / technical and compliance issues affecting the design, administration, and operations of health and welfare plans, programs, and practices.
• Consult with clients on health and welfare plan design and cafeteria plan qualifications under the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA.
• Present compliance consulting capabilities in business development settings to clients and prospective clients along with sales consultants, account managers, and business consultants.
• Deliver presentations on a variety of health and welfare plan law topics to clients, prospects and HR / benefits professionals in various settings, including meetings and conferences.
• Collaborate with consulting attorney colleagues and other experts to develop market-differentiating analyses and practical implications relating to health and welfare plan regulatory developments.
• Work with Subject Matter Experts to identify and address complex legal and compliance issues, especially where clear answers do not exist.
• Proactively stay current on key federal and state health and welfare plan legislative and regulatory developments.

Qualifications

What makes you stand out

Why join our team

Mercer, a Marsh McLennan company, is a global leader in helping clients realize their objectives. Marsh McLennan advises clients in 130 countries across four businesses : Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. For more information, visit mercer.com or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. If you require accommodation, please contact reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com. All colleagues are expected to be in their local office or in client offices at least three days per week.

The applicable base salary range for this role is $176,400 to $352,800. The base pay offered is determined by factors including experience, skills, location, and applicable minimum wage requirements, with performance-based incentives possible. We offer a competitive total rewards package including health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K and other retirement programs, and employee assistance programs.

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