Bilingual Underwriting Consultant, Group Benefits

The person in this position is responsible for analyzing rating and claims information, assessing the group’s specific risk characteristics, as well as delivering clear, accurate and complete renewals and amendments to our Manulife Account Executives. Reporting to the Mid-Market Underwriting Director, you will be directly responsible for managing risk and persistence on a specific block of Group Benefits business, helping the organization achieve or exceed our targets. Position Responsibilities: Analyze group characteristics, plan designs and funding arrangements. Analyze premium and claims information to appropriately price renewals. Provide underwriting decisions through clear verbal and written communications. Conduct constructive negotiations utilizing underwriting judgment and guidelines. Evaluate and act on risk propositions. Accurately price new and existing business opportunities. Provide value-added underwriting and benefit recommendations to maximize the clients' group benefit spend. Required Qualifications: Bilingual (French & English) is required - The successful candidate will be required to communicate in English and French in order to support clients from various jurisdictions outside of Quebec. Post-secondary education with business, mathematical and analytical aptitude. Understanding of the Group Insurance market, products and services Experience within Group Benefits Preferred Qualifications: Proven ability to effectively partner with and support sales teams. Excellent Microsoft Office skills with exceptional proficiency in Excel (data manipulation such as pivot tables) and Word CEBS, GBA certification is encouraged and recommended. Ability to make well-balanced decisions that take effective risk management, financial discipline, and customer needs into account. Motivated self-starter and able to work independently in a fast-paced environment. Demonstrated ability to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage multip