Senior Associate

The Business

WTW’s Integrated & Global Solutions (IGS) team is dedicated to serving the needs of the headquarters of its multinational clients. Operating in the global marketplace means multinational companies face a variety of different business, cultural, language and regulatory environments. Our IGS helps these companies navigate these challenges. We advise multinational companies on certain specialist topics where the IGS has unique experience, but we also act as a single point of contact to help solve client questions where we draw on the expertise of our colleagues from around the world.

The Role

DUTIES:

• Senior Associate within the Integrated and Global Solutions Line of Business at Willis Towers Watson US LLC in New York, NY.

• Support senior consultants on large client engagements and lead smaller client engagements on multi-country projects:

• Draft statements of work, project plans and budgets involving multiple workflow streams and client and consultant teams across the globe.

• Serve as primary, daily contact to clients located in headquarters as well as overseas offices concerning delivery of services.

• Finalize and present quality deliverables to clients.

• Manage client expectations and raise appropriate issues to senior consultants.

• Establish a trusted advisor relationship with client contacts.

• Provide strategic consulting expertise in global retirement plan accounting, valuation and design.  

• Serve as project manager and perform technical review of complex global projects as well as other work products.  

• Participate in special projects including mergers and acquisitions, benefit plan strategy and design, plan management and governance strategy, and global financing and funding policies.

• Support senior consultants penetrating the local and regional market and introduce new clients and projects to the firm and identify opportunities to cross-sell new products and services in order to meet annual revenue and billable hour goals.  

• Contribute to the development of new tools and approaches, including monitoring and analyzing economic conditions in major markets around the world and updating country profiles.

• Demonstrate leadership ability by mentoring analysts and managing project teams.

• Salary Range: $103,000 to $130,000 per annum.

The Requirements

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics or a related quantitative field.

• Three (3) years of experience in a related International Benefits Consulting role.

• Prior experience providing consulting advice and services to multinational companies concerning retirement and broader employee benefit issues for their operations globally.

• Prior experience delivering defined actuarial valuation work (ASC 715 or IAS19) and consulting services to multinational organizations.

• Prior experience in corporate defined benefit and/or group health plans.

• Prior experience working on global HR benefit programs.

• Prior experience successfully managing multiple projects and producing quality deliverables on time and within budget.