Senior Consulting Attorney, Health & Welfare

Company:

Mercer

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Health and Benefits Attorney team at Mercer. This role will be based in any Mercer office in our New York Metro. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office. 

The Senior Consulting Attorney, Health & Welfare, 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. 

 We will count on you to:  

• 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. 

• 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, as needed, to clients, prospects and HR/benefits professionals in a variety of settings, including meetings, conferences and other forums. 

• Work collaboratively with your consulting attorney colleagues other experts to develop market-differentiating, in-depth analyses of, and insightful, practical implications relating to, key developments and topics in the health and welfare plan legal/regulatory space.

• Work successfully with colleagues to help identify and address complex legal and compliance issues, particularly those for which clear answers don’t exist.

• Proactively stay current on key federal and state health and welfare plan legislative and regulatory developments 

• Draft legal documents including plan documents, summary plan descriptions, and compliance notices and disclosures for plan participants and beneficiaries. 

What you need to have:  

• Juris Doctor Degree plus at least five (5) years of experience in a Legal, Compliance, Legal Consultant, or a related position. 

• Must have a minimum of (5) years of legal experience with: Employee benefits or tax; employee welfare benefit plans subject to ERISA; ACA requirements; HIPAA privacy and security consulting for group health plans; COBRA continuation coverage; Mental Health Parity; State insurance laws and regulations; Advising on employee benefit topics with a service provider firm, consulting firm, law firm, or government agency. 

• Must hold a current license or certificate to practice law from at least one (1) state bar association.  

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, particularly the ability to communicate technically complex developments, issues, and analyses in easy-to-understand and actionable ways 

What makes you stand out? 

• Experience working with large corporate clients 

• Public speaking and exceptional oral presentation skills 

• A commitment to doing great work at a high level of engagement, detail, and thoughtfulness while dealing with competing priorities 

• A passion for continuously learning and improving, effectively analyzing and communicating developments and insights, and regularly exceeding consultants’ and clients’ expectations 

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Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Mercer is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For