IMA Financial Group
Director, Employee Benefits Financial Strategy
Atlanta, GA; Bellevue, WA; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; New York City, NY; Newton, MA; Pasadena, CA; Pittsburgh, PA; REMOTE; St. Petersburg, FL; Wichita, KS; Atlanta; Bellevue; Dallas-Fort Worth; Denver; Kansas City; Newton; New York City; Pasadena; Pittsburgh; Remote - US; Salt Lake City; St. Petersburg; WichitaRemote · United States
Director+ · Benefits
POSTED 6 AUGVERIFIED 13H AGO
Pay · posted
$200k–225k
mkt median $208k
Open for
90d
since 6 Aug
Hiring · 30d
98
+3 net · open roles
ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to:
- Supports and demonstrates IMA’s core values
- Values and understands the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion among all IMA associates
- Interacts professionally and timely with clients via email, phone and in-person
People Management
- Manages regional financial strategy team leads, providing clear communication of expectations, established timeframes, regular progress updates, and annual performance evaluations
- Coordinates metrics and processes for managing and assigning the overall workload and projects of assigned analysts
- Coordinates staffing plans for assigning clients, working with regional leads to assess workload
- Provides feedback to service team members as needed, in support of their on-going professional development goals to ensure client expectations are met
- Participates in the hiring process for direct reports as well as additional department hires
National leadership
- Leads national financial strategy servicing meetings, planning training curriculums and communicating information and updates
- Regularly identifies opportunities to ensure quality standards, including implementation of best practices and peer review standards
- Recognizes opportunities to improve financial strategy service offerings, and implements initiatives to support service improvements
- In all aspects of client relationships, mentors financial strategists to support associate growth and local expertise development
- Interacts with market leaders and national leadership to ensure work quality across all functions
- Implements innovative products and services alongside existing financial strategy processes and service offerings
Underwriting & Analysis
- Acts as peer review and mentor for a national book of complex self funded, level funded, and fully insured clients, providing both financial reporting and strategic leadership
- Develops and delivers servicing standards related to financial strategy, including but not limited to benchmarking, financial analysis, underwriting projections, contribution analysis, self-funded decision support, and IBNR
- Performs high degree of analysis to provide BOB trends or specific prospect/client needs, summarizing data to communicate in writing and through conversations with national leadership and strategic partners
Marketing, renewals, and partnership
- Reviews team needs to assist with marketing template updates, RFP submissions, collection and management of data, along with individual review of complex marketing
- Executes standards processes for financial analysis of marketing offerings including fully insured, TPA, stop loss, and PBM coverages
- Negotiates with national carrier partners based on the targeted goals
- Engages and builds key carrier and vendor relationships
Presentation
- Determines communication strategy for delivering financial strategy to a diverse book of clients
- Champions new initiatives and growth opportunities to national leadership and market leaders
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS include but not limited to:
- 10+ years of similar or related experience
- Prefer college graduate, 4-year degree or equivalent experience
- Proficient with MS Office Suites with, with in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Managerial or leadership experience
- Attains Life and Health license & maintains through continuing education requirements
- Some travel required (once monthly)
- Responsibility for executing the benefit division’s strategic direction of analytic solutions and tools
- Strong analytical (quantitative and qualitative) abilities
- Identifies modifications to existing methodologies, and implements new initiatives
- Demonstrates ability to manage and mentor experienced professionals
- Responsibility for accuracy of analysis and peer review best practices
- Ability to perform well under pressure, on multiple work streams, and with tight deadlines
- Advanced communication and presentation skills
COMPETENCIES & TRAITS
- Management/Leadership
- Financial Acumen
- Self-Direction
- Professionalism
- Agility/Flexibility
- Problem Solving
The anticipated posting timeline for this opportunity is 8/05/2026-9/05/2026.