Benefits Admin Senior Associate- Dallas, TX

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Job Description

The Allstate Benefits Admin Senior Associate researches, analyzes, resolves and responds to inquiries; and provides support in the development and maintenance of business processes for customers to achieve desired business results. This role also responds to escalated customer requests regarding claims, benefits, eligibility, web access, premiums, refunds and customer service needs that arise. Executes day-to-day renewal activities and handles client service concerns by maintaining and servicing inbound call activity and emails. Improve persistency and overall client satisfaction by serving as point of contact within sales offices, agencies, and employers.

Key Responsibilities:

Answer inbound ACD calls, manage email correspondence and perform outbound follow-ups

• Resolves policy discrepancies, and prepares and communicates reconciliation reports to employers, brokers and regional offices
• Builds and maintains relationships with employers, brokers and regional offices, with a focus on all employee group premium amounts
• Execute effective resolutions on service needs, including claims, billing, eligibility, licensing, commissions, web access, retention and other customer service needs that arise
• Provide a highly personalized member experience dedicated to educating Employers, Brokers and members on coverage and the tools and resources available to them
• Foster a sense of urgency and commitment to achieve goals resulting in the ability to influence the organization to meet and exceed customer expectations
• Researches, analyzes and responds to customer requests, both verbal and written, including reallocation of premiums and refund checks, claims, benefits, eligibility, web access, and any other service related inquiries
• Explain insurance concepts in an easy to understand format
• Provides support for team members when needed
• Manages suspense account entries using established standards –
• Provides suggestions for process improvement
• Demonstrate strong understanding of all workflows and business processes to execute overall service strategy
• Processes accounts closing and policy transactions for direct retention -
• Documents and executes processes with minimal supervision
• Determines appropriate issues to escalate to management
• Utilizes multiple systems to obtain data for research
  
  

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job does not have supervisory duties.

Education and Experience:

• High School diploma or general education degree (GED)
• 1-2 years of experience
• Previous industry experience
  
  

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• None
  
  

Functional Skills:

• Advanced level of understanding of Benefit Administration’s business area processes
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Ability to demonstrate innovation and process improvement skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Organizational skills
• Understanding of underwriting risk factors that influence health insurance profitability
• Advanced customer service skills-ability to handle a wide variety of callers in a professional manner and strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to process complex time sensitive information from multiple sources, make decisions based on data and to effectively communicate the related required actions to a broad audience
• High degree of initiative, mature judgment, and self-motivation
  
  

Skills

Customer Centricity, Digital Literacy, Inclusive Leadership, Learning Agility, Results-Oriented

Compensation

Compensation offered for this role is $17.69 - 26.88 per hour and is based on experience and qualifications.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.

Joining our team isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. And one where you can impact the future for the greater good.

You’ll do all this in a flexible environment that embraces connection and belonging. And with the recognition of several inclusivity and diversity awards, we’ve proven that Allstate empowers everyone to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live.

Good Hands. Greater Together.®

Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.

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