International Benefit Associate Consultant

At Gallagher Benefit Services, you’re a trusted partner to organizations navigating some of their most important people decisions.

We help clients build better workplaces, where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to thrive. Whether it’s shaping benefit strategies, designing wellbeing programs, or advising on workforce challenges, the work you do here creates meaningful change for businesses and the people who power them.

We’re a community of bold explorers, trusted experts, and compassionate partners; working side by side to solve problems, and shape the future of work. Here, curiosity is encouraged, collaboration is second nature, and your ideas have room to grow.

If you’re looking for a place where your contribution matters and where you can help build a better world of work; think of Gallagher.

Join our International Benefits team as an International Benefits Associate Consultant where you’ll play a key role in supporting and managing a range of Global Employee Benefits Clients.

This includes areas such as international medical, life, disability, pensions, and other expatriate benefits. You’ll work with both existing client portfolios and contribute to new business opportunities.

In this role, you’ll build strong client relationships, deliver tailored solutions, and ensure exceptional service. You’ll also conduct research, provide recommendations, and support the delivery of strategic benefit plans. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are essential to evaluate data and develop effective solutions.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. If you’re passionate about international benefits and delivering outstanding client outcomes, we’d love to hear from you!

Key International Benefits Analyst duties include the following:

• Performing benefits inventory, data collection, analytical work, and market practice comparisons in addition to drafting client reports and presentations.
• Develop reports for client's global benefit programs including renewal reports, benefit summaries, and claims analysis.
• Working in conjunction with client service/sales team in designing and implementing benefit plans, design benefits packages, and or modify existing programs for current clients and also potential new clients, to ensure compliance with local requirements and alignment with clients desired market position.
• Provides ongoing support with client project management including but not limited to; conference calls, webinars and email correspondence with corporate, regional and local HR and/or finance teams, brokers, carriers, payroll providers and other applicable vendor partners.
• Responds to a wide variety of specific International HR-related questions for internal team members or external clients through data research, international resources, and contacts.
• Collaborates with other team members to recommend solutions/provide technical reports on various client issues.
• Manages multiple projects and clients with oversight as needed to ensure the quality and timeliness of client deliverables.
• Creation of technical report’s, RFPs, proposals, renewal reports
• Review and/or creation of international assignment policies and employee handbooks
• Offers input and ideas for improving the effectiveness of products and procedures
• Keeps abreast of all relevant laws, emerging regulations and trends.
• Performs special projects as assigned.

• Supports the consulting team with internal/ administrative tasks required in the management of the client (Client Relationship Management (CRM) System updates.

• Where needed support the other teams in MBHRC (global mobility advisory and global workforce strategy and consulting teams)

Plus any additional duties and responsibilities that may reasonably be expected to be undertaken in accordance with the role.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Experience in an analytical role and/or international benefits.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and database systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent research, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Handles confidential information with discretion.

Desirable:

• Experience in Global Employee Benefits or the insurance industry.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Knowledge of global regions (e.g., EMEA, Asia/Pacific, Latin America).
• Exposure to finance, tax, or legal concepts.
• Fluency in foreign languages and client account management experience.

Key Skills and Traits

• Strong organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Proactive, team-oriented, and adaptable with a high level of accountability.
• Ability to manage deadlines, balance priorities, and deliver high-quality work.
• Commitment to exceptional client service and business strategy execution.

We value diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you’re passionate about international benefits and client success, we’d love to hear from you!

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [email protected] . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.