Benefits Consultant

Gallagher
Rolling Meadows, IL


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.

Overview

Gallagher is a global leader in insurance, risk management and consulting services. We help businesses grow, communities thrive and people prosper. We live a culture defined by The Gallagher Way, our set of shared values and guiding tenets. A culture driven by our people, over 30,000 strong, serving our clients with customized solutions that will protect them and fuel their futures.

Gallagher Benefits Services, a division of Gallagher (GBS) designs, implements and manages programs to help employers attract, retain and develop their employees. As part of GBS, we support a National PEO client that provides comprehensive outsourced HR solutions.

How you'll make an impact

  • Serve as an active consultant and healthcare subject matter expert (medical, dental, vision and ancillary products) to our PEO client throughout the client lifecycle
  • Support a sales team to win new clients and support an HR/Service team to retain clients
  • Manage an assigned territory with focus on client satisfaction
  • Strive for the highest levels of service when communicating with our PEO client and to their prospective and existing worksite employers
  • Research and analyze data contributing to the development and enhancement of a prospect or client’s insurance healthcare offering and recommend strategies on coverage offerings options with the PEO Health and Welfare Plan based upon the client’s business goals
  • Manage the designated block of business in assigned territory
  • Train and develop new PEO client staff
  • Assess and clearly communicate market position, needs and strategic direction
  • Work independently to accomplish territory, company and client goals
  • Work on individual or corporate projects assigned by the management team
  • Extensive experience in group healthcare sales and/or account management, having background with group healthcare carriers and/or brokerage house
  • Experience working with a variety of benefit administrators, experience with PEO industry a plus
  • Experience with a variety of market segments and funding types a plus
  • Actively demonstrate patience, resiliency and persistency in the midst of problem solving
  • Employ a collaborative approach and ability to thrive in a matrixed environment
About You

Required: Bachelor's degree and 3 years related experience OR High School Diploma/GED and 8 years related experience required. License required.

Preferred:
  • Bachelor's degree and 5 years related experience in (employee benefits insurance)

--OR--

High School Diploma/GED and 8 years related experience required

  • Insurance License required
  • Must live in Will be in client office once/week and local travel to prospect and client meetings.

Work Traits:

  • Excellent sales capabilities
  • Outstanding presentation, verbal and written communication skills
  • Must be driven to achieve, embrace, challenge and believe in delivering best in class service
  • Sound organization and time management skills
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively between stakeholders
Compensation and benefits

We offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package. The base salary range represents the anticipated low end and high end of the range for this position. The actual compensation will be influenced by a wide range of factors including, but not limited to previous experience, education, pay market/geography, complexity or scope, specialized skill set, lines of business/practice area, supply/demand, and scheduled hours. 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:

  • Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
  • Life and accident insurance
  • 401(K) and Roth options
  • Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
  • Educational expense reimbursement
  • Paid parental leave

Other benefits include:

  • Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
  • Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
  • Training programs
  • Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
  • Charitable matching gift program
  • And more...

**The benefits summary above applies to fulltime positions. If you are not applying for a fulltime position, details about benefits will be provided during the selection process.

We value inclusion and diversity

Click Here to review our U.S. Eligibility Requirements

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. 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 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.

Posted 2026-04-06

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