Health and Benefits Intern

Job Description

About the Company (WTW inc.)

WTW, also known as Willis Towers Watson, is a global advisory, broking, and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth. In the Health & Benefits (H&B) sector, WTW assists large and mid-size clients in controlling health and welfare plan costs, improving health outcomes, and promoting employee engagement through broad-based, state-of-the-art interventions.

Their solutions encompass:
• Creative plan design
• Vendor evaluation and management
• Pricing and funding strategies
• Data analytics
• Valuation support
• Legal compliance and governance strategies

They also provide specialty consulting services, including:
• Clinical/health management program design
• Pharmacy solutions
• Disability/absence management strategies
• Claims audit services
• Product-based solutions like their pharmacy purchasing coalition.

WTW emphasizes a commitment to equal employment opportunity and provides application, interview, and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. They consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, particularly in accordance with San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers.

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Job Description: Health and Benefits Intern

Job Title: Health and Benefits Intern

Contract Dates: Monday, June 1 – Friday, August 7, 2026

Hiring Locations (Hybrid Position – Requires local commute):
• Northeast Region: Short Hills, NJ; New York, NY; Stamford, CT; Boston, MA; Philadelphia, PA
• Other Regional Hiring Locations: West – Houston, TX; Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; Irvine, CA | Southeast – Atlanta, GA; Arlington, VA | Midwest – Chicago, IL; Minneapolis, MN

Job Summary:
As a Health and Benefits Intern at WTW, you will work alongside industry-leading consultants, gaining immediate exposure to real client assignments. The role involves drawing on imagination and creativity, analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and presenting results. These experiences contribute to building technical knowledge and overall industry expertise. Interns will also participate in twice-weekly learning and networking sessions with colleagues and leaders in Health and Benefits and other WTW businesses.

Exposure Across Business Functions:

• Client Service Team (CST):
• Plays a central role in delivering strategic support across Health & Benefits (H&B).
• Leads client engagements encompassing the design and management of comprehensive health and benefits programs.
• Develops and executes client strategy, ensuring alignment with objectives, budgets, timelines, deliverables, and quality standards.
• Builds and maintains strong, trusted relationships with clients, proactively advising them, leading vendor procurement strategy, optimization, engaging subject matter experts, and providing superior client service.

• Financial, Actuarial, and Analytics (FAA):
• Colleagues drive revenue by leading strategic quantitative and risk conversations with employer clients.
• Delivers quantitative reporting and projections infused with strategic insights, including recommendations on funding, plan design, and innovative financial solutions.
• Leverages financial management and data analytics expertise to solve complex client problems and lead the development of new H&B intellectual capital.

Key Responsibilities/Tasks:

• Support the development and implementation of new client strategies and solutions.
• Analyze and compare vendor products, services, and contracts.
• Perform financial analyses, including developing pricing, creating employee contribution strategies, and modeling plan design alternatives.
• Gain specialized knowledge in areas such as pharmacy, life and disability insurance, health equity and wellbeing, vendor placement, actuarial/analytics, and more.
• Evaluate responses to surveys and vendor proposals.

Qualifications and Role Requirements:

• Education: Progress towards a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in human capital/human resource management, health economics, risk management & insurance, business management, marketing and finance, actuarial science, advanced mathematics, or any other major with significant quantitative work.
• GPA: Minimum overall GPA of 3.0.
• Actuarial Students: Successful completion of one or more actuarial exams is beneficial.
• Experience: Prior internship or other work experience demonstrating increasing levels of complex work, autonomy, and client service skills.
• Skills/Attributes:
• Ability to be a self-starter and work independently, but also cooperatively in a close team environment.
• Passion for solving problems and sharing solutions to exceed client standards.
• Resourceful and creative; inquisitive.
• Sense of accountability; owning one’s work and taking pride in it.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, client-oriented environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Work Authorization: Must be able to work legally in the United States indefinitely and without Visa sponsorship. Employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity. Candidates must be currently authorized to work in the US and will not require sponsorship now or in the future. Student visas, CPT, OPT, H-1B, TN, and other temporary work authorizations are considered restricted forms of employment eligibility; candidates must be able to present another valid form of work authorization once these expire.
• Location/Commute: This is a hybrid position that requires you to be local and able to commute to one of the WTW offices in the Northeast Region. Relocation or housing assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity.
• Graduation Date: Accepting applications from candidates that graduate with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree between December 2026 through June 2027.

Application-Interview Process:

1. Step 1: Online application, including resume/CV.
2. Step 2: Online assessments and Video Interview.
3. Step 3: Virtual Interview with hiring manager and team.
4. Step 4: Offer and onboarding with contract dates of Monday, June 1 – Friday, August 7, 2026.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Compensation: The hourly rate offered for this role is $26-$30/hr USD. This role is also eligible for over-time.
• Company Benefits (eligibility requirements apply): WTW provides a competitive benefit package which includes Contributory Pension Plan and Savings Plan (401k).