Global Benefits Captive Specialist

The Global Benefits Captive Specialist will support the management, governance, reporting, and ongoing optimization of the company's employee benefits captive arrangements.

The role will partner with Global Benefits, regional benefits leads, Finance, Risk, Legal, insurers, brokers, fronting partners, and external consultants to deliver data-driven insight, strengthen governance, support captive implementation activity, and identify opportunities to improve the financing of employee benefit risks globally.

Responsibilities and Impact

• Coordinate the global benefits captive initiative end-to-end , maintaining an accurate, up-to-date overview of participating countries, insurer arrangements, renewal timelines, premium flows, claims experience, and governance documentation across the programme.
• Collect, structure, validate, and analyse financial, claims, and underwriting data using Excel, with support from Copilot.
• Provide PMO discipline to the captive programme , tracking actions, managing timelines, owning decision logs, and ensuring renewal and implementation milestones are progressed with clear accountability across internal and external stakeholders.
• Build and sustain effective working relationships across Finance, Tax, Legal, Regional Benefits, and external partners , including insurers, brokers, the captive manager, and fronting partners.
• Support captive governance processes, including preparation of committee materials, coordination of audit and regulatory reviews, maintenance of compliance documentation, and issue tracking across jurisdictions.
• Develop deep expertise in the captive model over time , including the financial, insurance, and regulatory mechanics of a self-insurance structure.

What We're Looking For

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in finance, consulting, insurance, risk management, project coordination, or a comparable analytical or cross-functional role.
• A foundation in data analysis, with the ability to review financial, claims, premium, and trend data and develop practical insights with guidance.
• Excel skills and experience working with structured data.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multi-stakeholder projects: managing timelines, tracking actions, owning deliverable logs, and driving initiatives to completion across cross-functional teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Prior exposure to employee benefits captives, self-insurance structures, multinational pooling, or reinsurance arrangements.
• Experience gained in a benefits, insurance, or financial consulting environment.
• Working knowledge of insured employee benefit plans, including life, disability, medical, or accident products, across at least one international market.
• Experience preparing governance papers, committee materials, executive reporting packs, or board-level briefings.
• Involvement in vendor, broker, or insurer performance management.
• Proficiency using Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent tools.

What’s In It For You?

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too.