Employee Benefits Client Consultant

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Dubuque, Iowa, US Until 8/23/2026 First posted March 22, 2025 Last posted May 13, 2026
Job description

A year from now, you will look back on this single job application and reflect on your experience. The personal growth, the knowledge you’ve gained, and the professional evolution you’ve achieved will be nothing short of remarkable. This transformation is credited to your dedication and the guidance of our skilled leaders, who are eager to mentor you in the intricate world of employee benefits.

At Cottingham & Butler, we invest in people that want to be great. Our Client Consultant Development Program is more than a training course—it’s a gateway to success in our benefits division. Our program is designed to mold you into a well-informed, proficient Benefits Manager, equipped to deliver top-tier analysis, strategic recommendations, and dedicated service to our clients and prospects, enhancing their employee benefit programs.

Here’s how we empower you to make an impact:

  • Develop Benefit Plan Recommendations: Dive deep into client data to craft custom benefit strategies.
  • Collaborate on Plan Decisions: Partner with Sales Executives to solidify benefit plans.
  • Strategize Marketing Efforts: Design marketing strategies that resonate with client-specific challenges.
  • Advise on Benefit Management: Provide authoritative advice on benefit plan compliance and management.
  • Foster Client Relationships: Cultivate trust as the primary advisor for benefits.
  • Client Retention and Account Growth: Commit to client satisfaction and seize opportunities for account growth.

Full-Time Benefits - Most benefits start day 1

  • Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
  • Flex Spending or HSA
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Profit-Sharing/Defined Contribution (1-year waiting period)
  • PTO/Paid Holidays
  • Company-paid ST and LT Disability
  • Maternity Leave/Parental Leave
  • Subsidized Parking
  • Company-paid Term Life/Accidental Death Insurance

Company Description 

At Cottingham & Butler, we sell a promise to help our clients through life’s toughest moments. To deliver on that promise, we aim to hire, train, and grow the best professionals in the industry. We look for people with an insatiable desire to succeed, are committed to growing, and thrive on challenges. Our culture is guided by the theme of “better every day” constantly pushing ourselves to be better than yesterday – that’s who we are and what we believe in.

As an organization, we are tremendously optimistic about the future and have incredibly high expectations for our people and our performance. Our ability to grow as a company, fuels investments in new resources to better serve our clients and provide the amazing career opportunities our employees want and deserve. This is why we are a growth company and why we are committed to being better every day.

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About this role

Summary

Develop benefit strategies and advise clients on benefit management.

Job title

Employee Benefits Client Consultant

Experience level

entry level

Industry

insurance

Location requirements

Located in Dubuque, Iowa; remote work not allowed.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

None specified

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

employee benefitsclient relationsstrategic recommendationsbenefit management
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Dubuque, IA, USA

On-site City
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