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Benefits Consultant roles qualify for H-1B visa and TN visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field. Employers in insurance, consulting, and HR services firms regularly sponsor qualified international candidates for these roles. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Employee Benefits is the core of our business and at our heart we are a people-focused organization. Every day, we help over 100,000 employers give their employees peace of mind by providing health, pharmacy, long and short-term disability, vision, dental and other insurance solutions. What makes us unique is that we can surround our clients with more services and more technology-based tools and a team of advisors that simply cares more than anyone else.
If you want a career giving people the reassurance that they can have access to the health care they need for themselves and their loved ones, join OneDigital.
OUR NEWEST OPPORTUNITY:
The Senior Benefits Consultant is primarily responsible for retaining clients and their existing book of business. The consultant will oversee strategy, financial analysis, benefit design, plan renewals, bench marking, and overall service delivery. They will also effectively communicate OneDigital’s value proposition and latest industry trends to active clients.
Responsibilities:
- Develops sophisticated benefit design and renewal strategies and drives the development of solutions to address complex client issues
- Works closely with account management and/or client service teams on pre-renewal strategy, RFP distribution, SPR’s, open enrollment strategy and post renewal analysis
- Determines the full scope of services to be provided to client
- Clearly establishes and communicates timelines with the client service team(s) and keeps them apprised of changes and renewal updates
- Maintains accountability for revenue and profitability for client accounts and projects and keeps all involved parties up to date
- Monitors the success of projects in terms of scope, budget, timeliness and client satisfaction
- Oversees the on-boarding of new clients by working collaboratively with client service team(s) to establish the implementation plan, team and timeline
- Ensures client service team(s) exceeds client expectations
- Grows book through cross-selling opportunities
- Cultivates and maintains strong relationships with clients and carriers
- Establishes effective carrier/vendor relationships to serve clients in benefits procurement and administration
- Attends carrier events to remain up to date and knowledgeable of carrier plans and changes, as well as maintain strong relationships
- Maintains a full understanding of the insurance markets, funding alternatives, networks and benefit plan options
- Ensures accuracy of client data in CRM
- Remains fully knowledgeable on compliance issues governed by legislation and regulations impacting employer sponsored health and welfare plans such as HIPAA, ERISA, Tax Code SEC 125, PPACA and state sponsored health insurance exchanges
REQUIREMENTS
- Ability to influence and effectively interact with members of the C-suite
- Strong attention to detail
- Must be self-motivated and disciplined
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to manage one's workload
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment
Experience:
- 7+ years’ of benefits consulting experience, required
- Bachelor’s Degree, preferred
- Must be up to date and knowledgeable on Health Care Reform and health and ancillary insurance products
- Must have a practical knowledge of quoting process and tools
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel and familiar with database applications
- Valid life and health insurance license, required
The typical base pay range for this role nationwide is $140,000 to $190,000 per year.
Your base pay is dependent upon your skills, education, qualifications, professional experience, and location. In addition to base pay, some roles are eligible for variable compensation, commission, and/or annual bonus based on your individual performance and/or the company’s performance. We also offer eligible employees health, wellbeing, retirement, and other financial benefits, paid time off, overtime pay for non-exempt employees, and robust learning and development programs. You will receive reimbursement of job-related expenses per the company policy and may receive employee perks and discounts.
OneDigital is an equal opportunity employer. Not only as a matter of standard, but to honor and celebrate our differences. We believe that the power of ONE starts with you. We are committed to cultivating and preserving a culture that celebrates diversity, insists on equity and inclusion, and connects us. Ensuring our people feel seen, valued, respected, and supported is fundamental to our core values and business goals.
OneDigital provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of their: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age (40 and over), pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law (collectively, “protected characteristics”). A copy of the Federal EEO poster is linked here.
Pursuant to local Fair Chance Ordinances, we will consider qualified applications with arrest or conviction records for employment. For applicable candidates, the following ordinances are linked here to inform you of your rights as an applicant:
City and County of San Francisco
City of Los Angeles
County of Los Angeles
Employment decisions shall comply with all other applicable federal, state and city/county laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. OneDigital complies with all criminal history inquiry [or ‘ban the box’] laws in California, Connecticut, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
In short, we believe in hiring the most qualified applicant for the position, regardless of background.
If you have questions about our hiring policies and practices, we would be happy to discuss upon receiving your application. We hope to welcome you to OneDigital and look forward to hearing from you.
OneDigital understands the immense responsibility and opportunities provided by Artificial Intelligence. We utilize advanced Artificial Intelligence [AI] technologies to enhance our recruitment process. This includes using AI to filter candidates based on their qualifications and to rediscover potential candidates from our existing applicant pool. Our AI systems help us efficiently identify the best fit for our open positions, ensuring a streamlined and effective hiring experience. However, AI does not replace the humans in our process. If you have concerns about our use of AI, you may opt out where laws allow.
Thank you for your interest in joining the OneDigital team!
INTRODUCTION
Employee Benefits is the core of our business and at our heart we are a people-focused organization. Every day, we help over 100,000 employers give their employees peace of mind by providing health, pharmacy, long and short-term disability, vision, dental and other insurance solutions. What makes us unique is that we can surround our clients with more services and more technology-based tools and a team of advisors that simply cares more than anyone else.
If you want a career giving people the reassurance that they can have access to the health care they need for themselves and their loved ones, join OneDigital.
OUR NEWEST OPPORTUNITY:
The Senior Benefits Consultant is primarily responsible for retaining clients and their existing book of business. The consultant will oversee strategy, financial analysis, benefit design, plan renewals, bench marking, and overall service delivery. They will also effectively communicate OneDigital’s value proposition and latest industry trends to active clients.
Responsibilities:
- Develops sophisticated benefit design and renewal strategies and drives the development of solutions to address complex client issues
- Works closely with account management and/or client service teams on pre-renewal strategy, RFP distribution, SPR’s, open enrollment strategy and post renewal analysis
- Determines the full scope of services to be provided to client
- Clearly establishes and communicates timelines with the client service team(s) and keeps them apprised of changes and renewal updates
- Maintains accountability for revenue and profitability for client accounts and projects and keeps all involved parties up to date
- Monitors the success of projects in terms of scope, budget, timeliness and client satisfaction
- Oversees the on-boarding of new clients by working collaboratively with client service team(s) to establish the implementation plan, team and timeline
- Ensures client service team(s) exceeds client expectations
- Grows book through cross-selling opportunities
- Cultivates and maintains strong relationships with clients and carriers
- Establishes effective carrier/vendor relationships to serve clients in benefits procurement and administration
- Attends carrier events to remain up to date and knowledgeable of carrier plans and changes, as well as maintain strong relationships
- Maintains a full understanding of the insurance markets, funding alternatives, networks and benefit plan options
- Ensures accuracy of client data in CRM
- Remains fully knowledgeable on compliance issues governed by legislation and regulations impacting employer sponsored health and welfare plans such as HIPAA, ERISA, Tax Code SEC 125, PPACA and state sponsored health insurance exchanges
REQUIREMENTS
- Ability to influence and effectively interact with members of the C-suite
- Strong attention to detail
- Must be self-motivated and disciplined
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to manage one's workload
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment
Experience:
- 7+ years’ of benefits consulting experience, required
- Bachelor’s Degree, preferred
- Must be up to date and knowledgeable on Health Care Reform and health and ancillary insurance products
- Must have a practical knowledge of quoting process and tools
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel and familiar with database applications
- Valid life and health insurance license, required
The typical base pay range for this role nationwide is $140,000 to $190,000 per year.
Your base pay is dependent upon your skills, education, qualifications, professional experience, and location. In addition to base pay, some roles are eligible for variable compensation, commission, and/or annual bonus based on your individual performance and/or the company’s performance. We also offer eligible employees health, wellbeing, retirement, and other financial benefits, paid time off, overtime pay for non-exempt employees, and robust learning and development programs. You will receive reimbursement of job-related expenses per the company policy and may receive employee perks and discounts.
OneDigital is an equal opportunity employer. Not only as a matter of standard, but to honor and celebrate our differences. We believe that the power of ONE starts with you. We are committed to cultivating and preserving a culture that celebrates diversity, insists on equity and inclusion, and connects us. Ensuring our people feel seen, valued, respected, and supported is fundamental to our core values and business goals.
OneDigital provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of their: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age (40 and over), pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law (collectively, “protected characteristics”). A copy of the Federal EEO poster is linked here.
Pursuant to local Fair Chance Ordinances, we will consider qualified applications with arrest or conviction records for employment. For applicable candidates, the following ordinances are linked here to inform you of your rights as an applicant:
City and County of San Francisco
City of Los Angeles
County of Los Angeles
Employment decisions shall comply with all other applicable federal, state and city/county laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. OneDigital complies with all criminal history inquiry [or ‘ban the box’] laws in California, Connecticut, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
In short, we believe in hiring the most qualified applicant for the position, regardless of background.
If you have questions about our hiring policies and practices, we would be happy to discuss upon receiving your application. We hope to welcome you to OneDigital and look forward to hearing from you.
OneDigital understands the immense responsibility and opportunities provided by Artificial Intelligence. We utilize advanced Artificial Intelligence [AI] technologies to enhance our recruitment process. This includes using AI to filter candidates based on their qualifications and to rediscover potential candidates from our existing applicant pool. Our AI systems help us efficiently identify the best fit for our open positions, ensuring a streamlined and effective hiring experience. However, AI does not replace the humans in our process. If you have concerns about our use of AI, you may opt out where laws allow.
Thank you for your interest in joining the OneDigital team!
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Benefits Consultant
Target consulting firms and insurance carriers first
Large HR consulting firms and insurance carriers sponsor Benefits Consultants far more frequently than smaller brokerages. Their established immigration programs mean faster LCA processing and less friction getting sponsorship approved through internal legal teams.
Confirm your degree field aligns with the role
H-1B approval requires your degree to match the specialty occupation. Human resources, business administration, finance, or actuarial science degrees typically satisfy this requirement. A general business degree may work, but a more specific field strengthens your petition significantly.
Emphasize benefits-specific credentials in your application
Certifications like CEBS, CBP, or GBA signal specialized knowledge that supports the specialty occupation argument for H-1B purposes. Employers also value these credentials when deciding whether a role justifies the cost and effort of sponsorship.
Australians should ask about the E-3 visa specifically
Australian citizens can use the E-3 visa for Benefits Consultant roles, which has no lottery, faster processing, and lower employer cost than H-1B. Many employers who hesitate on H-1B will readily sponsor an E-3 once they understand the difference.
Understand what the LCA process means for your timeline
Before your employer files an H-1B petition, they must obtain a certified Labor Condition Application from the Department of Labor. This typically takes one to two weeks and must be completed before your visa paperwork can be submitted.
Negotiate sponsorship before accepting an offer
Confirm your employer will sponsor the specific visa type you need before signing. Some firms sponsor H-1B transfers but not new cap-subject petitions, which affects whether you can start immediately or must wait for the next fiscal year lottery.
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Find Benefits Consultant JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does a Benefits Consultant role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, when the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as human resources, business administration, finance, or actuarial science. The key is that the job description must make a relevant degree a minimum requirement, not merely preferred. Roles framed as entry-level generalist positions without a degree requirement are harder to approve.
Which visa types are most common for Benefits Consultant sponsorship?
H-1B is the most common path, but Australian citizens often pursue the E-3 visa, which skips the lottery entirely and typically processes faster. Canadian and Mexican nationals may qualify under the TN visa if the role fits the applicable USMCA categories. L-1 transfers are also possible if you're moving from a foreign office of the same employer.
How can I find Benefits Consultant jobs that offer visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is the most efficient place to find Benefits Consultant roles where employers are already open to sponsoring international candidates. Filtering for sponsorship-ready employers upfront saves significant time compared to applying broadly and asking about sponsorship late in the process.
Does my degree need to be in human resources specifically to qualify?
Not necessarily. USCIS accepts degrees in related fields including business administration, finance, economics, and psychology for Benefits Consultant roles, provided the connection to the job duties is clearly argued in the petition. Actuarial science or risk management degrees are particularly strong for roles focused on health and retirement benefits plan analysis.
What are the H-1B approval odds for Benefits Consultant petitions?
Approval rates for Benefits Consultant H-1B petitions are generally solid when the specialty occupation argument is well-documented and the degree field aligns with the role. The bigger risk is the lottery, not the approval stage. Cap-subject petitions currently face a selection rate around 25%, meaning most registrants are not selected regardless of qualification.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Benefits Consultant jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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