Client Services Consultant - Service Academy

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Aurora, IL, USA
Hybrid
60K-70K Annually
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At MetLife, we’re a purpose-driven company that helps our customers build a more confident future.
The Role
Completes a four-month employee benefits training program before supporting multiple group insurance client accounts. Provides day-to-day administrative and client service support, builds product and systems expertise, collaborates with account partners, addresses customer needs, and improves the client experience. Responsibilities also include audits, strategic planning, reporting, trend analysis, process improvement, and responsible use of AI tools.
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The Team You Will Join
Join the nation's largest non-medical carrier of group insurance, where your work will impact over 55,000 customers and cover more than 50 million employees and family members. As part of MetLife's Group Benefits team, you'll deliver innovative benefits solutions - life, disability, dental, vision, and voluntary benefits - tailored to today's employers and workforces. Collaborate with customers, brokers, and partners to expand our offerings and reimagine digital experiences. Join us and be part of an organization committed to supporting customers when they need us most.
The Opportunity
As an employee benefits service new hire, you will complete a 4-month training program which includes a combination of structured classroom and on-the-job learning with a focus on building an understanding of the employee benefits industry, MetLife's group benefits, operating systems, and client servicing skills. Upon successful completion of the program, you will deploy into a Client Service Consultant (CSC) position providing administrative and client service to MetLife group insurance customers.
The CSC has overall accountability for the day-to-day administrative service support of multiple Regional Market clients. The CSC is part of an overall account team tasked with understanding the customers' needs and wants and focused on delivering group benefit products that meet those needs, along with delivering a service experience that exceeds expectations and makes it easy for customers to do business with MetLife.
Great opportunity to join an amazing team! Are you passionate about building relationships? Do you possess great collaboration and communication skills? Do you like to innovate and identify process improvements? Then you would make a great client service consultant on our team!
Key Responsibilities
  • Complete required MetLife training programs, including successful graduation from the Service Academy Program.
  • Partner with an experienced mentor to gain hands-on knowledge of MetLife products, services, platforms, and customer relationships.
  • Develop expertise in MetLife Group Benefits offerings, systems, and service processes.
  • Strengthen core competencies in customer service, communication, project management, relationship management, and consultative problem-solving.
  • Support customer accounts by collaborating with internal and external partners, delivering solutions, and enhancing the end-to-end customer experience.
  • Contribute to business operations through client audits, strategic planning, reporting and trend analysis, while leveraging approved AI tools to improve efficiency and validate outputs.

Required Qualifications
  • 2+ years of equivalent experience within the insurance space
  • Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Ability to work autonomously, effectively handles multiple tasks, prioritize deadlines appropriately and remain flexible
  • General understanding of U.S. economy and employee benefits industry
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office software and AI enabled tools
  • Self-motivated to learn more about the business and is proactive in personal development

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with products such as Core, Disability and Voluntary products
  • Ability to work autonomously; effectively handle multiple tasks, prioritize deadlines appropriately and remain flexible
  • Ability to balance client expectations with MetLife capabilities
  • Project management skills including problem solving, attention to detail, analytical thinking and decisiveness

The expected salary range for this position is $60,000 - $70,000 . This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more! For more information regarding MetLife's U.S. benefits, please click here .
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We're looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liabilities.
This posting is for a current vacancy and is anticipated to remain open for at least 90 days from the listed posting date.
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Skills Required

  • 2+ years of equivalent experience within the insurance industry
  • Excellent organizational, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work autonomously, manage multiple tasks, prioritize deadlines, and remain flexible
  • General understanding of the U.S. economy and employee benefits industry
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office software and AI-enabled tools
  • Self-motivation to learn and proactive personal development
  • Experience with core, disability, and voluntary insurance products
  • Ability to balance client expectations with company capabilities
  • Project management skills, including problem solving, attention to detail, analytical thinking, and decisiveness

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MetLife Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Retirement Support Retirement programs include a 401(k) with employer match alongside a company-funded pension for eligible U.S. roles, with an auxiliary match referenced for higher earners. This combination is described as uncommon and valuable among large U.S. employers.
  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage spans company-paid and subsidized medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, complemented by an EAP and no‑cost condition‑management programs (e.g., cancer care, diabetes, musculoskeletal, family‑building). These resources position core coverage and wellbeing supports as a standout element of the package.
  • Parental & Family Support Time‑off and family programs include competitive PTO, paid parental leave (commonly cited at up to 8–10 weeks for eligible U.S. employees), and caregiving supports such as backup child and elder care and adoption assistance. Additional supports like family‑building services and resources for traveling nursing parents are also highlighted.

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HQ: New York, NY
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Year Founded: 1868

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We're honored to be No. 10 on Great Place to Work's World's Best Workplaces and recognized in the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list in 2025. At MetLife, we're leading the global transformation of an industry we’ve defined for over 157 years. At MetLife, every innovation and line of code is a lifeline for our customers and their families—from victims of natural disasters to people living with disabilities and beyond. With operations in more than 40 markets and leading positions across the globe, MetLife fosters an inclusive culture where our people are energized and inspired to deliver for our customers and communities. Join our remarkable journey—one in which you help write the next century of innovation in financial services—because with MetLife, making the world a better place is All Together Possible.

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At MetLife, you’ll be working for a company whose purpose is to help customers throughout their life’s journey, and often in their most critical time of need. You’ll be a part of developing leading-edge platforms that will have a lasting impact on the lives and well-being of tens of millions of customers.

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