Operations Consultant

Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future.

We will do this together — with customers, partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough … we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future.  We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today.

Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action.  We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.

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About Benefitfocus, a Voya Company

Benefitfocus, Inc., a Voya company, is a leading provider of cloud-based benefits software solutions for consumers, employers, insurance carriers, and brokers. Benefitfocus supports millions of consumers through an integrated portfolio of products and services that enable clients to shop, enroll, manage, and exchange benefits information more efficiently. With a user-friendly interface and consumer-centric design, the Benefitfocus Platform provides a single destination for consumers to access and manage their benefits. Solutions support the administration of medical, dental, voluntary benefits, wellness programs, and more.

As an Operations Consultant, you will be responsible for supporting the successful implementation and ongoing administration of the Benefitfocus eExchange Platform. The eExchange solution enables health plan clients to accept enrollment information from benefits administration platforms outside of the Benefitfocus ecosystem.

In this client-facing role, you will leverage your product expertise and consultative skills while partnering directly with health plans, brokers, employer groups, and technical contacts. You will configure solutions, manage testing activities, troubleshoot issues, and provide guidance that helps customers achieve successful enrollment data exchanges. This role requires a self-motivated, customer-focused professional who consistently delivers on commitments and builds strong relationships with both clients and internal stakeholders.

Please Note:  Work location for this role is FLEXIBLE! This position allows 100% remote work from home or allows work to be performed in any of our major office locations with a hybrid schedule.  

• Enforce and communicate business requirements for health plan partners within their eExchange solutions.
• Demonstrate knowledge of healthcare enrollment processes and the electronic transmission of enrollment data between trading partners.
• Facilitate project meetings supporting customer implementations, renewals, and ongoing operational initiatives.
• Assess client business needs and proactively recommend effective solutions.
• Partner directly with customers to troubleshoot, research, and resolve operational and technical issues.
• Lead and participate in client calls to establish, validate, and maintain successful enrollment file exchanges.
• Manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously across various systems and applications.
• Collaborate effectively with operations teams, HR contacts, engineering teams, brokers, health plans, and executive stakeholders.
• Deliver a high level of service aligned with Benefitfocus’s white-glove client experience.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• High School Diploma or GED required; bachelor’s degree preferred. High School Diploma/GED +2 years’ experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
• Basic understanding of project implementation methodologies and techniques.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to quickly learn proprietary technologies through training, collaboration, and self-directed learning.
• Strong planning, organizational, and scheduling skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a client-facing environment.

• 1-2+ years of related professional experience.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Knowledge of ANSI 834 enrollment files.
• Experience working with Salesforce.
• Industry experience in insurance, benefits administration, benefits consulting, healthcare, SaaS, or business process outsourcing (BPO) environments.
• Experience supporting client implementations, enrollment operations, or healthcare data exchange solutions.

At Voya, our Core Four represent how we deliver for our customers, support one another, and drive business results. This role contributes to those expectations through customer partnership, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and collaborative problem-solving.

• Instill Customer Obsession – Deliver consultative support and responsive issue resolution that helps clients successfully manage enrollment data exchanges and achieve their business objectives.
• Transform with Automation/AI – Leverage technology, data, and process improvements to streamline enrollment workflows, improve data quality, and reduce operational friction.
• Drive Higher Performance Through Our People – Build strong partnerships across customers, brokers, HR teams, operations, and engineering teams to drive successful outcomes and foster accountability.
• Execute on the Fundamentals – Ensure accurate solution configuration, thorough testing, and effective management of enrollment data exchanges while maintaining operational excellence and service quality.

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Compensation Pay Disclosure:

Voya is committed to pay that’s fair and equitable, which means comparable pay for comparable roles and responsibilities.

The below annual base salary range reflects the expected hiring range(s) for this position in the location(s) listed. In addition to base salary, Voya may offer incentive opportunities (i.e., annual cash incentives, sales incentives, and/or long-term incentives) based on the role to reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Voya Financial is willing to pay at the time of this posting.

Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon the candidate’s geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Be Well. Stay Well.

Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just that. That’s why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be well and stay well.

What We Offer

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
• 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
• Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
• Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
• Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year

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Critical Skills

At Voya, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:

• Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
• Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
• Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
• Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
• Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Voya Financial is an equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law.