Brian Burrows Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

At Arthur J. Gallagher, I've had the opportunity to lead comprehensive human capital integrations post-merger, focusing on aligning employee handbooks, compensation structures, and compliance policies to streamline operations and boost efficiency. I take pride in developing meticulous project plans for our company benefits programs, closely monitoring progress to ensure all tasks meet their deadlines. Negotiating with carriers to secure cost-effective benefits and introducing innovative alternatives is a part of my everyday role. Each year, I spearhead our communication strategies for open enrollment, helping introduce new plans in retirement and compensation.Achievements:• Grew our book of business from $1M to $1.7M, underlining our team's capabilities in client management and business expansion.• Successfully reduced operational costs for clients by 5% to 20%, significantly boosting their satisfaction with our services.• Negotiated and renewed comprehensive benefits packages that consistently met client needs, securing favorable terms that support their strategic goals.

During my tenure at Ascension, I managed and executed human capital and benefits due diligence for various clients, ensuring everything from risk assessments to integration planning was handled with precision. I led projects from scope definition to delivery, focusing on producing high-quality outputs within designated timelines. A large part of my role involved data analysis and the development of presentation materials to effectively communicate complex findings. Post-acquisition, I was instrumental in evaluating and enhancing benefits programs, identifying cost-saving measures that directly improved client operations.Achievements:• Led the due diligence process for several high-profile client acquisitions, optimizing their investment outcomes.• Developed and implemented strategies that significantly enhanced operational efficiencies for clients post-acquisition.• Fostered and maintained robust client relationships, ensuring continuous communication and exceptional service delivery throughout our engagements.es.

At Lockton, my role as an Associate Consultant allowed me to facilitate client launches and build relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring smooth transitions and effective communication strategies. I handled contract reviews and managed compliance documents, such as Section 125 plans, ensuring thorough compliance with ERISA, COBRA, FMLA, ADA, and ACA regulatory standards. My daily tasks included maintaining service excellence, developing detailed schedules, and coordinating with clients and carriers to address inquiries and initiate new projects.Achievements:• Streamlined the client onboarding process, significantly reducing time-to-launch and enhancing overall client satisfaction through tailored strategies.• Successfully developed and managed multiple Requests for Proposals (RFPs), securing optimal coverage options that strengthened our broker-client relationships.• Maintained rigorous adherence to service schedules and contract specifications, which contributed to high client retention rates and upheld our service excellence standards.

• Collect, analyze and interpret life, disability and health care data.• Analyze claims, estimate future plan costs and develop pricing using in-house tools.• Assist with management of employer group benefit plans including: analysis of financial reports and rate setting, negotiating with insurers; review and revision of policy and benefit wording and calculation of cost implications of plan redesign or union negotiating demands.• Develop awareness of life, disability and health care plan design, cost factors and conduct the renewal process.• Understand employer HR issues as they relate to benefits.

• Processed all benefit plan billings including medical, dental, vision, etc; saved the organization $100,000 plus by auditing benefits plans and correcting discrepancies.• Set benchmarks to track claim experience to determine trends in insurance programs; make plan design recommendations to management to improve operations of benefit plans.• Track all Leave of Absence requests and maintain accurate status on leaves including FMLA, CFRA, pregnancy leave, worker's compensation leave, etc. including pertinent and relevant communications to employees on leave including state disability and internal disability programs.• Evaluate and compare existing employee benefit plans with those of other industry employers by analyzing other plans, surveys and varying sources of information.• Strategize and implement open enrollment for 600 plus employees throughout California, Nevada and Arizona.

• Oversee implementation of new benefit plans including rate changes.• Primary Benefits personnel housed at the Casino for 1100 employees.• Devised and executed a comprehensive strategy for the annual Benefits Fair's open enrollment plan.• Effectively communicate with all levels of personnel including CEO and CFO.• Project Management support in design of Summary Plan Description, Voluntary Benefits programs, 401 (k) • Retirement Plan including loans and hardships along with other applicable benefits.• Produced policies and procedures to help decrease turnaround time while focusing on customer service for employees, consultant, vendors and internal benefits staff. • Certified HIPAA Professional which focused on protected the employees and the organization as a whole.

Bachelor Of Arts, Geography

Master, Business Administration/Human Resources Management