Associate

About the Role

Aon's Life, Health & Benefits Strategy Consulting team is hiring an Experienced Strategy Associate. This is a hybrid role with flexibility to work virtually or from our New York City, Atlanta, GA, or Chicago, IL offices. The team works with prestigious companies across global life, health and benefits, property & casualty, insurtech, and (re)insurance markets. Leveraging Aon’s proprietary data and global network of experts, the team helps clients navigate change, turn insights into practical strategies, and achieve tangible business results.

What the Day Will Look Like

As an Experienced Associate, you will work in a client-facing role alongside Client Leaders, Project Managers, and Aon leadership. You will support and lead project workstreams that deliver business-focused initiatives and strategic recommendations. This includes understanding client objectives, evaluating business challenges, conducting business and market analysis, assessing risk, and defining strategies that build growth opportunities and competitive advantages.

Key Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end client engagements, from defining strategic questions to delivering and implementing recommendations.
• Perform quantitative and financial analyses to evaluate markets, products, segments, and growth opportunities.
• Conduct market and competitor research across life, health & benefits, and insurtech to inform client strategies.
• Use Aon’s proprietary data and market intelligence to uncover trends and derive insights into sources of competitive advantage.
• Translate complex analyses into clear, compelling client materials (PowerPoint, Excel, written reports, white papers).
• Participate in client interviews, workshops, and discovery sessions with Aon subject matter experts.
• Help synthesize findings, identify key insights, and shape storylines and strategic recommendations.
• Contribute to proposals, marketing materials, and thought leadership to support business development.
• Support internal initiatives for Aon Advisory, including recruiting, marketing, communications, and practice operations.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Strong analytical abilities and comfort with data analysis and financial modeling.
• Excellent communication skills – ability to turn complex analyses into simple, compelling stories in both written and verbal formats.
• Curiosity about how insurance, health and benefits, and insurtech are evolving.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, prioritize effectively, and deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% for client and internal meetings.
• Experience with analytics tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, or similar data analytics platforms is preferred.
• Prior exposure to life, health & benefits, (re)insurance, or insurtech markets is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Risk Management, Insurance, Finance, Business Administration, Data Analytics, Economics, or a closely related field, or a comparable mix of education and pertinent industry experience.