Job Summary

The Benefits Manager is responsible for the overall management, design, communication, compliance, and administration of company health and welfare programs

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the design, management, and analysis of all benefit programs – health and welfare, retirement, life insurance, short and long-term disability, accident coverage, wellbeing, and voluntary plans
• Manage the company’s Postretirement Benefit Plan and communicate directly with Retirees
• Manage the benefits enrollment and administration processes including the annual open enrollment process, employee qualifying life events, and the new hire benefits orientation
• Continuously evaluate all benefits plans to ensure they are delivered within consideration of business needs, cost effective, competitive with industry standards, and meet the needs of both the company and employees
• Partner with Finance, IT, Legal, Payroll, HR, Risk and Tax to ensure compliance with internal processes, and regulations as well as RFP’s, contract renewals and plan amendments
• Manage the company’s leave of absence program and ensure the leave programs (FMLA and ADA) are managed in compliance with state and federal laws
• Develop strong partnerships with vendors to measure vendor performance and ensure that all benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, life, disability, 401(k), etc., are managed appropriately and that vendors are held accountable to expectations
• Determine appropriate communication strategy to educate employees on benefit programs and changes
• Manage all federal, state, and local compliance, filings, reports, and audits related to the administration of the employee benefit programs, including ERISA, HIPPA, COBRA, ACA and FMLA Ensure all plan documents and Summary Plan Descriptions are complete and updated, 5500 filings are filed accurately and in a timely manner, discrimination testing has been conducted, and oversee annual plan audits
• Serve as an escalation resource for employees on all employee benefit issues
• Serve as primary back-up to the Payroll Manager and assist with Payroll projects as needed

Requirements and Qualifications

• Education and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business, Human Resources, or similar field
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in benefits administration, compliance, and overall understanding of various employee benefits programs required
• Knowledge and experience in payroll administration preferred
• Demonstrated experience solving complex issues through quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Strong working knowledge of Workday and Microsoft products including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• General knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and principles of Human Resources and Benefits.
• Skills and Abilities
• Excellent analytical and problem resolution skills
• Leadership and teamwork skills
• Ability to lead a variety of projects from start to finish including identification and assessment, modeling and analysis, solution design and implementation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong internal and external customer focus
• Possess high level of maturity, professionalism, and treatment of confidential matter
• Knowledge:
  • • Must demonstrate business acumen, communication, ethical practice, cultural awareness, and relationship management

Hours of Work

• Typical hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
• This position requires overtime and occasional weekend work as job duties demand.
• Occasional travel may be necessary, sometimes with little or no advance notice

Physical and Environmental Demand

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers and smartphones.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• This is largely a sedentary role; however, some filing is required. This would require the ability to lift up to 25 pounds

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed.  This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The company reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary with or without notice.