Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Administer all employee benefits programs, eligibility and utilization of company offered programs and coordinate with third party vendors. (Health & Welfare, Disability and Life, Wellness and Recognition Programs)
- Participate in the annual benefit renewal and assess programs against market trends in conjunction with third party vendors
- Assist in annual open enrollment activities
- Audit and reconcile benefit plans, benefit related invoices, and reconcile discrepancies.
- Ensure effective interface with ADP and payroll
- Partner with brokers and third parties regarding plan documents/amendments, audits and completion of all required filing such as 1095 reporting, 5500 filings
- Participate in and provide guidance as needed for compliance activities for federal and state requirements such as ERISA, HIPAA, PFMLA, FMLA, ADA and reporting
- Participate in New Hire Orientation and assist new hires with benefit enrollments
- Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives
- Act as back-up for LOA administration
- Conduct ongoing administration of all compensation data and employee lifecycle changes related to position and reporting changes
- Participate in compensation surveys through job content analysis for matching survey jobs, data collection, survey submission and results analysis providing insight to trends and gaps
- Participate in the annual compensation review and preparation of materials and communication to organization
- Draft all compensation letters and materials associated with internal promotions and transfers
- Participate in ensuring compliance with federal, state and local compensation requirements
- Oversee mapping of all data, hierarchies, and validation tables to the HRIS system and records
- Ensure effective technology and systems interface to maintain one system of record and accurate data
- Demonstrated analytical skills and high attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong partnership and collaboration skills with a high level of engagement and service-oriented mindset
- Proactive and self-directed with ability to manage simultaneous projects with competing deadlines
Qualifications
- Customer service-oriented professional with demonstrated ability to partner effectively across all levels of the organization and provide guidance through complex situations
- 5+ years of Human Resources, Benefits or Compensation experience
- PHR, CBP or CEBS certification preferred
- Completion of NEEBC Benefits Mentor Program preferred
- Demonstrated analytical skills and high attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong partnership and collaboration skills with a high level of engagement and service-oriented mindset
- Proactive and self-directed with ability to manage simultaneous projects with competing deadlines
Physical Demands
- While performing the duties the physical requirements are:
- constantly reach to use computers, monitors, and other office equipment
- constantly need to view objects at close and distant ranges
- constantly communicate with others verbally and in writing
- frequently required to sit or stand
- This position functions in an office and technical environment and requires fine manipulation and simple grasping to utilize the computer and other standard office equipment.
- Required occasional lifting and transporting of items weighing up to 25 lbs.