Senior Health Welfare Benefits Analyst Human Resources - Towson MD

What to expect.

Assists with leading a technology enabled benefits team ensuring day to day administration of the organizations comprehensive benefits programs. Significant responsibility for the maintenance of computerized HR databases and skill in compiling significant statistics and reports. Uses Business Intelligence big data and current knowledge of benefits trends to advise on benefits offerings and strategy. Point person for benefits integration and transition to single HRIS. Maintains productive collaborative relationships with vendor partners. Recommends changes to vendor agreements and partners based on evidence.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Customer relations
  • Actively seeks to provide quality services that meet the needs of patients and clients as well as other identified customers employees applicants coworkers supervisors vendors other employers and regulatory agencies.
  • Maintains constructive relationships with coworkers managers and other internal and external contacts. Represents HR on various Sheppard Pratt committees as assigned.
• Benefit plan administration
  • Resolves data integrity issues through oversight and regular auditing of benefit program data while monitoring benefit contributions metrics and reports.
  • Monitors weekly benefit file feeds and works with the HRIS team and carriers to resolve any carrier file issues that arise
  • Manages benefit deductions in the payroll system and performs regular audits between payroll Benefits Administration enrollment system and carrier enrollment data
  • Supports the Benefits Manager in the benefit planning process including renewals system updates program design and vendor management.
  • Assists with annual project for the Benefits Open Enrollment process and communications.
  • Collects information related to appeals and provides to benefits leadership.
  • Leads administration of COBRA Flexible Spending and Health Savings accounts
  • Assists with escalated claims including Life and Disability claims while ensuring payment for benefits when employees are on approved LOA
• Compliance
  • Works with Benefits Manager to ensure meeting government reporting requirements for benefit programs to include 5500 reports SARs SPDs and plan documents.
  • Annually prepares and distributes legally required notices including SARs Mastectomy notice Medicare part D creditable coverage notice and SP privacy statement.
  • Ensures tasks required for compliance with CMS/Medicare to include data collection for the 990 and annual CMS certification.
• Communications
  • Aids Benefit Manager and Analysts in executing a communication strategy for the organizations employee benefit plans and programs to ensure promotion and understanding of benefit and wellbeing offerings to employees
• Support HR wide initiatives and events

What youll get from us.

At Sheppard Pratt you will work alongside a multidisciplined team led by a bold vision to change lives. We offer:

• A commitment to professional development including a comprehensive tuition reimbursement program to support ongoing education and licensure and/or certification preparation

• Comprehensive medical dental and vision benefits for benefit eligible positions

• 403b retirement match

• Generous paidtimeoff for benefit eligible positions

• Complimentary Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Generous mileage reimbursement program

Pay for this position is determined on a number of factors including but not limited to years and level of related experience.

What we need from you.

• Bachelors degree in human resource management business administration or related field and 4 years of benefits administration experience

OR

• Associates degree in human resources management or related field and 6 years of benefits related HR experience

OR

• Highschool diploma/ GED and 8 years of benefits related HR experience
• Knowledge of benefits including flexible benefits administration federal and state laws ERISA regulations COBRA compliance insurance principles and database administration and reporting

WHY SHEPPARD PRATT

At Sheppard Pratt we are more than just a workplace. We are a community of healthcare professionals who are dedicated to providing hope and healing to individuals facing lifes challenges. Join us and be a part of a mission that changes lives!

Required Experience:

Senior IC