Benefits & Leave Specialist, 40 Hours, Days, Hybrid Potential

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Hours: 40 Hours Days Hybrid Potential

Disclaimer:

We are committed to equitable and transparent compensation practices. The salary range for this position reflects our good-faith estimate of base pay at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors including relevant experience skills qualifications and internal equity. We regularly review our compensation structures to ensure fairness and consistency across our organization.

Summary:

The Benefits & Leaves Specialist is responsible for the administration coordination and support of the organizations employee benefits and leave programs. This role serves as a subject-matter resource for employees leaders and vendors ensuring benefits are administered accurately compliantly and in alignment with organizational policies collective bargaining agreements and regulatory requirements.

Compensation: $25.05 - $33.05

Essential Functions:

Benefits & Leave Administration

• Administer health dental vision life disability retirement and leave benefit programs.
• Process benefits and leave enrollments applications changes and terminations in HRIS and payroll systems.
• Ensure accurate and timely benefits and leave eligibility deductions and reconciliations.
• Support annual open enrollment planning execution and employee education.

Employee Support & Communication

• Serve as a primary point of contact for employee benefits and leave inquiries and issue resolution.
• Provide guidance to employees regarding plan provisions eligibility claims escalation and leave coordination
• Prepare benefits and leave communications guides and educational materials.

Compliance & Governance

• Works with brokers and vendors to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations including ACA ERISA COBRA HIPAA IRS FMLA and PFML and applicable labor agreements.
• Assist with audits reporting and required filings (e.g. ACA reporting nondiscrimination testing).
• Maintain accurate benefits and leave documentation and personnel records.

Vendor & Broker Coordination

• Liaise with benefits brokers leave vendors carriers and third-party administrators.
• Assist with vendor performance monitoring and issue escalation.
• Support benefit and leave renewals benchmarking and plan design initiatives.

Data Reporting & Analysis

• Perform benefits and leave billing reconciliation and resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare reports related to benefits and leave costs utilization eligibility and participation.
• Support cost-containment and continuous improvement initiatives.

Collaboration & Projects

• Partner with Payroll Finance IT and HR colleagues to ensure integrated processes.
• Support wellness initiatives employee engagement efforts and special projects.
• Participate in system upgrades testing and process improvement efforts.

Additional Duties

• Attends seminars professional meetings and educational programs that lead to professional growth.
• Collaborate with HR team members to ensure seamless integration of benefits and leave policies with broader HR strategies.
• Ensures compliance with all federal state and JCAHO regulations with regard to all processes

Statement of Other Duties:

This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood therefore that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.

Functional Demands

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction) and handles (seizing holding grasping turning or working with hands).

Organizational Expectations

Behavioral Attributes:

The following behavioral attributes are required: achievement motivation flexibility concerns for order initiative self-confidence self-control customer service orientation interpersonal effectiveness teamwork and information seeking.

Minimum Education:

• Bachelors Degree in Human Resources Business Administration or related field preferred.

Minimum Work Experience:

• 2 Years Benefits Administration (or equivalent) experience in HR setting preferably in Healthcare.

Required Skills:

• Strong understanding of employee benefits federal and state leaves and regulations
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to perform multiple tasks with minimal supervision is essential
• Must be able to function professionally in an environment with constant interruptions
• Must have excellent organizational skills and the ability to set priorities.
• Independent judgment and problem-solving skills are required to ensure the completion of tasks.

• Meditech Information System knowledge preferred.