Senior Benefits Analyst

Bunge has an exciting opportunity available for Senior Benefits this role you will be part of a global team working on challenging meaningful projects impacting core business activities. Since 1818 Bunge has been connecting farmers to consumers to deliver essential food feed and fuel to the world. Looking to the future our ambition is to continuously reinvent ourselves leveraging data to be at the forefront of analytics technology and talent to accomplish our purpose in a better faster and simpler way. Bunge is committed to operating and thriving in the digital world creating world class agile teams where teammates are empowered and encouraged to collaborate and test and learn to succeed.

At Bunge people dont just come here to work they come here to grow solving challenges that directly impact the world with a diverse team of thinkers and doers. Bunge offers a strong compensation and benefits package generous paid time off program flexible work arrangements and opportunity to progress. Our hybrid work environment provides a balance of in-office and remote work. Most importantly in all we do we live our values:

Act as One Team by fostering inclusion collaboration and respect
Drive for Excellence by being agile innovative and efficient
Do Whats Right by acting safely ethically and sustainably

A Day in the Life:
The Senior Benefits Analyst plays a critical role in the planning administration and governance of the companys benefit programs with a strong focus on retirement plans and advanced analytical support across Health & Welfare programs. This role serves as a senior level subject matter expert providing independent execution vendor oversight compliance support and analytical insight in a complex highly regulated environment.

The position partners closely with Benefits Managers Legal Finance HR Operations and external vendors to ensure programs are administered accurately compliantly and in alignment with company strategy.

What Youll Be Doing:
Retirement (Primary)
Independently administer the companys retirement plans including 401(k) defined benefit and nonqualified plans covering funding reconciliations and coordination with recordkeepers trustees treasury and payroll.
Serve as the day to day lead for third party vendors supporting retirement and nonqualified plans.
Perform ongoing compliance monitoring (ERISA 409A and other applicable regulations) and lead remediation activities as needed.
Coordinate all retirement related audits and filings including Form 5500s 11 K financial statements and PBGC payments ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
Maintain and update plan documents amendments summaries and required disclosures.
Support Retirement Plan Committee activities including preparation of agendas materials analyses and meeting documentation.
Manage the financial wellness program initiatives in partnership with the H&W teams overall wellness messaging
Health & Welfare & Total Rewards Support
Provide advanced analytical and operational support to Health & Welfare programs partnering with the H&W team on wellness and financial wellbeing initiatives.
Support vendor management activities including performance monitoring issue resolution and contract review.
Analyze benefit data trends and benchmarking to inform plan design and strategy decisions.
Employee Support & Communication
Resolve complex and escalated employee and retiree inquiries exercising independent judgment and coordination with vendors as needed.
Develop and support employee communications including presentations written materials and targeted education sessions.
Projects Governance & Continuous Improvement
Lead or play a key role in benefits related projects including plan changes vendor transitions system changes and integration or harmonization initiatives.
Identify and implement process improvements to strengthen controls improve efficiency and reduce operational risk.
Monitor legislative and regulatory developments and assess potential impact to benefit programs.

Skills/Experience
Bachelors degree in Business Administration Human Resources Finance or a related field (or equivalent experience).
57 years of progressive experience in U.S. benefits administration with deep expertise in retirement plans.
Strong working knowledge of ERISA 409A and retirement plan compliance requirements.
Experience supporting audits regulatory filings and plan governance.
Proven ability to work independently manage competing priorities and operate effectively during peak cycles and change initiatives.
Advanced analytical problem solving and project management skills.
Demonstrated ability to navigate in complexity build new processes operate autonomously
Ability to run reports from HRIS and Payroll systems
Strong proficiency in Excel Word and PowerPoint.
Preferred Qualifications
Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) and/or Certified Benefits Professional (CBP)
Experience supporting both union and non union populations.
Exposure to multi entity or global benefits environments.
Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (HR Operations IT Finance) and external vendors on system integrations upgrades and support.

At Bunge (NYSE: BG) our purpose is to connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food feed and fuel to the world. As a premier agribusiness solutions provider our team of 34000 dedicated employees partner with farmers across the globe to move agricultural commodities from where theyre grown to where theyre neededin faster smarter and more efficient ways. We are a world leader in grain origination storage distribution oilseed processing and refining offering a broad portfolio of plant-based oils fats and proteins. We work alongside our customers at both ends of the value chain to deliver quality products and develop tailored innovative solutions that address evolving consumer needs. With 200 years of experience and presence in over 50 countries we are committed to strengthening global food security advancing sustainability and helping communities prosper where we operate. Bunge has its registered office in Geneva Switzerland and its corporate headquarters in St. Louis Missouri. Learn more at .

Every day our people exemplify these values which represent Bunge at its core:

We Are One Team Collaborative Respectful Inclusive
We Lead The Way Agile Empowered Innovative
We Do Whats Right Safety Sustainability With Integrity

If this sounds like you join us! We value and invest in people who believe in our purpose and are excited to live it every day people who are #ProudtoBeBunge