Manager, Benefits Administration

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Position Purpose:
This position manages the administration of benefits plans through the design, development and implementation of processes and procedures including legal compliance, vendor relations, and training and development in a customer focused, cost effective, value-based manner.

Key Responsibilities:
- Manages daily activities of the benefits service center.

- Manages the administration of all legally required processes to ensure legal compliance with all federal and state mandates.

- Identifies best practices and implements changes to streamline the administration of all health and welfare benefit plans requiring consultation with, and/or the management of consultants, vendors, and other internal departments.

- Executes the implementation of new benefits programs and processes and the annual enrollment process.

- Manages the review of all health and welfare plan appeals and the review and resolution of all customer service and administration issues.

- Manages the development of a comprehensive training program for the benefits department staff and field associates.

- Delivers training for the field and call center.

- Selects, develops and motivates assigned staff.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
- Typically reports to Director Benefits.

- Generally has two professional reports and 28 hourly indirect reports.

- Typically negotiates in a competitive or adversarial environment.

- Typically faces situations that are unstructured and require original approaches.

- Typically considers new approaches within general policies and short-term goals when solving problems.

- Typically expected to provide infrequent status reports (i.e. quarterly) to management only as appropriate.

Travel Requirements: - Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements: - Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:
- Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

- Typically requires intermittent periods of concentration and focused attention using one or more senses of low intensity and short duration.

- Under regular pressure to meet deadlines, quotas and/or must frequently deal with unpleasant issues related to people or situations.

Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be eighteen years of age or older.

- Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications: - No additional qualifications

Minimum Education: - The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education: - No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience: - 7

Preferred Years of Work Experience: - No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience: - None

Preferred Leadership Experience: - None

Certifications: - None

Competencies: - None

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