Benefits Specialist
CESCO
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dubuque • Illinois • Iowa • United States
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About the role
- Assist the Benefits Business Partner with the day-to-day coordination, administration and compliance of employee benefits programs.
- Manage leave of absence program, including FMLA & ADA administration, in coordination with the HR Business Partners.
- Administer and coordinate daily benefit processing within the Workday HRIS system.
- Primary point of contact for employee benefit and leave inquiries.
- Support employees during new hire and open enrollment.
- Answering any questions employees have about their benefits.
- Communicating with insurance and savings providers to resolve issues.
- Keeping up-to-date records of each employee's benefits profile.
- Facilitate resolution of employee benefit issues and questions.
- Reconciles benefit accounts by approving and processing invoices.
- Maintain electronic benefit carrier feeds and liaise with carriers and HRIS to resolve any enrollment discrepancies.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in Human Resources, Accounting or other business discipline along with at least 2 years of experience in HR and/or benefits administration.
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Accounting or other discipline is preferred.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills with experience in Microsoft Excel using intermediate to advanced functions such as VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, and conditional formatting.
- Knowledge of group benefits programs, policies, and procedures.
- Experience with using a HRIS System.
- Workday benefits experience preferred.
- Must have ability to work quickly and accurately under time constraints and against deadlines.
- Must possess interpersonal and organizational skills, be a self-starter, be detail oriented, and have the ability to communicate and explain technical information to employees in a way that is easier to understand.
- Maintains confidentiality of all employee benefits data.
- Excellent customer service skills.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
benefits administrationleave of absence managementFMLA administrationADA administrationMicrosoft ExcelVLOOKUPPivot Tablesconditional formattingHRIS experiencegroup benefits knowledge
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillsorganizational skillsself-starterdetail orientedcommunication skillscustomer service skillsability to work under time constraintsability to explain technical information
Certifications
Associate’s degree in Human ResourcesBachelor’s degree in Human Resources