Benefit Specialist

DATTCO, INC

Benefits Specialist providing day-to-day support for employee benefits administration at DATTCO. Assisting employees with benefit elections, inquiries, and compliance activities.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeNew Britain • Connecticut • 🇺🇸 United StatesJunior💰 $25 - $27 per hourWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide day-to-day support for the administration of the companys full suite of employee benefits.
Assist employees across multiple business groups, ensuring timely, accurate processing of benefit elections, responding to inquiries, and supporting compliance activities.
Process new hire enrollments, qualifying life events, and terminations.
Assist with annual open enrollment, including system testing, employee support, and data audits.
Maintain accurate employee benefit records and audit vendor files for discrepancies.
Conduct New Hire Orientation as required.
Support administration of FMLA and other statutory or company-sponsored leave programs.
Ensure accurate tracking and documentation of employee leave cases.
Provide employees with required forms, timelines, and communication related to leave.
Serve as the first point of contact for employee benefit questions across multiple employee groups.
Assist in developing benefit communications, FAQs, guides, and orientation materials.
Enter, update, and audit data across HRIS, benefits platforms, and vendor systems.
Generate reports, track metrics, and support data integrity initiatives.
Identify and escalate system or data issues to the HR Director.
Support HR projects, audits, and cross-functional team initiatives as needed.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 1 year of experience in benefits administration or HR support with exposure to a full suite of employee benefits.
Working knowledge of FMLA and basic leave administration processes.
Strong proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Word); ability to quickly learn HRIS and benefit platforms.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain benefit concepts clearly.
Strong organizational and multi-tasking ability; comfortable managing multiple cases, employees, and deadlines at one time.
High attention to detail, accuracy, and confidentiality.
Ability to work effectively with multiple employee groups and collaborate across departments.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical & dental insurance
Life insurance
401k plan with company match
Flexible spending accounts
Paid time off
Room for advancement we promote from within
Paid holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

benefits administrationleave administrationdata auditsemployee benefit records maintenancereport generationdata integrity initiativessystem testingnew hire enrollment processingFMLA knowledgeemployee support

Soft Skills

verbal communicationwritten communicationorganizational abilitymulti-taskingattention to detailconfidentialitycollaborationproblem-solvingcustomer servicetime management