
Benefits Program Manager Consultant
Manpower
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $50 per hour
About the role
- Establish relationships with HR Partners, business leaders, and employees to ensure our benefits delivery and operations meets employee needs.
- Function as the subject matter expert on benefit programs; resolve benefits issues, escalations and close them in a timely manner.
- Effectively manage multiple, complex projects and deadlines, with internal and external parties.
- Resolve complex issues including identifying the issues, performing a thorough investigation to identify root cause, conducting impact analysis, and evaluating resolution options.
- Build effective vendor management activities including service improvement opportunities, member satisfaction results, and monitoring service-related performance results.
- Actively participate in Annual Enrollment preparation and user acceptance testing to ensure system accuracy.
- Document lessons learned, conduct AE debrief meetings, and identify process improvement opportunities.
- Participate in and/or conduct benefit training for partner teams and external vendors.
- Execute audit schedule and manage audit progress and results with major vendor partners.
- Partner with technical teams and payroll to ensure the accuracy of employee data and functionality of electronic data interfaces with partners.
- Monitor and understand federal and state regulation changes impacting benefit administration processes.
- Prepare, monitor and/or manage all ERISA, CMS, ACA and/or state-related filings in a timely manner and assure Plan compliance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field, or equivalent working experience
- Minimum 6 years’ benefits program management experience required.
- Excellent project management skills with proven ability to design workable solutions, manage multiple initiatives simultaneously, prioritize workloads, meet deadlines, and drive projects to successful implementation.
- Deep analytical skills, comfortable working with and communicating substantial amounts of data findings, experience establishing and tracking program metrics.
- Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy through ambiguous circumstances.
- Strong business judgment and a practical, common-sense approach to getting things done.
- Successful record of building operational processes and procedures with a focus on continuously improving programs.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills - ability to interface with all levels of the organization and influence business leaders.
- Proficient in Excel, including advanced skills like pivot tables, vlookup, setting formulas, and shortcuts.
- Previous experience with HRIS/Payroll systems; Workday, ADP Payroll, and Alight experience preferred.
- Deep knowledge of ERISA, HIPAA, ADA, COBRA, FMLA, Worker’s Compensation, and other benefits-related legislation.
- Strong knowledge of health and welfare benefit programs including healthcare, life, disability, time away, vacation, sick, and well-being benefits.
- Understanding of the need for confidentiality in maintaining integrity internally and externally with HR data.
- Must be able to work PST zone.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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