EMEA Benefits Manager – AVP
State Street
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Krakow • Poland
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Salary
💰 PLN 182,004 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Manage EMEA retirement plans, health and welfare benefit programs, wellness and work/life programs.
- Lead and manage our EMEA benefits operations team, ensuring high-quality, consistent delivery of benefits operations across multiple countries.
- Set clear objectives, performance standards, and development plans for team members, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Manage external consultants and EMEA benefits vendors.
- Support benefits strategies and recommendations to support State Street’s employee value proposition.
- Oversee day-to-day operational execution through the team, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and timely resolution of employee queries and issues.
- Build capability within the benefits operations team by driving consistency and continuous improvement across the countries.
- Manage large-scale projects and programs, including RFPs and transitions to new vendors.
- Effectively partner with internal stakeholders (HR, Finance, Procurement, Legal, etc.);
- Manage benefits-related responsibilities for merger & acquisition activity and due diligence.
- Ensure the benefits administration team is prepared to support organizational change, growth, and integration activity.
- Manage all employee benefits and retirement plan communications to ensure benefits are understood and valued.
- Manage all benefit compliance and reporting requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in management, Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or equivalent
- At least 8 years of overall working experience and min. 5 years of experience specifically in EMEA benefit programs including in-depth knowledge of retirement plans and health & welfare benefit programs.
- Demonstrated experience managing and developing a benefits or HR operations team is strongly preferred.
- Exceptional Microsoft Office skills, with a focus on Excel and PowerPoint, and a strong technical aptitude.
- Fluent English language skills.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationaccountabilitycommunicationproblem-solvingteam developmentstrategic thinkingorganizational change managementstakeholder managementadaptability