Benefits Administrator

“Sanitas is a global healthcare organization expanding across the United States. Our services include primary care, urgent care, nutrition, lab, diagnostic, health care education and resources for our patients. We strive to attract professionals who believe in our mission, vision and are dedicated to the service of our patients and their families creating a memorable experience through compassion, respect, and kindness.”

Job Summary

The primary responsibility of the Benefits Administrator includes administering employee benefits packages. This includes the administration of health insurance, retirement plans, leave policies, ADA and other fringe benefits. The administrator is responsible for providing support to the annual enrollment period, reconcilement of employee benefits, claim processes and communication with employee related benefits.

Essential Job Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ensure that benefits programs comply with federal law to Include ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) ACA (Affordable Care Act) and all relevant state and local law respective to the region that the incumbent supports.
• Work closely with the broker and Payroll and Benefits Manager for application of the law. Provide support during multi-state annual open enrollment, assist with the federal requirement of ACA Forms preparation, implementation of benefits and application of law during procedures.
• Comply with Legal Compliance and avoid legal consequences to include penalties, fines and potential litigation. The administrator needs to prevent litigation by staying abreast of changes in legislation and making necessary adjustments to benefit programs.
• Maintain accurate record keeping of employee benefits to include enrollments, claims information and compliance documentation.
• Ensure quality of enrollment and reconcilement of benefits between payroll and invoice. Process claims in accordance with benefit eligibility.
• Communication and Employee Assistance - Conduct benefit orientation explaining benefit options, provide changes to plans during open enrolment and assist with inquiries to concerns of benefit related questions. This includes responding to inquiries via Ask Here in the HRIS system and life events in a timely manner.
• Accurate Recordkeeping - Maintenance of accurate benefits records, enrollment data and compliance documentation.
• Benefits Reconcilement - Verifying employee and employer contributions are accurate and in establishment with year rates. Reconcilement between payroll and benefit invoices.
• Leave and ADA Management - Assisting with the administration of employee leave and accommodation for disabilities. This includes the management of time off respective to each company. This involves communication and documentation while serving as the liaison between employee, HRBP, and manager.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Required Education

• Degree in Human Resources and or Business Administration's.
• Human Resources and HR Law Course.

Required Experience

• Four or more years in benefits administration, human resources or related areas.
• Experience in payroll administration related to leave and benefit analysis.
• Familiarity with various employee benefits such as health insurance and retirement plan.
• Knowledge of relevant employment laws such as ERISA, ACA, FMLA and ADA.

Required Licenses and Certifications

• HRIS or benefits administration certification.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Familiarity with benefit administration software of benefit administration via HRIS system.
• Customer Service Orientation, provision of excellent customer service to employees, managers and business partners.
• Attention to Detail and ability to provide accurate benefit administration related to recordkeeping, benefits reconciliation and compliance management.
• Analyze data related to benefits such as cost and projection. Knowledge in excel to include pivot tables and v-lookups.
• Understanding of employee needs in order to enhance an employee's work experience.
• Promote an empathetic culture and foster a positive and supportive work culture that reinforces the organization commitment to an employee's well-being.

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

Financial Responsibilities

Budget Responsibilities

Languages

Travel

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to work standing up, walk, use hands to operate tools and equipment and must be able to exert regularly up to 10 pounds of force, frequently exert 30 pounds of force and occasionally exert 50 pounds of force to constantly perform the essential job functions. The employee will be frequently required to reach with hands and arms, bend, balance, kneel, crouch, crawl, push, and pull. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Environmental Conditions

Inside: The employee is subject to environmental conditions, protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The worker is subject to noise; there may be sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.

Physical/Environmental Activities

Please indicate with an X the frequency for the activities that apply to the essential functions of the job based on the chart below. Please select Not Required for physical demands that aren’t essential to job performance.