Benefits Specialist
Stratasys
- Eden Prairie, MN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Participates and contributes to the strategic benefit design process annually, gathering and providing input from employees from all levels within the organization.
- Responds to employee benefit questions accurately and in a timely manner with a strong customer service orientation.
- Conducts New Hire Benefits Orientation, employee meetings, drives annual open enrollment programs and communication to the region.
- Creates strategic benefit communication plan for AMER region to drive engagement in benefit programs to help employees realize the Stratasys Employee Value Proposition.
- Executes the benefit communications to support the communication plan for the AMER region to drive engagement in benefit programs to help employees realize the Stratasys Employee Value Proposition.
- Partners collaboratively with the insurance broker and benefit vendors in preparing benefits materials, booklets, and other communications, seeking for ways to drive awareness & engagement of our benefit programs.
- Serves as primary contact for benefit carriers and the benefit broker.
- Administers benefit system changes and enhancements in ADP. Modifies system for vendor changes, new vendors, rate changes, carrier connections, and prepares system for open enrollment independently.
- Responsible for the timely electronic filing for Year End ACA filing.
- Ensure compliance with applicable government regulations and timeliness/accuracy of required reporting and associated fees.
- Partner with payroll team to complete medical support notices and all correspondence to the state and employee.
- Assists the Total Rewards Analyst with 401k audits & reporting.
- Create and maintain internal audit protocols to ensure plan participant accuracy, compliance, and overall success of the plan.
- Perform routine reconciliations and quality checks of benefits related data.
- Reconcile monthly benefit invoices to ensure accuracy.
- Proactively creates communications and programs to raise awareness of employee benefit programs.
- Manages all leave of absence programs through the HRIS systems, disability/leave vendor and payroll coordination.
- Leads the LOA process with manager, employee, and Human Resources to ensure proper documentation, ADA accommodations and ensures compliance to program
- Perform internal audit functions; assists in the preparation of documented processes and procedures with vendors for Short term, Long term and Workers compensation vendors.
- Effectively communicate with all internal stakeholders on LOA status.
- Partners with safety team to review and administer the company workers compensation program.
- 8+ years' experience in benefits and leave of absence administration and related laws and regulations
- 4+yrs experience working with Benefits Administration System or HRIS as a user and an administrator, preferably with ADP Workforce Now.
- 4+yrs experience with SOX, COBRA, FMLA, ADA, ERISA, HIPAA, and ACA regulations
- Benefits Certification (CEBS or CBP)
- Experience with employee wellbeing programs
- Proficiency with ADP Workforce now
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