Benefits Specialist

Salary

Core Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

• •Administers employee benefit programs, including health, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, retirement, and voluntary benefits.
• •Coordinates benefit enrollment by communicating eligibility, distributing materials, processing elections, and confirming coverage activation.
• •Processes benefits from employment status changes and qualifying life events.
• •Supports retirement plan administration, including enrollment changes, loan and hardship withdrawal requests, and nondiscrimination testing data.
• •Reviews benefit enrollment transactions for accuracy and resolves discrepancies.
• •Maintains accurate and confidential employee benefits records.
• •Responds to inquiries and escalations regarding benefit plans, eligibility, enrollment, claims, and coverage.
• •Works with carriers, TPAs, payroll, and HR to resolve benefit issues.
• •Reconciles carrier invoices against enrollment records.
• •Administers leave of absence programs.
• •Submits required government filings and compiles benefits reports.
• •Extracts plan utilization data and cost reports, participates in benefit surveys, and presents market findings.