Overview

The People & Culture organization at Legacy is about prioritizing our people so that we can prioritize our patients. We are transforming a traditional human resources function into a team of professionals who develop creative solutions to attract, develop and retain diverse, high performing talent. Within the People & Culture team, we are building a spirit of curiosity, experimenting with innovative approaches and challenging past practices to ensure we aren’t just responding to today’s workforce challenges, but can predict them. This is a pivotal moment in the healthcare industry, and Legacy’s People & Culture team sees this as an opportunity to reimagine what it means to work in one of the world’s most complex yet rewarding industries. For us it’s about building a legacy where our people can do their best and be their best.

Our mission of making life better for others includes every person we serve, including our employees. By promoting HR services, initiatives and programs, you will help to support management-level and employee customers so that Legacy Health can most effectively work as a team with a unified goal. If this is how you view your work, we invite you to consider this opportunity. 

The Benefits Analyst position, while supporting all benefits, will be focused on work in support of administration of retirement benefits, including Legacy’s defined contribution plans and frozen pension/cash-balance plans. Demonstrated experience with and understanding of defined contribution and pension plan design, compliance, and operations is preferred.

This is a remote position – incumbents, who reside in Oregon or Washington only may work at home, on the road or in a satellite location for all or part of their workweek. There may be occasional situations that require work to be performed on-site at an assigned Legacy Health location. 

All new hires are required to come to a designated Legacy Health office location in Portland, Oregon prior to their start date for a new hire health assessment and to complete new hire paperwork. This position may require initial training and orientation to be site-based, before transitioning to the remote schedule. 

As the largest nonprofit health system serving the Portland-Southwest Washington and mid-Willamette Valley areas, Legacy Health provides a range of services - we have six hospitals, one of which includes a center solely dedicated to children’s care, Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel. We run more than 70 primary care, specialty and urgent care clinics, employ nearly 3,000 doctors and providers and more than 13,000 employees. We also operate labs and a research center. Our major partnerships include those with PacificSource Health Plans and the Unity Center for Behavioral Health, a one-of-a-kind center for people facing a mental health crisis that is collaboratively operated between four regional health systems and numerous community partners.

Responsibilities

Monitors, analyzes, and evaluates benefit plan administration policies, procedures, and practices in conjunction with system capabilities. Prepares documentation records of the analysis and implements approved system administration changes and recommendations. Acts as a resource to Benefits Specialists in daily benefit processing activities, and assists as necessary. Performs audits of all processing work. Assists Benefits Consultants and Benefits Administrators with the design, implementation and administration of system wide benefit programs. Performs analysis and make recommendations on benefit design. Completes benefit surveys and market comparisons. May assist Legacy leadership in the preparation of benefit related information for budgeting, terminations, layoffs, hires, and negotiation of contracts. 

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or related field, or equivalent experience, required. 

Experience:

A minimum of two years experience working with employee benefit plans and benefit evaluation required.

Skills:

Mathematical and statistical skills for data analysis. Ability to understand and apply the intent of plan design and function, pension valuations, audits, and non-discrimination testing. Ability to translate plan design and administration into system set up and capabilities. Ability to conceive and present concepts logically for reports and recommendations. Thorough knowledge of legal and regulatory compliance for benefit plans, COBRA, ERISA, and Section 125.

Proficiency using computers: spreadsheets, databases, and word processing software.

This position requires excellent organizational, written and oral communication and customer service skills to be able to interact effectively with all levels of personnel within and outside of Legacy.

LEGACY’S VALUES IN ACTION:

Follows guidelines set forth in Legacy’s Values in Action.

Licensure

Professional certification in specialty area preferred.