The Lead People Data Analyst, Total Rewards, will be responsible for the day-to-day data operations of the Total Rewards team. You are an expert at leveraging data to influence business decisions and enjoy providing excellent customer service to internal customers. Additionally, you continually investigate operational effectiveness to support overall business objectives.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Partner with the People Team to analyze data in support of designing, recommending and implementing people programs including compensation and benefits.
• Coordinate transfer of data to external contacts for services, premiums, and plan administration
• Evaluate and revise internal processes to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
• Coordinate benefits processing. Handle enrollments, COBRA, terminations, changes, beneficiaries, disability, accident and death claims, rollovers, QDROs, QMCSOs, distributions, loans, hardships, and compliance testing.Oversee benefits billings, audit bills against participants data and prepare vouchers for payments.
• Participate in compensation and benefits surveys and analysis data as needed.
• Analyzes compensation policies, wage rates to develop competitive compensation plans.
• Partner with Total rewards to manage annual and quarterly bonus calculations / processes.
• Develop communication tools to enhance understanding of the company's people programs. 
• Design and distribute materials for benefits orientations, open enrollment, and summary plan descriptions.
• Ensure all benefits plan are in compliance, including 5500 filings, annual audits, and ACA

Preferred Skills/Abilities:

• Advanced technical aptitude with the ability to use Microsoft/Google products, including PowerPoint/Slides and Excel/Sheets
• Strong analytical skills 
• Project and team management/leadership skills and experience.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of all pertinent federal and state regulations, filing and compliance requirements, both adopted and pending, affecting employee benefits programs, including the ACA, ERISA, COBRA, FMLA, ADA, Section 125, workers' compensation, Medicare, OBRA, and Social Security and DOL requirements.
• Experience with UKG or other HRIS and benefits databases.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree 
• 2 to 5 years of related benefits or employee benefits administration experience at a small to medium-sized company.