Total Reward Analyst

Brief Description

Position Summary

The Total Rewards Analyst supports the administration, compliance, and reporting of Baldor’s employee health and wellness benefits programs. This role handles day-to-day employee inquiries, processes enrollments and changes, and maintains accurate benefits data in HR systems. The Total Rewards Specialist ensures employees understand and effectively use their benefits while assisting the team in maintaining operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer health, dental, vision, life, disability, wellness, and leave of absence programs (FMLA, state leave, STD/LTD, and related policies).
• Respond to employee benefits and leave inquiries, providing clear and empathetic guidance.
• Process enrollments, terminations, life-event changes and leave requests in HRIS.
• Support open enrollment activities, including communication and education.
• Maintain accurate benefits and leave records and generate reports for audits and compliance.
• Reconcile benefits billing and support vendor issue resolution.
• Ensure compliance with ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, and applicable state laws.
• Partner with Payroll and TPA to track employee time away and coordinate pay and benefits during leaves.
• Evaluate job positions to determine appropriate classifications and salary ranges, ensuring that job descriptions accurately reflect the duties and requirements of each role.
• Maintain compensation structures, pay grades, and job frameworks and ensure data accuracy and confidentiality within HRIS system.
• Provide insights to HR and business leaders to inform decision-making.
• Administer 401(K) enrollment process for new participants, ensuring they understand their options and the steps needed to enroll.
• Assist with ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 1-3 years of HR or benefits and compensation administration experience.
• Strong knowledge of benefits and compensation programs, compliance and HRIS systems.
• Excellent communication, customer service and organizational skills.
• Advanced Excel proficiency in Excel and reporting tools, detailed oriented.
  
  

Spanish fluency is required due to the nature of front-line support and collaboration with Spanish-speaking team members.