What are the responsibilities and job description for the Benefits Specialist position at Donatos Pizza?
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- Employee discount
- 401(k) matching
- Life insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Position Summary
The Benefits Specialist is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing compensation and benefits programs for Donatos. The role involves analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of compensation structures, benefits offerings, and incentive programs to ensure they align with company goals and market trends. This role uses data analysis to provide insights and recommendations for optimizing reward strategies, ensuring competitiveness, and improving employee satisfaction.
Job duties and responsibilities
Benefits:
- Administer and manage associate benefit programs, including health, dental, vision, retirement, and other company-sponsored plans.
- Ensure compliance with federal and state regulations related to associate benefits and maintain up-to-date knowledge of changes in legislation.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for associates regarding benefits questions and issues.
- Assist in the annual open enrollment process, including preparing communication materials, and facilitating enrollment sessions.
- Coordinate with external vendors and insurance carriers to resolve claims and coverage issues.
- Maintain accurate and confidential associate benefits records.
- Prepare and analyze reports on benefit utilization and costs.
Compensation:
- Analyze compensation data to ensure competitive pay structures and internal equity.
- Conduct salary surveys and benchmark positions against market data to determine competitive salary ranges.
- Analyze job positions, job classifications and salary structures.
- Participate in annual salary administration programs, including salary structure creation and maintenance and development of incentive or salary increase programs.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations related to compensation practices.
- Conduct job evaluations and provide recommendations for promotions, salary adjustments, and new hire offers.
- Process wage and salary changes resulting from merit increases, promotions, or market adjustments or other job changes.
- Monitor industry trends and best practices in compensation and make recommendations for improvement.
- Other projects assigned.
Work Arrangement Options
Donatos has identified this position is eligible for the following work arrangements:
- Full-Time Onsite: The Associate in the position will work all regularly scheduled days onsite.
- Hybrid: Position requires the physical presence of an Associate to complete some duties or collaboration, balanced with solo work that does not require on-site resources or relationships. The Associate in this position will work 3 regularly scheduled days onsite, 2 days off-site weekly.
Positions that are eligible for hybrid work do not automatically qualify the Associate to perform in a hybrid work arrangement.
Minimum requirements
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or Business Administration preferred or equivalent work experience.
Physical Requirements
- None. The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work).
Previous Experience
- 2 – 4 years’ experience as a Benefits Specialist/Compensation Analyst or similar role.
- Strong knowledge of associate benefits and relevant regulations (e.g., ERISA, ACA, COBRA).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in data, analysis, HRIS, and benefits management software.
- High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
- Proficient with Microsoft suite – Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.