What are the responsibilities and job description for the Benefits Analyst position at Regal Professional Services?
Benefits Specialist, Fort Worth TX
Contract-to-Hire
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Summary
The Benefits Specialist position supports the Benefits Department by being the first contact for our employees, answering questions and troubleshooting benefit-related issues. This position will provide guidance to our employee base on how to enroll, enter life events, to add or drop coverage, etc. For this reason, general knowledge of IRS Section 125 regulations is preferred.
Essential Job Functions
- Aid employees with our benefit plans, including new hire and open enrollment activities.
- Assist with preparation and execution of annual open enrollment, including testing the self-enrollment system, reviewing and updating communications and tracking completion progress.
- Maintain employee benefits filing system and ensure benefits changes are entered appropriately into the enrollment system.
- Assist with the verification of monthly premium statements for all group insurance policies and maintain statistical data relative to premiums, claims and cost.
- Act as liaison between HR, vendors and employees to provide support as it relates to benefit policies, procedures and claim disputes.
- Ensure the accuracy of all eligibility information provided to vendors
Qualifications
- 1 years of experience in employee benefits administration
- Knowledge of regulations affecting employee benefits; ACA, ERISA, etc. a plus
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
- Prior experience administering open enrollment using a web-based enrollment system
- Knowledge and experience of UltiPro HR, Payroll and Benefit systems preferred
- MS Excel skills preferred (VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, etc.)
- Bilingual: English/Spanish is a plus