What are the responsibilities and job description for the HR Benefits Analyst position at TalentAlly?
Company Description
As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning's family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.
Job Description
The Benefits Analyst is responsible for assisting in the development, implementation, and administration of employee benefit programs, ensuring compliance with company policies, legal regulations, and a positive employee experience. This includes data analysis, reporting, supporting HRIS system implementations, and resolving benefit-related issues. This role also supports leave of absence management and ADA accommodations.
Job Responsibilities
Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
We Offer:
As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning's family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.
Job Description
The Benefits Analyst is responsible for assisting in the development, implementation, and administration of employee benefit programs, ensuring compliance with company policies, legal regulations, and a positive employee experience. This includes data analysis, reporting, supporting HRIS system implementations, and resolving benefit-related issues. This role also supports leave of absence management and ADA accommodations.
Job Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain all employee benefit plans, including health, dental, vision, life, retirement, and wellness programs.
- Manage day-to-day transactions and data within HRIS and benefits administration platforms, conducting regular audits for accuracy.
- Guide and support employees in understanding and utilizing benefit programs; act as a main point of contact for benefit-related inquiries
- Administer leave of absence programs (FMLA, ADA, state-specific leaves, STD/LTD), including eligibility, approval, and return-to-work processes.
- Oversee and track ADA accommodation requests, collaborating with leadership and legal to ensure policies and processes are compliant and employee needs are met
- Lead and coordinate annual open enrollment, qualifying life events, and new hire benefit onboarding
- Analyze benefit utilization and costs, preparing regular reports to inform plan design recommendations and strategic decisions
- Liaise with vendors, brokers, and third-party administrators, resolving complex issues and billing discrepancies
- Assist in the preparation and distribution of benefit communications and compliance documentation
- Responsible for all reporting and compliance with all benefits related matters, such as ACA, 5500 and discrimination testing, including 401(k).
- Ensure legal compliance with ERISA, ACA, HIPAA, COBRA, and state regulations.
- Development and execution of wellness initiatives and strategy.
- Regular, in-person attendance up to 5 days per week on campus/on site is an essential function of this position.
- This role requires on-site collaboration with students, faculty, and staff.
- Performs other duties as required.
Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Bachelor's Degree preferred, but not required
- 5 years of relevant experience in employee benefits, leave management, and ADA accommodation processes
- Strong knowledge of benefit program regulations (ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, ADA) and best practices
- Experience with leave of absence management and ADA accommodation processes.
- Clear and compassionate communication skills; experience supporting employees and working with cross-functional teams
- High level of discretion in handling sensitive and confidential HR data
- Excellent interpersonal and technical support skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Familiarity with human resource policies and procedures.
- Highly organized, with the ability to multi-task and manage several projects simultaneously in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and/or related software.
- Thorough understanding of all areas of information systems with a highly technical understanding of at least one commercial HRIS product.
- Ability to work independently, within prescribed guidelines, or as a team member.
- Performs job under general supervision and work with specialized or technical positions requiring specialist training, experience or knowledge.
- Exposure to multi-state benefits administration is desirable.
We Offer:
- Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
- 2 Weeks' starting Vacation per year. Increasing based on years of service with company
- 10 paid Holidays and 1 Floating Holiday
- 401K with a Company Match
- Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x's your annual salary
- Leadership development and training for career advancement
- Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program