Benefits Analyst

Key Responsibilities

• Administer employee benefits enrollments, eligibility determinations, and qualifying life event changes across all benefit plans.
• Oversee administration of FSA, HSA, COBRA, and 401(k) programs, ensuring accurate processing and compliance with plan requirements.
• Cook with contributions, reconciliations, funding confirmations, and required notices.
• Maintain benefits data integrity within Workday, including plan configurations, eligibility rules, and workflow accuracy.
• Conduct audits of enrollment records, dependent eligibility, and carrier file feeds to ensure alignment across systems and vendors.
• Partner with HRIS and Payroll teams to support integrations, troubleshoot file feeds, and implement system updates.
• Afford compliance with ERISA, ACA, HIPAA, COBRA, Section 125, and other applicable federal and state regulations.
• Afford preparation of regulatory filings, disclosures, and benefits documentation, including Form 5500 and ACA reporting.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, identifying opportunities to strengthen controls, consistency, and process efficiency.
• Manage day-to-day relationships with benefits vendors and carriers, resolving eligibility, claims, billing, and service issues.
• Serve as a primary resource for employee benefits inquiries while supporting open enrollment communications, education, and issue resolution in partnership with HR, Payroll, and external vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 2 years of related experience preferred.

Skills

• Communicates Effectively
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Ensures Accountability
• Manages Complexity
• Plans & Aligns
• Policies & Procedures
• Reporting
• Situational Adaptability
• Tech Savvy
• Writing Skills

Physical Demands/Working Conditions

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, hear, taste and/or smell;
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Travel required: As required by the position.