Senior Benefits Analyst

About the role

The Senior Benefits Analyst plays a critical role in the planning, administration, and governance of the company’s benefit programs, with a strong focus on retirement plans and advanced analytical support across Health & Welfare programs. This role serves as a senior level subject matter expert, providing independent execution, vendor oversight, compliance support, and analytical insight in a complex, highly regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Independently administer the company’s retirement plans, including 401(k), defined benefit, and nonqualified plans, covering funding, reconciliations, and coordination with recordkeepers, trustees, treasury, and payroll.
• Serve as the day to day lead for third party vendors supporting retirement and nonqualified plans.
• Perform ongoing compliance monitoring (ERISA, 409A, and other applicable regulations) and lead remediation activities as needed.
• Care for all retirement related audits and filings, including Form 5500s, 11 K financial statements, and PBGC payments, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Maintain and update plan documents, amendments, summaries, and required disclosures.
• Support Retirement Plan Committee activities, including preparation of agendas, materials, analyses, and meeting documentation.
• Manage the financial wellness program initiatives in partnership with the H&W team’s overall wellness messaging.
• Provide advanced analytical and operational support to Health & Welfare programs, partnering with the H&W team on wellness and financial wellbeing initiatives.
• Support vendor management activities, including performance monitoring, issue resolution, and contract review.
• Analyze benefit data, trends, and benchmarking to inform plan design and strategy decisions.
• Resolve complex and escalated employee and retiree inquiries, exercising independent judgment and coordination with vendors as needed.
• Develop and support employee communications, including presentations, written materials, and targeted education sessions.
• Lead or play a key role in benefits related projects, including plan changes, vendor transitions, system changes, and integration or harmonization initiatives.
• Identify and implement process improvements to strengthen controls, improve efficiency, and reduce operational risk.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments and assess potential impact to benefit programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5–7+ years of progressive experience in U.S. benefits administration, with deep expertise in retirement plans.
• Strong working knowledge of ERISA, 409A, and retirement plan compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting audits, regulatory filings, and plan governance.
• Proven ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively during peak cycles and change initiatives.
• Advanced analytical, problem solving, and project management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate in complexity, build new processes, operate autonomously.
• Ability to run reports from HRIS and Payroll systems.
• Strong proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) and/or Certified Benefits Professional (CBP)
• Experience supporting both union and non union populations.
• Exposure to multi entity or global benefits environments.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (HR Operations, IT, Finance) and external vendors on system integrations, upgrades, and support.