Total Rewards Specialist - Must Be Commutable to Boston Office Occasionally

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Administer daily operations of employee health, welfare, and retirement plans, including handling/resolving initial benefit inquiries, triaging/escalating issues, and educating employees about our benefit plans
• Manage leave of absence program in-house for federal, state, and internal paid and unpaid leaves
• Review and audit vendor invoices on a consistent timeframe for accuracy and coordinate the reconciliation and payment processes with Finance
• Lead the onboarding, offboarding, and new hire training on all benefit plans
• Act as daily liaison between benefit vendors, brokers, and internal stakeholders
• Partner with the Director, Total Rewards to lead the Wellness & Wellbeing Committee meetings, initiatives, and communications
• Lead the annual benefits open enrollment initiative
• Review and update benefit processes as needed including documentation
• Help keep track of compliance initiatives for benefit plans including reporting deadlines, posting and communication requirements
• Assist with developing and maintaining benefit metrics
• Keep on top of any legislative or regulatory updates and market trends impacting HR and/or employee benefits
• Participate in salary surveys and analyze market data
• Track and update job structures, including job codes, job families, and salary ranges
• Perform job analysis and evaluation and price new and updated jobs based on market benchmarks
• Aid in annual compensation planning and other compensation related tasks as needed
• Review jobs for FLSA exemption status
• Assist with maintaining compensation metrics
• Keep on top of any legislative or regulatory updates, and market trends impacting HR and/or compensation

BENEFITS

• Maintain and update benefits information and communications on intranet/portal and work with Internal Communications on drafting and sending out consistent benefits information
• Supports the Director, Total Rewards to lead the Wellness & Wellbeing Committee meetings, initiatives, and communications
• Assist with developing and maintaining benefit metrics
• Keep on top of any legislative or regulatory updates and market trends impacting HR and/or employee benefits

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Quantitative and qualitative focus
• Customer service orientation
• Project management
• Confidentiality and integrity
• Collaboration and team leadership