Benefits Manager - Americas

A WORLD LEADER IN TESTING, INSPECTION & CERTIFICATION SERVICES

Bureau Veritas offers dynamic, exciting employment opportunities with an attractive salary/benefit package and an opportunity to play a vital role with a global organization. If you would enjoy working in a dynamic environment and are looking for an opportunity to become part of a stellar team of professionals, we invite you to apply online today.

Bureau Veritas is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, sexual orientation, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other non-job-related characteristics.

This position is responsible to ensure equal opportunity in employment in that all persons are treated equally and on the basis of merit, in decisions regarding selection, placement, promotions, training, work assignments, transfers and other personnel actions.

City: Houston 

State: Texas

Benefits Manager

The Benefits Manager (Americas) leader is responsible for overseeing the strategic and operational management of employee benefits across the United States, Canada and Latin America. This role requires a bilingual candidate. This role leads a team of professionals in health & welfare, retirement, leaves of absence, and workplace accommodations, ensuring high-quality service delivery, vendor performance, and compliance. The ideal candidate is a strategic thought leader adept at leveraging data and analytics to drive benefit innovation and employee engagement across all organizational levels.

 

This is a hybrid role based in Houston, TX, requiring in-office presence 3 days per week. Candidates must be located in the Houston area or willing to relocate. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain strategic vendor partnerships, ensuring best in class service delivery and operational excellence for all benefits programs in North America, Central and South America.
• Influence and execute local benefit strategies which align with global benefits objectives while meeting employee needs.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, provincial, and local regulations across the Americas.
• Leverage benefits trends and advanced analytics to support decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and advisor to HR, leadership, and employees on complex benefits-related matters.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including Total Rewards, Legal, Payroll, Finance and Employee Relations.
• Define the agenda and lead the Healthcare Governance Committee in strategic oversight of healthcare spending and assessing opportunities to mitigate rising cost.
• Drive innovation and thought leadership in benefits design, delivery, and employee experience.
• Communicate effectively with employees at all levels, providing education and support on benefits programs.
• Demonstrate the highest level of discretion and professionalism when handling sensitive employee information.
• Adhere to Canadian provincial and Federal legislation as well as company policies, including collective agreements.
• Involvement in planning, designing, testing and implementing new systems and updates.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, coach and develop a high-performing team of benefits professionals across health & welfare, retirement, leave of absence, and accommodations.
• Creating and managing team schedules, as well as Training and Coaching team members.
• Implement and assign team goals and KPI's.
• Making day-to-day decisions within or for a group/department.

 

Skills

• Bi-Lingual English/Spanish verbal skills (required)
• Bi-Lingual English/Spanish written skills (required)
• Bi-Lingual English/French verbal skills (preferred)
• Bi-Lingual English/French written skills (preferred)
• Excellent English verbal skills
• Excellent English writing skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to analyze complex benefits data, tren