Senior Benefits Analyst

Position Title & Department:

 Senior Benefits Analyst; Human Resources Posting #

4945

Department Description:

 

The role of Human Resources is to attract, retain and support a quality workforce so that collectively we can provide an exceptional educational experience for our students.

 

University Description:

The University of San Diego, a contemporary and engaged Contemporary Catholic institution, was founded by the Diocese of San Diego and the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1949. Governed by an independent board of trustees since 1972, USD remains committed to a liberal arts education grounded in the Catholic intellectual tradition and the pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty. Inspired by this centuries old tradition of Catholic higher education, the University welcomes people of all faith traditions and any, or no, religious background. The future success of USD relies on the contributions of those who seek to foster the development of engaged global citizens and an earnest confrontation of humanity’s urgent challenges.

Detailed Description:

Research, analyze, evaluate, and administer USD’s benefit programs. Responsible for managing employee leaves of absence as well as WorkDay benefits system administration and reporting.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Benefit Plan Administration 

This position will collaborate with the benefits team and the broader HR team to support the management of day-to-day operations for the benefits function. These activities may include but are not limited to:

• Working with employees to answer benefit questions and troubleshoot benefits issues;
• Organizing and scheduling various events;
• Developing and distributing benefit educational materials;
• Supporting new hire and open enrollment processes;
• Conducting New Employee Benefits Orientations;
• Participating in the administration of Tuition Remission and Tuition Exchange programs;
• Day to day administration of assigned benefit programs

HRIS Maintenance and Development 

• Conducts benefit testing and troubleshooting in the Workday benefits module; works with appropriate parties to resolve issues and ensure compliance
• Develops reports or works with appropriate parties to develop needed reports
• Assists with annual Open Enrollment and HRIS set-up/testing
• Analyzes census data, monitors and manages benefit vendor data files, performs periodic benefits data audits, and responds to time-sensitive ad-hoc requests as needed
• Implements benefit process improvements within the Workday benefits module.
• Maintains benefits data integrity within Workday by developing processes to audit, analyze, resolve and mitigate current and future issues.
• Keeps informed and research Workday Community for system updates and releases, issues and community user groups and make recommendations for system modifications and enhancements. Create action plan and executes changes in system and rollout to campus constituents.

Leaves of Absence

• Administers leaves in compliance with state and federal regulations (FMLA, CFRA, PDL, HIPAA) and university policies and procedures.
• Coordinates ADA accommodations including interactive process.
• Counsels employees and managers on university leave of absence procedures and compensation during leave.
• Coordinates the payment of benefits with payroll including the identification and notification of changes to start/stop dates, rates, record types; and monitor results.
• Communicates with employee and supervisor/department throughout leave.
• Provides reports/updates to departments as requested.
• Processes employer portion of Long Term Disability packet(s).
• Completes employer portion of claim for