Senior HR Benefits Analyst - Health/Wealth/Leaves - Virtual

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At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”

Our Values:

Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.

Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.

Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.

It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s expertise in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.

Learn more at careers.alight.com. 

Join our HR Total Rewards team as a Senior HR Benefits Analyst, where you'll manage health and insurance benefits, oversee leave administration, and support retirement plans. You'll work closely with your peers on compliance audits, handle open enrollment processes for the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada, and ensure effective communication of benefits information. Your role will be crucial in maintaining smooth operations and supporting our employees' health, wealth, and well-being.

Responsibilities

• Assisting in daily activities of the benefits team. Focusing on health and insurance, and providing support in leave administration, time-off, and retirement.
• Researching and responding to health, insurance, and retirement plan inquiries to ensure timely resolution.
• Assisting in the execution of yearly open enrollment processes for the US/Puerto Rico and Canada.
• Owning the testing of Workday releases and platform updates under the benefits function.
• Leading compliance-related items and audits such as SAR, Form 5500, and ACA Reporting.
• Maintaining the retirement and new hire benefits orientation materials.
• Developing communications for health and insurance information and ensuring content on our platform is current.
• Assisting in the development and implementation of compensation programs, including those related to mergers or acquisitions.
• Managing billing, invoices, funding process for payment benefits, and reconciling financial and payroll activity for retirement.

Requirements

• Have a HS Diploma; a background in HR, Finance, Accounting, or Business.
• Possess a solid foundation of experience in health and insurance benefits. Demonstrating proficiency and expertise in the field
• Have progressive experience in project management and vendor management.
• Possess excellent customer service and communication skills.

Essential

• Be proficient in Word, Excel, Power Point, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint.
• Have experience with Workday or other cloud-based systems and working with plan-related documents.
• Demonstrate Lean Six Sigma discipline for process improvement.
• Be capable of handling confidential and sensitive information appropriately.

Flexible Working

So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible.  Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and “Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs” 5 years in a row.

Benefits

We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as a number of voluntary benefit options. 

By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test.  You will be notified during the h