Senior Benefits and Leave Specialist

Supernus Pharmaceuticals is an award-winning biopharmaceutical company with more than 30 years of experience in developing and commercializing products that treat central nervous system (CNS) diseases. At Supernus, we develop innovative products that help treat neurological and psychiatric conditions. We currently have 8 products in the market that are making a real impact on patient outcome.

Job Summary:  

The Senior Benefits and Leave Specialist is responsible for ensuring the administration of the Company’s benefit functions in the most efficient, cost effective and compliant manner. This position maintains strong working relations with employees, managers, the accounting and finance department, and outside vendors. Individuals in this role will manage and administer all Company benefit programs including health, dental, vision, flexible spending plans, life insurance, and 401(k) plan and wellness, etc.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Primary point of contact for employee benefit questions. Provide guidance and support to employees to assist them with understanding their options and making informed decisions.
• Works with the company benefits broker as needed to ensure all complex employee questions are answered in a timely manner.
• Works closely with the company benefits broker on insurance renewals and open enrollment, evaluating the design, recommendations and implementation of new benefit programs.
• Enters employee benefit changes and qualifying life events in the HRIS system for processing with carriers and ensures accuracy of all benefit changes.
• Monitors weekly benefit carrier EDI file feeds for errors and resolves all benefit related issues within UKG and/or the carriers.
• Leads new hire benefits presentations and ensures new hires enroll in a timely manner.
• Oversee and manage the entire leave of absence process, including FMLA, short-term disability, long-term disability, parental leave and other statutory leave and state paid family leave programs.
• Prepares benefit items for payroll on a bi-weekly basis and prepares monthly leave reports.
• Oversees all Federal and State regulation and compliance notices and filings. Monitor legislative changes and assess their impact on existing programs, update policies and procedures accordingly.
• Coordinates all Open Enrollment activities with benefits broker including but not limited to: administering new plan set-up in HRIS, reviewing reports to ensure accuracy and legal compliance, resolving employee issues with UKG/or carrier, and setting up employee meetings/webinars.
• Ensures all benefits invoices are reconciled and paid as well as resolves any billing issues with the carriers/accounting department. Ensures accounting department has accurate information for each quarterly close. 
• Sends out all required legal documentation regarding benefits, including, but not limited to: Summary Plan Descriptions, Certificates of Benefits, 1095-C’s, etc.
• Collects benefits data from interactions with employees and identifies patterns and informs the Senior Manager, Benefits & Operations.
• Coordinates and executes wellness related activities throughout the year.
• Assists the Senior Manager, Benefits & Operations in reviewing benchmarking data to ensure our benefits are competitive in the marketplace. Makes sound benefit recommendations on enhancements and/or changes to our benefit offerings.
• Assists with other projects as assigned.

Non-Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assists in other Human Resources projects outside of benefits based on department need.
• Mentors other junior level staff members to foster and encourage positive growth.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• N/A

Knowledge & Other Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ year of direct experience working with the administration of benefit plans.
• 3+ years of leave administration experience, preferably in a multi-state environment.
• Previous experience working with self-insured medical plans.
• Prior experience using UKG helpful.
• High attention to detail: the ability to process data with minimal errors.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills, project management, follow-through, multi-tasking and time management skills.
• Excellent communication, spelling, and grammatical skills.
• Ability to interpret and analyze data to make recommendations for change.
• Demonstrated knowledge of applicable laws and regulations regarding health and welfare benefit plans.
• Strong working knowledge of ERISA, Section 125, COBRA, HIPAA, ACA, Medicare Part D and FMLA regul