Benefits Accountant - Human Resources - J04040 - 12450

Base Pay: $26.94 Hourly

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SUMMARY: Responsible for administering the employees’ insurance benefits as to the accounting for and managing complaints. Responsible for managing the reconciling of the child protective services account. Performs other accounting duties.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

Reports to:  Supervisor, Payroll

Other:           Works closely with other county employees, insurance agents and agencies.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

General:

Participates in divisional staff meetings. Performs such other duties as may be assigned.

Child Protective Services:

Manages the detailed analysis and comparison reports of the reimbursements received for foster parent payments, reviews activity reports on same.

Coordinates with the State Child Protective Services Department. Facilitate prompt reimbursement. Maintains an aged accounting of the payments not reimbursed.

Employee Insurance Benefits:

Prepares insurance billing reconciliations and ensures correctness of general ledger balances.

Approves the payment vouchers for final disbursement processing.

Problem resolution facilitator between employees and third-party administration.

Serves as the department's contact with insurance representatives, manages the various situations that may arise with insurance vendor relations.

Serves as the department's coordinator with the risk manager and personnel department during open enrollment.

Responsible for maintaining a subsidiary journal and ledger on the cafeteria plan account; reviews the bank reconciliation prepared by the third-party administrator; and proposes journal entries for general ledger recording.

Responsible for maintaining sufficient general knowledge of insurance coverage and to perform responsibilities, duties, and thorough knowledge of internal policies and procedures.

Monitors the overall employee benefit operations as to employee satisfaction; identifies and reports repetitive complaints to Payroll, Supervisor; responsible for evaluating complaints and bringing the serious or non-compliant complaints to the attention of management; suggests solutions.

Prompts and coordinates with the GL systems accountant and senior payroll assistant for updating the common codes for insurance rate changes.

Working with the third-party administrator to fulfill the COBRA regulations to every employee/official separated from service due to a qualifying event as they are reported on the Personnel Changes Report.

Maintains files on COBRA participants and assists the participants with enrolling, premium payments, and problems concerning coverages.

Performs the duties of maintaining the records for employee benefits files in accordance with proper state retention requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Any employee who drives a vehicle on official business must have a driving record which meets standards set by the County and the County’s insurance carrier.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business administration with emphasis on accounting, plus at least two years of accounting; or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write rep