The Benefits and Leave Administrator is responsible for assisting with the administration of all benefits and retirement programs, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and 401(k) plan. Manages the programs for all leaves of absence, ADA and accommodations, workers� compensation administrator for entire company. Also regularly assists with basic HR responsibilities, as needed.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures the accuracy of all benefit enrollments in ADP and vendor sites to accurate eligibility information and coverage data.
• Performs quality checks of benefits-related data.
• Assists employees regarding benefit claims issues and plan changes.
• Helps create and distribute all benefits enrollment materials.
• Enrolls employees with insurance carriers/benefit vendors and processes life status changes and/or assures that electronic enrollments and file feeds are working properly and timely.
• Responds to benefit inquiries from managers and employees on plan provisions, benefit enrollments, status changes and other general inquiries.
• Oversees, in details, leave and ADA programs.
• Effectively interprets FMLA and ADA implications as they relate to leaves of absences/disabilities.
• Manages the open enrollment process in full.
• Prepares and manages reports for allocation/billing for all group insurance coverages and creates self-bills where necessary.
• Manages funding of lines of benefit-related programs as needed.
• All other duties and responsibilities as needed and assigned.

Experience, Skills and Education

• Associate�s degree preferred in HR or related field
• Three years� experience in HR and/or benefits administration; including leave administration, ADA and workers� compensation required
• Proficiency with ADP preferred
• Superior Excel skills
• Extensive knowledge of employee benefits and applicable laws and the skills to research
• Excellent written skills, verbal communication skills, and presentation skills all with proper grammar
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or similar software