Benefits Manager
- Direct-hire
- NE Portland, OR
- Hybrid
- Non-profit
What you should know: Mulberry has partnered a local non-profit organization who are committed to doing things differently in order to make a difference. They have around 750 employees and work to provide jobs to those with disabilities. This is a wonderful opportunity to research, analyze, and develop their current and future benefits programs while ensuring compliance. You will manage the Benefits function, oversee a Benefits and Leaves Specialist and be a primary benefits liaison to their workforce!
A day in the life:
Benefits Day-to-day Administration – 30%
- Process enrollments, elections, and applicable life events
- Ensure transfer of eligibility and elections to vendor partners
- Reconcile all benefit plans against monthly bills from benefit providers
- Resolve benefit claims issues and discrepancies
- Work with Payroll department and HRIS Administrator to ensure proper benefit deductions occur during regular payroll processing and extraordinary payroll circumstances
- Assist in answering escalated employee questions about benefit plans and coverage issues
Benefit Reporting and Compliance – 30%
- Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Union employee benefit programs and compliance requirements
- Produce benefit reports in response to ad hoc requests from internal stakeholders by utilizing internal and external reporting tools (HRIS, provider websites, broker reporting, billing data, etc.)
- Identify routine reporting requests and develop systemic reporting procedures to meet organizational benefit reporting needs
- Lead and manage benefit program compliance activities by responding to audit requests and ensuring timely compliance with all ERISA reporting and filing requirements.
- Maintain and organize benefit plan documents, including summary and detail plan descriptions, wrap documents, legal notices, required employee communications, etc.
Benefit Systems and Vendors – 35%
- Work with HRIS vendor and HRIS Administrator to establish and maintain file feeds to and from benefit providers
- Manage error reporting and troubleshooting of any system issues related to employee benefits
- Work with Benefit Department stakeholders to define and implement systemic workflows into and out of benefits
- Identify Benefit data, forms, documents, and workflows that live outside the HRIS and design plans to bring non-systemic items into the HRIS
- Leverage new and developing technologies to innovate advancements in end-user conveniences with respect to employee benefit activities
- Ensure Benefit systems and processes maintain accessibility and inclusive framework and options
- Develop outsource options for highly administrative Benefit programs (COBRA, LOA, EAP, etc.)
Your areas of knowledge and expertise:
- 5+ years of benefits administration and analysis experience required
- 2+ years of benefits management experience required
- Exhibit initiative, responsibility, flexibility, and leadership
- Strong Excel skills highly desired
- Union experience required
Compensation and Benefits: $90,000 – $100,000 annually with benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA, life and AD&D insurance, 403(b) retirement, PTO and more!
Mulberry Talent Partners is dedicated to connecting exceptional talent with exciting opportunities. By applying for this position, you will also be considered for other open positions within our network. If you are already part of our community, we encourage you to reach out directly to one of our recruiters regarding any specific roles that catch your eye!
