What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plan Associate (Maryland Heights, MO) position at BeneSys, Inc.?
Plan Associate (Maryland Heights, MO)
Summary - An expanding Third-Party Administrator is seeking a motivated, hardworking, and highly organized professional with extensive experience in healthcare benefits and/or pension administration, and administrative procedures.
Primary Responsibilities
- Assisting the Plan Manager in the administration of various employee benefit plans
- Maintaining and preparing materials for meetings, including minute writing
- Reviewing and process all correspondence, and invoices
- Ensuring that client-specific procedures are routinely practiced and enforced
- Assisting in obtaining the data necessary for benefit studies, annual audits, and timely submission of required government filings
- Exercising discretion in all matters relating to administration of the benefit plans and management of internal relationships
- Reviewing and analysis of monthly financial statements
- Interpreting plan documents, summary plan descriptions, and other governing documents
- Interacting with trustees, plan professionals, contributing employers and participants
- Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of this job
Required Qualifications
- Must be highly proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Excellent communication, problem solving, organizational and grammar skills.
- Ability to write minutes, communications, notifications, etc.
- Must be able to multi-task.
- Must be detailed oriented.
Education and/or Experience – College education or prior related work experience preferred.
Language Skills - Ability to read and interpret: the eligibility rules as outlined in the Summary Plan Description (SPD), user manuals for on-line services, department rules and procedures manual and COBRA Compliance manual. Ability to speak clearly and effectively explain to members, dependents, providers and union officials the month-to-month eligibility for coverage.
Reasoning Ability - Must be capable of thoroughly analyzing vendor invoices and all month end reports. Find discrepancies in member’s eligibility; make necessary corrections based on department procedures, Plan rules and analysis of member’s eligibility.
Work Environment - Fast paced department. Phone calls are continuous and often unpleasant. Must be able to maintain composure with difficult callers. Most work is done independently.
Work Schedule
Full time. Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:30pm. Requires in-office days but also offers at-home flexibility after 90 days.
Competitive Benefits and Compensation Package
- 12 paid holidays
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Pro-rated during first year of employment
- 15 days of PTO provided in the next calendar year!
- 3 days paid bereavement
- Up to 20 days paid jury leave
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with option for dependent coverage
- Company-paid basic life, short-term disability, long-term disability, and AD&D insurance
- 401k with employer match
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Career development opportunities
- Referral bonus for all successful full-time referrals
- Annual opportunities for increases
Pay
The pay range for this position is $40,000 - $45,000 per year. Actual salary is dependent on skills, experience, education, and other business factors.
Our Culture
BeneSys wants to be a great service provider to the members we serve, and we recognize we can only do that if we are also a great employer with successful employees. In short, our success is driven by our employees' successes. We want to be a place where people want to work, feel proud of what they do and feel fulfilled both professionally and personally. We want to create a place where employees can find long-term growth and potential.
Our culture focuses on three core values:
- Collaboration: working together across 31 locations to achieve the best for the company and our clients
- Dedication: striving to create an environment where all employees work toward a common goal while committing to providing the best customer service to our members and our colleagues
- Integrity: doing what we say we will do. Upholding strong ethical and moral principles
ADA & EEO
Reasonable accommodations will be made so that qualified individuals with disabilities are able to complete the application process and, if hired, fulfill the essential functions of their job.
Salary : $40,000 - $45,000
